January 2024

Performance VW

The World's best loved magazine for the modified Volkswagen scene

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Badly Dubbed
I don’t know about you, but when I started messing about with cars in my teens, I always hoped I’d still be doing it when I was ‘old’. Well, here I am, in my mid-40s (late-40s, more like – All) and I still can’t leave any of my cars stock for more th
Performance VW8 min read
The Underdog
I don’t know why, but I’ve always been a little embarrassed when people ask me what car I started my VW days with. It was, as you probably guessed, a Mk2 Scirocco. For the Anoraks among you, it was a 1988 1.8-litre Scala model finished in Sapphire Me
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EDITOR: Elliott Roberts (elliott.roberts@kelsey.co.uk) ART EDITOR: Lorna Mansford SUB EDITOR: Tony Taylor WORDS: Alex Grant, Gordie Woolacott, Graham Leigh, Krstof Heyvaert, Scott Heardling PHOTOS: Lennart Dijkstra, Jason Dodd, Artem Chermous, KOS Ph
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APR Mk8 Gti Carbon Fibre Body Kit
American super-tuner, APR, recently released its Carbon Fibre Body Kit for the Mk8 GTI which, on first impression, looks absolutely stunning as you’d imagine. APR market the kit as being a motorsport-inspired design, which doesn’t go over the top and
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What’s New
We all know the best Christmas presents are the ones you buy yourself, and there’s still time to pick up probably the best gift yet, a year’s subscription to this very publication. Not only will you save time and money, but there’s a good chance you’
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The Volkswagen Owners’ Event
From country homes to conference centres, show season takes in a real mix of locations in the UK, but there’s never been a backdrop quite like this one. An end of summer barbecue and get-together at a venue so natural that it’s surprising nothing has
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Why The Long Roof?
When we signed off with Neil Montgomery last time there were plans afoot to source a TTRS engine for his beloved Mk5. The 43-year-old filled us in on what happened next: “I’ve still got the Mk5. I’ve put so much heart and soul into that car, it’s def
Performance VW8 min read
The Last Hurrah
As car folk of a modified persuasion, it’s likely that things have gotten out of hand once or twice. Who’s promised themselves that the daily will stay stock? Just wheels and suspension? We hear you, it’s the circle of life that keeps magazines such
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Daily Express
Although they tend to miss out on the limelight, daily drivers are the unsung heroes of the modified scene. These are the machines tasked with the hardest grafts of daily life – the commutes, load-hauling and four-season usage that would take its tol
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Craftwork
After a long and exhaustive search, this 2016 Highline T6 was finally the one that ticked all the boxes for 32-year-old Ant. “I stumbled across this particular van after looking for weeks on end and I knew straight away this was the one for me and my
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Hot, hot, Hot
How can it be 35 degrees again? That’s two years running. Somebody was clearly looking down on us for the latest VAG Nation event. Expectations were high after the success of our 2022 return. The months following that first return event, and also lea
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What Is… restomod?
One of my lecturers at university had a bugbear about us students always going to Wikipedia when faced with a new question. I understand his logic, not everything on there is verified and it’s healthy to read around a given subject. However, it often
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Glory Boy
Just to recap, last time, after a measure up, our Midge headed up to Teng Tools in Bedford to collect a bunch of its tools and tool boxes, so he could kit out the back of our Project Caddy and give it a real Race Support appearance. You’ll probably r
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We Are Unity
As Fall begins in New England, towns start to fill up with visitors seeking beautiful foliage and small-town charm. One such town is picturesque Turners Falls, Massachusetts, set on River the Connecticut - a town steeped in history, featuring a beaut
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Back Issues
From £4.75 each (plus shipping) Cover Story: Mk1 Golf 1.8T Inside: Daily-driven Mk4 OEM+ icon, cleanest Mk6 GTI, family values Mk2 Scirocco Scala… Cover Story: Mk2 Golf R32 Inside: Carbon-bodied RS3, early Mk1 Golf 1.8T, revisited Polo Breadvan, Turb
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Rewind
It’s already a year since Ryan Maretsky’s twin-turbo Mk4 R32 graced cover. What a build. It even featured air jacks - a first for a road legal feature car. Inside, we featured a bagged Stage 3 Mk5 GTI, an R32-swapped Mk1 Jetta and William Hague’s OEM
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Events Diary 2024
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