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WHEN HATCHBACKS GO FERAL

GROUP 1 STRIPPED AND TUNED

VW GOLF GTI CLUBSPORT S 2016

PRICE THEN/NOW: £34,000/£40,000

TARGET AUDIENCE: Those wanting to humiliate supercars while disguised as a retired librarian.

When VW cracks out the Mezcal and glowsticks, and goes stark raving bonkers for a weekend, this is the result. Which is to say, a Golf that looks pretty much exactly like a regular Golf, only even better engineered underneath. With over 300bhp and a notable absence of rear seats, the Clubsport S was a Nürburgring record holder. It would – in the hands of Ms S Schmitz – show a

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