Inhaltsverzeichnis für July 2022 in Performance VW

‘You only feature big buck cars.’ ‘You never feature true performance VWs.’ ‘Why don’t you ever feature any Polos?’ Honestly, I have nightmares about these passing comments a few of you make. With eight generations of Golf to cover, plus all the other new models, it’s becoming harder than ever to cater for everybody’s needs, but I’m not about to use that as an excuse for not delivering… because I honestly believe we still do. Well, given the resources we have and the fact we only have four weeks to produce an issue (13 issues a year, remember?). This month we decided a track day theme would work well, especially given more of you guys are deciding to - sensibly - hit the circuit with your tuned cars, rather than…

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Chris Smith spends his working days as a vehicle upholsterer, specialising in transforming modern VW Transporters into highly desirable camper vans. Yet, each night after work over the course of three years, he turned his attention to a VW project of his own. It may be lacking a sink, bed, and cooker, but this stunning Berg Cup inspired Mk1 Golf GTI makes up for its lack of camping appliances with a 301bhp 1.8T along with an array of well thought out mods. Chris is a self-confessed long time VW aficionado, though his first car was a red Vauxhall Corsa. “I was working as a valeter at a French car dealership aged 18 at the time,” Chris recalls, “my manager, John was originally from Germany, he just loved Volkswagens and his…

It says a lot about the legacy of the Mk1 Golf GTI that, almost 50 years after its launch, its formula of usable everyday performance is still the yardstick against which every Volkswagen hot hatch is measured. From magazines to marketing material, you’re never far from a nod to the first of the breed when a new generation reaches the road, but Wolfsburg’s engineers arguably never recaptured the Mk1 spirit as effectively as they did with the Lupo GTI. The fast Golf concept had become complex when the Mk4 arrived in 1997. Newer models had got progressively faster, but not without gaining weight, larger engines, forced induction and (though not until 2002) four-wheel drive and DSG with the R32. By comparison, the Lupo GTI felt like a hedonistic throwback to…

Which of us turbo owners out there doesn’t fancy a car with a little more boost and a lot more power? Glancing across the imaginary room with you all in it I’m guessing there are a lot of hands up right now. The conundrum with the forced induction tuning process is, that once you start squeezing that air/fuel mixture to make it denser, you also make it hotter, which then makes it expand, and that, in turn, makes it less dense. It’s been an issue since the turbocharged car was invented, of course, which led engineers to create the intercooler; basically a radiator to relieve heat from the charge before it’s inducted to the engine, increasing its density, and literally giving you more bang for your buck. Now, the stock…

A few weeks back we were watching an episode of Police Interceptors where a particularly smug officer was belittling a Fiesta ST and bigging up the superiority of his Octavia VRS, “As if that was ever going to outrun our VRS,” he said in a particularly haughty and arrogant way. Part of us was thinking, you’re blooming lucky it doesn’t have a hybrid, remap and an intercooler bolted to it or you wouldn’t have seen which way it went. That same sense of knocking cars based upon size is something Jack Hills, an HGV driver from Northern Ireland, knows all about. Little cars with big power have always been an intoxicating recipe, but a Polo with over 300 horsepower, now that’s a supermini indeed. For Jack, from Omagh in Northern…

Africa’s largest VW gathering, Vdub Camp Fest, takes place annually in South Africa’s Limpopo province at a holiday resort known as Warmbaths. Afteratwo-year, pandemic-forced break, the South African Volkswagen communities were a little more than eager to finally be allowed to attend shows again and take in the awesomeness of loads of new builds. On that note, looking at some of the builds, it was pretty clear which ones took advantage of the extended break between shows. So as the name suggests, the point of Camp Fest is to stay over at the venue for the weekend, with many arriving on Friday and leaving on Sunday evening after the prize giving. The venue caters for all kinds, the camp site is massive with space for hundreds of people and cars,…

