Before Volkswagen’s engineers secretly appropriated an Audi 80 GTE engine with Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection, nailed it into a stiffened Mk1 Golf shell, then lowered and uprated the suspension, nobody used the term hot hatch. But having convinced V

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Lee Docherty last appeared on these hallowed pages back in April 2018. His more door Mk3 left-hooker Harlequin VR6 tribute was not for the faint of heart, taking multicoloured colour coding and Lego-themed detailing to the extreme. Hell, he even wore

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The Mk4 Golf R32 was a very special car from the factory, especially when compared to a regular Mk4 Golf 1.8T with all the bells and whistles. With it’s deep, smooth bumpers, unique motorsport-inspired 18” wheels, big brakes and whopping dual tailpip

XCS Designs is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest innovation, the XCS Drift-Kart. This state-of-the-art drift-kart is designed for adrenaline enthusiasts. What started as a fun side project, has ended up being one of the most exciting prod

If only 90’s kids had got their stance game sorted, perhaps their Halfords ram-raid plastic fantastic creations wouldn’t have been quite so questionable. PVW regular, Lee Dougherty’s R32-powered Mk3 (p8) steals this month’s cover and shows what can b

While attending the recent L’oe Show event, I clearly remember thinking to myself that car shows are funny. A show organiser says “Hey, come to my random town that you otherwise probably would never visit or have heard of and I promise I’ll throw a g

The old saying ‘Wheels Maketh The Car’ is correct, to a degree. That being said, even the best wheels will still look a bit pants if the vehicle in question doesn’t sit right. After our Midge had spent so long fine tuning the interior of our Caddy la

It was around 2003 that all-round good guy, ace fabricator and hirsute drag racer, Wayne Allman, decided to do something with the gnarly ’65 Split Single Cab that had come his way (twice) by a chain of not entirely unconnected events. “I’m going to g

We’re probably a bit biased, but in this fickle world of social media instant wins and Tweet-sized soundbytes, there’s nothing quite like the permanence of printed media. Old brochures, catalogues and magazines capture a moment in time, with all the

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From a young age, Matt Kendrick has always loved cars. “My dad and grandad were both car guys,” he says. “My grandad even did a bit of racing in his time. That led me into cars and as I got older, I started buying and modifying them.” It wasn’t until

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FROM £599 "Get more than a peak power figure - it’s all about the drive.” Well, the latest press release from Revo announcing its new software for the Mk8 Golf R pretty much spells it out. Revo’s focus isn’t just about chasing numbers and pub talk, i

A sub-700 kilogram Mk1? Hot take: the welded in multi-point cage isn’t making this look easy, and the panels don’t look like wafer-thin fibreglass. Good luck with that. Usually very early bodyshells lend themselves to the featherweight game - or sava

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The Jetta was a booted version of Volkswagen’s Golf hatchback and it was designed to appeal to the US market in particular and more conservative buyers generally. Introduced in 1979, the Mk1 was 15in longer than the then-current Golf Mk1 and availabl

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Will the youth of today ever really learn to delay gratification? You know, the rapidly disappearing art of putting off the stuff you want to do until you’ve done the things you need to do. It’s an essential skill if you want to live a successful, fu