Winning down under – VW motorsport in Australia
Craig Hughes, editor of VW Magazine Australia, sent us this this report of his various VW motorsport activities down under in their Formula Vee and early Mk1 Golf…
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Winning down under – VW motorsport in Australia
The GTi legacy
As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Golf GTi, we had a swift look back at other equally ‘hot’ VWs that have displayed that iconic three-letter emblem…
Which wheels will fit my VW Beetle?
Swapping factory rims for something a bit more interesting is often the first step many of us take on the long and usually winding road to making our cars stand out, sit better and generally look a whole lot nicer. So what are the wheel options when it comes to the VW Beetle?
11,200 mile Mk2 Golf
We’ve been watching with interest the rapid rise of Mk2 Golf values in the last six months with £15,000 seemingly being the absolute pinnacle to date – unless you know otherwise, of course! That was for the late, low mileage GTi that we blogged about here. However, if rarity is high on your agenda then … Continued
The right to drive
As ever more stringent air quality legislation threatens to ban older cars from some of our inner cities, the authors of a recent study into driverless cars hint at a further curb to our enjoyment…
VW Sleepers
There’s always been a certain kudos in owning a car that looks like a snail but goes like a scalded hyena. The much fabled ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’. There’s all sorts of aftermarket engine upgrades available to soup a VW and make it go faster than it looks like it should but some cars left … Continued
What is Cal-style and Cal-look?
Southern California has traditionally been the place where rules are bent, boundaries pushed and VW trends are started. But there were two quite different car cultures to come out of SOCAL in the late seventies and they’re easily confused. So here’s our at a glance interpretation of the main differences between ‘Cal-style’ and ‘Cal-look’
Golf GTi – early impressions
Continuing our 40th anniversary celebrations of the first totally iconic Golf GTi, we’ve plundered the archives to find out what the UK press thought about the car and specifically how it compared to our home-grown Ford XR3 rival. Their findings make interesting reading…
Mad as a March Hare
In our never-ending quest to uncover the most oddball VWs ever made we’ve discovered yet another totally bonkers VW-based kit car. Indeed, this one’s almost as mad as its name…
Ewan McGregor sells his Beetle for £20,000
Forget the big, brash steroid pumping SUVs, the exotic Italian sports cars and the Hummers – acting legend and star of Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and more recently Star Wars VII up until recently Ewan McGregor has been trundling around Tinseltown in something a lot cooler. Namely a 1960 De Luxe sunroof Beetle. However, with a … Continued