‘Magic bus’ that survived Palisades Fire returns fully restored to LA Auto Show

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00:00Sometimes one image cuts through the chaos and reminds us what resilience looks like.

00:08Take a look. You might remember this viral photo from the Palisades fire back in January.

00:13A single bright blue 1977 Volkswagen van, you can't miss it right there, called Azul,

00:20standing untouched while everything around it was reduced to rubble and ash.

00:25A snapshot of the devastation with one stubborn splash of color, refusing to give in.

00:31Well, get this. Azul is back. Restored. Repainted. Reborn.

00:36Volkswagen's class car team in Oxnard spent months rebuilding the van piece by piece,

00:42replacing melted parts, scrubbing out the smoke, bringing back the shine that the fire tried to steal.

00:48Azul goes on display later today at the L.A. Auto Show. How about that?

00:52Not as a collector's item, but as something simpler.

00:56Proof that even when everything around burns, something can still stand,

01:01something can still survive, and sometimes can even come back brighter.