One-eyed Jack
Festival of Motoring 2026
Volkswagen House of Roc

Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles · Kyalami, 28 to 30 August 2026

The three-day report

195 seats, gone in 1 min 44.

Sunday’s afternoon release took 131 in its first minute, with no queue counting who missed out.

964
Drives
By 928 people
981
Seats booked
Of 1,020 at close
31 sec
Fastest session
Sunday 14h45, 65 seats
718
Consented bookings
Handed over 10 September

How fast each release filled

Both afternoon releases cleared inside two minutes; the mornings took 27 and 50 minutes.

Saturday 12h30 · 135 seats1 min 37
85 at 1 min
Sunday 12h30 · 195 seats1 min 44
131 at 1 min

Mornings, same scale

Saturday 07h4550 min 50
8 at 1 min
still filling →
Sunday 07h4527 min 08
19 at 1 min
still filling →

Day by day

Door walk-ups came within seven of the no-shows every day.

Friday270 seats
Booked
23238 no-shows
Drives
22731 at the door

08h30: 9 of 45 seats booked

Saturday360 seats
Booked
35953 no-shows
Drives
35447 at the door
Sunday390 seats
Booked
39079 no-shows
Drives
38372 at the door

Three days: 170 no-shows, 150 at the door.

Where the queue stopped counting

Nine of twelve queues hit the ceiling: floors, not demand.

211 queue entries against a 15-place ceiling

Friday
15
0
30
22
15
15
4
08h3010h4512h3014h4516h1018h00

Before the ceiling: 10h45 and 12h30.

Saturday
15
1
15
15
30
33
31
08h3010h4512h3014h4516h1018h00
Sunday
No queue kept
08h3010h4512h3014h4516h1018h00

For 2027

  1. Put the whole afternoon on the board at 12h30.
  2. Run a queue every day, with no ceiling.
  3. Staff the door from Friday 08h30, and at every 18h00 (59 no-shows).