Having previously built two modified Atlas models in conjunction with Volkswagen you could be forgiven for thinking PVW contributor, Jamie Orr had well and truly scratched that rather large SUV-shaped itch he had, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Despite having gone pretty extreme with the last build, his Atlas Cross Sport GT Concept (PVW 1/22), the 41-year-old still felt slightly restricted by not having complete control of the build. Control freak? Jamie? The solution? Buy his own brand-new Atlas last September, strip it down to the ground in his Pottstown, PA workshop, repaint it in Harlequin colours, modifying it to the nines, and then drive it 2500 miles to SEMA in October towing a Mk3 Harlequin he’d also customised behind it. And that was before the Atlas…

FROM $220! Looking for an easy solution to store your VR6 engine/gearbox or, in fact, make life easier when you’re attempting to mount it into your car? Then CKW2 has got the answer. Its Low Boy Engine Stands are designed to allow you to store the engine neatly under a work bench, or slide the motor under your car with ease, when mounting it in the vehicle. Featuring a full steel construction, plus steel casters (to make the item easily movable around the shop) these come with a durable power-coated finish and retail for just $220.00. The locking casters allow you to store the motor safely in your garage/workshop or locate it in a fixed place under the car to stop it rolling away - thus making the installation a…

Brad Kordwitz can quite literally see himself in his 2003 GTI. And I’m not talking about picturing himself behind the wheel, banging gears and crushing apexes, although I’m sure that’s a thing, too. No, the bright blue vinyl wrap doubles as an appearance checker. But let’s put a pin in that cheeky intro point and come back to it a bit later. “I wasn’t always a VW guy,” confesses Brad, a 40-year-old vehicle acquisition specialist for an auto dealer in Pennsylvania. Prior to his first bite at the VW apple in 2001, his car keys ranged from Mazdas to domestics. “This was in the era of Super Street Magazine, NOPI Nationals, Wings West bodykits, [and] pre-Fast and Furious mania.” Those of us of a certain age will certainly have fond…

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After finally getting the car up to scratch I’ve actually been enjoying it with the start of the car show season. I’ve been to a few local meets which have been nice to attend and with some amazing weather the car’s been getting plenty of TLC in the detailing department. A good friend of mine, Neil McRae, has set up NM Car Detailing Products and asked me to photograph some of the range, so I figured the best time to do this was of course when the car needed a spruce up. I must say that I just love the 17" Tornado alloys, they always look fresh and are understandably a complete joy to clean as well. I have no idea why this design hasn’t continued in the later models.…

MAY 26-29th TUNING WORLD BODENSEE Friedrichshafen, Germany www.tuningworldbodensee.de 27-29th MODIFIED NATIONALS Peterborough Arena, UK www.modifiednationals.co.uk 29th PLUS FOUR FOUR AUTOMOTIVE SHOW Hartham Park, Wiltshire, SN13 0RP www.plusfourfourautomotive.co.uk JUNE 11-12th VW DAYS Rue de Clusters, France www.clubgolfidf.com 11-12th VACATIONLAND VAG FAIR Brunswick, Maine, USA www.vagfair-com 17-19th ROYAL FITMENT Denekamp, Holland www.royalfitment.com 18th UDDERLY EURO Neenah, WI, USA FB: Udderly Euro 18-19th PLAYERS CLASSIC Goodwood Circuit, Chichester, UK www.players-show.com 23-26th GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED Goodwood House, Chichester, UK www.goodwood.com 26th NLS CULT CLASSIC Coopersburg, PA, USA www.nlscultclassic.com JULY 10th GRAVITY Stoneleigh Park www.slammeduk.co.uk 17th BHP FUEL FEST Westpoint Arena, Exeter, UK www.bhpperformanceshow.com 24th FITTED UK Manchester Central, UK www.fitteduk.com 29th XS CARNIGHT 20Y (TOP 50) Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany FB: XS CarNight AUGUST 5-7th ULTIMATE STREET CAR Santa Pod, Wellingborough, UK www.santapod.co.uk…

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