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The Nissan GT-R50 is one of those exhaust systems, as well as a recalibrated
cars that’s so outlandish, you almost gearbox and stronger rear diff. It’s also got
can’t believe it’s real. We had a good continuously-variable Bilstein dampers,
look around it when the covers were carbon-ceramic brakes and 21-inch carbon
pulled away at the Goodwood Festival ibre wheels. So the aesthetics of that
of Speed back in summer 2018, and the incredible half-spaceship, half-museum
details were just insane – a masterpiece exhibit bodywork may be designed to stun,
in aluminium and carbon ibre. It was like but this is no show pony. This is a hardcore
when manufacturers got a bit carried away 711bhp driver’s car. And we’re buying all
with the idea of building one-off specials the lottery tickets we can afford, because
for the Gran Turismo videogame series a we need one of these in our lives.
little while back, and we ended up with
the bonkers GT By Citroën that genuinely
looked like a lying saucer.
…but then in late-2019 it was announced
that the GT-R50 would be going into limited
production, and we realised that we really
must be living in some kind of acid-tinged
dreamworld. This is a car developed by
Nissan in conjunction with Italdesign, who
celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2018
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built (which explains the name, of course),
and their beauty is more than skin-deep.
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For generations, the default answer to the question ‘What Compare them like-for-like in the classiieds and you’ll see that
car should I buy?’ has been ‘Get a Golf’. This is an answer that a vRS of similar age, condition and mileage will be usefully less
works equally well for hardcore enthusiasts and for people who money to buy than the GTI, and they’ve got a lot in common –
know nothing about cars – you know what you’re getting with a the hot Octavia is essentially a Golf GTI that’s a foot longer at the
Golf; you know it’ll be well screwed together, it’ll have a decent back, so you get the same engine, gearbox, chassis, switchgear,
level of equipment and, if you get a GTI, it’ll be a hoot to drive. the works. Plus it’s a bit more practical, as the boot of the Octavia
Thanks to the broad platform sharing across the VAG, it’s useful hatch is absolutely massive. And you get green brake calipers,
to note that you can buy Golfs in forms that don’t look like Golfs who wouldn’t want that?
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into the crowded marketplace dominated
by the Golf GTI and the Focus ST and so
on, and saying ‘Listen fellas, this is how it’s
really done’. It’s a bloody brilliant car, and its
success can be largely attributed to the fact
that Hyundai poached Albert Biermann from
BMW’s M Division to teach the engineers
how to make engaging sports cars. The i30 N
isn’t just a one-off either; you may remember
the N drift van that we recently reported on. shoved in the middle, a 2.0-litre four-pot Car sequential gearbox, and electronic LSD.
And just look what madness they’ve been kicking out 390bhp, which slingshots it to This is a test-bed rather than something that
up to now – a mid-engined hatchback, for 62mph in under four seconds. The pumped- heralds an actual production model, but the
goodness’ sake. up Veloster shell has all sorts of crazy aero, very fact that Hyundai is developing this kind
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You know what petrol
NEW CADDY LOOKS A stations are for? Buying

BIT TASTY petrol.

Or diesel, or perhaps a bit of
Oh yes, we’re well into this. Vans and every level – and there’s nothing to stop screenwash, and the latest issue of
vanning is a bit of us, as these things are you buying one and making it look like this! Fast Car. Maybe a bag of crisps or a
the backbone of Britain (or is that just The new Caddy is set to be a serious packet of mints. But that’s basically it.
Transits?), and anyone who says they don’t contender too – it’s a 100% new clean- You know what petrol stations aren’t
enjoy a cool van is fi bbing. Alright, so when sheet design, made overtly sporty from the for? Doing you f***ing weekly shop!
the new Caddy launches later in 2020 it off (in its styling, at least; we’ll see if they Yeah, I can see the logic of having a
probably won’t look all that much like these offer us a quick version) with slender LED fridge full of milk and bottles of water
early sketches, but wouldn’t it be awesome lights at the back and a thin, aggressive in there, but a cabinet of artisanal
if it did? Those massive wheels, that killer grille at the front. Go on VW, stick a Golf R brioches and continental cured meats?
stance, those mad mirrors, it works on motor in it! Those things have no place in a lling
station. The same goes for owers,
charcoal briquettes, biscuits, birthday
WHAT’S ON MARCH 2020 cards, CDs, jigsaw puzzles, any frozen
produce, toilet roll, cat food… if you
want to do some shopping, go to a
f***ing supermarket. Don’t amble
8th March
8th March about the petrol station with a basket,
Ultimate Dubs
Ultimate Dubs
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Telford International
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8th-9th March
8th-9th March everybody’s time by spending ten
The Big One’
The Big One’
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Weekender – Crail minutes getting yourself a skinny latte
Raceway
Raceway either. What’s the matter with you, are
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16th March
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The concept of karma suggests a spiritual cause-and-effect, and with
his chameleonic S2000, Scott Butler would probably agree with that
notion. He doesn’t make life easy for himself, but his hard work is
certainly paying off…

