Volkswagen Driver – June 2018

The June issue of Volkswagen Driver is the annual GTI Special issue.
Full of features about all generations of GTI, including the new up! GTI and Polo GTI, as well as news of Volkswagen Group reorganisation and the Pikes Peak electric race car .

Our GTI Group Test appraises the attributes of the up! GTI, Polo GTI and GTI Performance on both road and track, while our 30 pages of features about Golf GTI drivers, and their cars include Jules Thompson’s ABF 2.0 16V Mk 1 track car, Hugh Coffey’s full resto Mk 1 Campaign, Amy Hoath’s DIY daily driver Mk 2 GTI 8V, Ady Oliver’s full custom low-rider TT-engined Mk 2 16V, Kevin Harman’s resto show car Mk 3 GTI 8V, Moris Chambers’s 250 bhp supertuned Mk 4 TDI-engined Anniversary GTI, Dan Brown’s OEM+ Mk 5 Edition 30, Anthony Craig’s daily driver Mk 7 GTI, Jon Nixon’s fully loaded Mk 7 GTI Performance and Andy Foyle’s track star Clubsport S.

We also have a review of the Mk 5 GTI Edition 30 road & track project car, motorsport reports on the Production GTI series at Oulton Park and TCR drivers at Silverstone, as well as a Helix clutch upgrade for the GTI Clubsport S.
The Milltek Sport exhaust system for up! GTI, DBA brake discs and Power Maxed Detailer are all reviewed in our products and services pages and we also compare the VW Golf GTI with the Peugeot 308 GTI.

Plus: Subscription offer, specialist trade index and pages of cars and parts for sale.