Indholdsfortegnelse for January 2022 i Performance VW

At first glance this may seem like a standard Mk2 Golf GTI and in many respects it is. The suspension, brakes, exterior, much of the interior and even the BBS rims will be familiar to past and present owners of a Mk2, myself included. Yet, the remainder of this innocent looking Golf couldn’t be more different to any other of the multitude of Mk2s that rolled off the production line in Wolfsburg decades ago. The lack of exhaust and curious flap where the VW badge once lived perhaps give the game away that this car is not quite all it seems and there’s no clutch or gears too. And its distinctly quiet, just a gentle hum instead of the usual rasp or growl. Yes, if you hadn’t already guessed, this…

Flintstone, Maryland – I got the idea for this article driving home from one of the Dubs at the Gap evening events before the proper show. I believe it was Saturday after shooting all day. There’s a brief period where you get in the car, put windows down and head to your destination after long hours and your mind begins to float. For some, blissfully unaware as the air buffers across the cabin and the shadows grow quite long as the sun burns into the horizon. However, for me that evening, I was struck by this notion of the unexpected, and I mean that in the best possible way. Unexpected things. Unexpected places. Unexpected people. I found expectations I didn’t know I had to be met and exceeded. And all…

JANUARY 13-16th AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL NEC, Birmingham, UK www.autosportinternational.com FEBRUARY 4-5th EURO TRIPPER 9 Ft Myers, Florida, USA www.eurotrippershow.com MARCH 13th ULTIMATE DUBS Telford Centre, UK www.ultimate-dubs.co.uk 13th VW-SPEED MID-WINTER MEETING Airport Twenthe, Holland, www.vw-speed.nl APRIL 2-3rd DUBSHED Nikon Exhibition Centre, Belfast, NI www.dubshed.com 3rd THE FAST SHOW Santa Pod, Wellingborough, UK www.santapod.co.uk 8-10th WOOKIES IN THE WOODS Robbinsville, NC, USA www.wookiesinthewoods.com 9-10th GR8 INTERNATIONAL CAR SHOW Kortrijk Xpo, Belgium www.gr8mag.be 10th ELSECAR AT THE RACES Doncaster Racecourse, UK www.elsecarattheraces.com 10th UK RALLYE GOLF SHOW Doncaster Racecourse, UK www.elsecarattheraces.com 10th GTI SPRING FEST Santa Pod, Wellingborough, UK www.santapod.co.uk 18th OFFSET SHOW Royal Cornwall Showground, UK www.wgnuk.com 24th NEW ENGLAND DUSTOFF Thompson Speedway, Thompson, CT, USA Facebook: New England Dustoff 24th THE ULTIMATE SHOW Depot Mayfield, Manchester, UK www.ultimate-show.co.uk MAY 2nd BHP…

The JP-Performance story is well documented with 40-year-old Jean-Pierre Kraemer (JP) being something of a household name in Germany. JP has been in the automotive sector his entire working life; starting at Porsche, he then worked for 9ff for a period before starting a business with a partner. In 2012 he decided to go it alone and set up JP-Performance. JP now owns no less than eight companies mostly specialising in motoring niches. Work as a TV presenter, race driver, and YouTuber have made him famous and with involvement in design, real estate, clothing brands and even owning the Big Boost burger restaurant that flanks the side of the JP-Performance building in his native Dortmund, it’s a job to know how he finds time to sleep. Thankfully he squeezed us…

On Sunday 27th June 2021 Mk2 Spares UK held its second annual meet at its Melton Constable HQ in Norfolk. To say it was bigger and better was an understatement - the turnout was incredible, probably double the amount of cars from the previous year. The uncertainty of Covid meant it was touch and go as to whether the meet would even go ahead but after the green light was given, Matt Palmer and his team prepared the unit ‘COVID friendly’ and started organising. On the day, inside the unit they had a one way system selling various parts and merchandise, while outside it was packed full of Mk2 Golfs (and other VWs). In fact, the entire industrial estate was pretty much taken over… it’s a good job it was…

North Yorkshire-based eDub Services was formed back in 2013 when Kit Lacey had a crazy idea, if you can swap an engine in a VW Type 2, why can’t you make it electric? “Once I had the idea, I couldn’t let it go,” Kit explains, “I purchased a conversion kit from the States and the rest is history!” In a bid to make a return on this substantial investment, Kit converted a VW type 2 camper to electric and offered it for hire, initially naming his company eDub Trips. “I just worked in my spare time back then with my Mum and Dad as partners,” he adds. Since then, eDub Services has grown substantially with Kit’s brother Joss now acting as senior technician, Dec Meecham as trainee technician and Caroline…

When it launched in 2002, Volkswagen’s first R-badged Golf was just as much of a step into the unknown as the Mk1 GTI had been 30 years previously. The R32 had its roots in that familiar hot hatch all-round capability but let its wilder side run riot, and found an audience much bigger than Wolfsburg ever imagined during development. Today, one in ten UK-bound Golfs is an R, and that badge has featured on more than 250,000 sold worldwide since those first Mk4s. Audi never quite had the same centre-of spot light appeal with the S3, despite a three year head start, but it also hasn’t missed out on the perks of that popularity. “It seems like everyone is starting to forget about these,” shrugs Phil Griffiths, as we ask…

SPONSORED BY: I’ll start with a confession; I’m not a convertible person… not one bit. Being a fan of all things motorsport, I’ve always preferred the tin top-option and actually do my best to even avoid sunroof cars, if I can help it. But, and it’s a big but, my kids absolutely love convertibles – in particular, my mum’s old face-lifted Audi A3 8P S-Line Cabriolet. Here’s the story of how we ended up owning said car, and customising it. MUM’S THE WORD So, when my mum expressed a desire to acquire a newer version of her trusty rag top, something with less miles and in the more modern 8V variation, she actually offered her existing car to us first, knowing how much the kids liked it. For me, knowing…

Okay. Let’s deal with the 4,288 pound Titan in the room before we get rolling with this feature. Yes, sport utility vehicles are (depending on your market) quickly taking over the world’s prevalent form of transportation. Yes, SUVs make manufacturers boatloads of money. And yes, they’re trying to carve out whatever little niche they can in order to syphon more cash from consumers’ pockets (we’re staring straight at the blue and white propeller people). However, because of Americans’ insatiable desire to pilot these purse pinchers, it would be a fool’s errand to ignore the trend. That said, with the 2018 MY introduction of its homegrown 3-row SUV, the Atlas, VW successfully took a sizeable chunk of sales from their competition. Let’s not kid ourselves - driving an SUV, even one…

Let’s take a trip to Pottstown, Pennsylvania, on Labor Day weekend – which, for the non-American readers is a holiday always held on the first weekend in September. Pottstown is a small industrial town outside of Philadelphia, about 2 hours southwest of New York City, that’s probably not used to the large influx of cars and people descending on it to take part in something spectacular. But, as it transpires, that’s exactly what Jamie Orr’s L’oe Show turned out to be! As folk arrived in town, there was a buzz in the air of something new, something not done before. Most started to arrive on Friday, as there was a lot to take part in over this weekend, with our own first stop being the hotel to unload. There are…

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