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HONDA S2000
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Name: Scott Butler
Age: 31
Occupation: Mechanic 
First car: Vauxhall Corsa SRi
Favourite car: Honda NSX -
followed by the S2000

Favourite modification on
your car: The Air Lift kit
Favourite show or event:
Players
Track day or show and shine?:
Show and shine. Full hard-park
wanker. 
Lessons learned from this
project: I need a deeper wallet
What’s next: A shedload – new
body panels and bumpers, a
custom exhaust being made,
possibly a colour change… and
one day add some more power.
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TECH SPEC: HONDA S2000
JD and poke…

STYLING:
Full repaint in Chromacoat Golden Night, custom fi breglass
front wings - 45mm wider than stock with rear cut-outs, front
bumper widened, Amuse front lip, custom carbon lower splitter
(covering whole front underside), custom carbon canards, Circuit
Garage 75mm rear overfenders, custom ducktail bootlid, custom
chassis-mount rear spoiler with JA Racing 3D wing blade, vented
bonnet, Buddy Club taillights, JDM headlights, JDM rear bumper

TUNING:
F20C 2.0-litre VTEC, AEM V2 standalone ECU, custom carbon
fi bre long-arm air intake with Injen fi lter, decat exhaust system
and rear exhaust bypass mod, Hel thermostatic 19-row oil cooler,
Mishimoto twin radiator, full engine bay tuck and shave, all
electrics and battery relocated, 240bhp

CHASSIS:
8x18in (front) and 9x18in (rear) Bola CSR wheels – refi nished in
custom bronze, 205/35 (f) and 225/40 (r) Nankang tyres, Air Lift
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Chromacoat Golden Night
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OUT THERE












































MStyle turned up
with this stunner


Words & Photography: Slim Jules & Glenda
AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL





When the FC alarm clock is set for 5:30am on a rainy Thursday morning in early January,
you know it must be for something special…


Let’s be honest. January is the worst as a kid and chucked them into one large NEC days (Thursday and Friday) it’s where the UK’s
month of the year. After the indulgence of the shaped toy box. You get the idea. top industry leaders, world’s best automotive
Christmas break comes the reality of going It may be based around the motorsport side press (and us) meet to determine what’s hot
back to work, going on a detox and being of the industry, but there’s more than ‘just’ race and what’s not for the year ahead. There’s lots
skint. January sucks. Well, it does if you’re not cars on display. In recent years the show has of meetings, beers, talking cars and a few
a petrolhead,. For us lot, there’s a big bright introduced the Performance Hall, which caters hangovers as well.
light at the end of the tunnel and it’s called for the side of the market more familiar to us. Also, it’s a place where you can
Autosport International. In fact, in there we spotted some past feature spend some of your pocket money. With
Autosport at the NEC is a show that cars and even some future ones, too. It was everything from detailing gear to motorsport
somehow combines a colossal collection of car also the place to go if you’ve won the lottery memorabilia, models cars, and other cool
culture from just about every genre, era and and want a modified supercar that matches man-cave must-haves. If ever there was an
place you can think of. There aren’t many shows your diamante bedroom furniture. As they say, automotive tonic for the post Xmas gloom,
where you can find F1 cars old and new rubbing you can’t buy class! Autosport International is it.
paintwork with BTCC cars, drifts cars, tuned But there’s more. Autosport is the place to So in 2021, remember, when the final NYE
cars and rally cars from the past and present. launch new products, unveil new race cars and champagne cork has popped, don’t despair,
It’s like someone took all your favourite toy cars their drivers. And, on the trade and press only as Autosport International will be near.








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AUTOSPORT


Urban Wraps
Why are there pictures of two
SUVs in Fast Car? Well, these
aren’t any SUVs. These are Urban
Automotive enhanced SUVs and
they’re about the coolest 4x4s on
the planet. But there’s more. These
cars are wrapped. Yes, those high-
gloss finishes are vinyl-based.
Made by an American company
called Inozetek, the good news for
us Brits is that Urban Automotive
are the UK authorised distributor,
so hit them up if you want a true
high-gloss wrap.
Oh, and as a side note, check
out the camo-carbon on the G63
Wide Track! Simply awesome. That’s a wrap…

























… and so is that






























Are neons making a
Sol’s Gulf-coloured Golf comeback in 2020?






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Ferrari 308 GTB Group B
That’s right, people. Ferrari might
be most famous for their track-
based race cars but this Group B
rally 308 was built with Michelotto
parts and driven by Antonio Zanini.
In 2015 the car came to BGMsport
for a full restoration and since
has been driven up the hill at
Goodwood FOS and competed
in the Modena Cento Ore Classic
and finished 2nd overall. Form is
temporary. Class is permanent.



















Very understated
















Atara Pisang rims and RS Carbon
Bagged Escos is next level arches look gorgeous on this 240Z























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F1 2021
If you’re an F1 fan you’ll know
there’s going to be a big rule
change in 2021, designed to mix
up the field and encourage closer
racing. But why’s that relevant
to non-F1 fans? Well, check the
wheels. They’re swapping the
small 13-inch rims and fat-wall
tyres for 18 inchers and low
profiles. So, who’s going to be
the first person to try and fit F1
wheels to their car? We bet we
see it by 2022.





















Diesel Power
There were plenty of racing icons on display,
but one very special one was the Audi R10
TDI. This was launched in December 2005
with a 5.5-litre twin-turbo diesel V12 engine.
In 2006 at the Le Mans 24 Hours, Frank
Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner
piloted the R10 to victory and shocked the
world with the first ever Le Mans 24 Hours
win for a diesel-powered car. The R10 made
three appearances in total at the Circuit de la
Sarthe and remained undefeated. The car was
retired in 2009 to make way for the 5.5-litre
V10 turbo R15.






















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Live Action
Autosport’s live action arena is the best in the business.
There’s no beat-up Beemer doing doughnuts under a
dodgy PA system. Nope, they showcase the weird and the
wonderful in the world of motorsport. This year’s one-hour
show was hosted by Sky F1’s commentator David Croft and
YouTuber Miss Emma Walsh and featured the adrenaline-
fuelled SXS cars, the Team Maximum Lock Precision Driving
Team and a stunning finale including Terry Grant and the
Mission Motorsport team. Top show!



















CAS always bring it…
















… as do Liberty Sir Isaac Newton turned
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Top Gear
Some of the UK’s biggest companies use
this show as a platform to launch their
latest products. We saw the lot: from turbos
as big as our heads, colossal big brake kits,
lightweight carbon fibre seats and wheels to
body-styling kits and some rather weird stuff.
Also for the press and trade days there’s a
massive engineering hall, with some things
so clever-looking we didn’t really understand
what they were for. If stopped by some clever
race engineering type person we just said
“Wow” and “Amazing” and nodded our heads
lots before making a sharp exit. If you’ve got
something cool to sell, it’s the place to be.










































Go Next Year
Dates haven’t been released yet, but keep an eye on www.
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HOT RIDE



Peacocking in magnificent
shape-shifting paint, Chris
McIntosh’s bagged R32 pulls
together a world of stylistic
influences to create the
perfect modded ride for
modern Scotland…

First impressions count for a lot, that’s
true in all walks of life. Strutting into a room
in a crisply tailored suit and owning the loor
with steely-eyed charisma and affable charm
will permanently ile you in everybody’s
minds as a good egg, whereas a limp
and sweaty handshake or an inadvertent
mispronunciation of your own name will
forever label you as the forgettable type.
We as a species like to think we’re pretty
on-point with forming accurate spur-of-the-
moment character analyses, although this
isn’t always the case. Your irst impression of
this particular Mk4 Golf might be that, yes,
this is the zenith of where the SoCal scene
is right now; glinting in the brilliant sunlight,
this bagged R32 rocks a slick Stateside vibe
that could only have come from the anti-
Detroit import culture of hot rod-obsessed
California – the disco paintwork, the wheels,
the stance, it’s pure aftermarket Americana.
And then you arrive at the rear of the
car, and note with a raised eyebrow that it’s
actually wearing UK plates. All at once, the
pieces fall dramatically into place. The order
of the universe realigns itself. Because the
ubiquity of social media has shrunken the
world, and styles are no longer anchored in
geography. This sunlit VeeDub perfection
cannot be found cruising the Paciic Coast
Highway. No, its owner and creator – Chris
McIntosh – actually hails from a windblown
corner of rural Scotland.

CAR FRIENDS
“I’m just a young lad from a small Scottish
town, who has always loved modifying cars
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HOT RIDE
HO T R ID E
The 3.2-litre VR6 is now Badge of honour
pushing out 289bhp














is a means of locomotion. (The world may

be iguratively shrinking, but despite the
geographical massiveness of reality it’s still
easy enough to actually travel to other bits
of it.) And with the perfect car purchased,
it’s encouraging and endearing to note that
Chris was viewing it as a starting point rather
than a box ticked.
think of anything better?” he grins. “This is prohibitive, but when he reached the age Helpfully Chris is a mechanic by trade,
actually only my third car; my irst was a one- of 22 a couple of years ago it all started to and this growing technological skillset works

litre Polo 6N2, which was the car that started come together. hand-in-hand with a very particular mindset
my love of modifying. I would work all “After a bit of searching, I found this car whereby, as much as humanly possible, he
week, get paid, then buy mods for it! After advertised online,” he recalls. “It was a fair likes to do everything on his cars himself.
a while it was time for change, so I bought distance away, a fourteen-hour round trip, So this is largely a home-brewed build, he’s

a Honda Civic EP3 Type R, and the same but I knew it was the one. I had to have it! got the oily ingernails to prove it, and every
thing happened – I spent all my money on So I made an early start, and by the time I step of the makeover was personal.

it! That was wrapped in yellow and was on got home that night I inally had my own “It means so much more to me to do all

air suspension, which really upset a lot of R32. It was in very good condition, but of the work myself,” he says. “Like itting the
Honda fans…” course it’d be needing my personal touches air-ride system and the boot build, that was
And so the most recent stepping stone to really make it mine…”

represented a logical progression: the irst This is an abject lesson in sheer bloody-
car was a 1.0-litre, the second was a 2.0-litre, minded logic for all those people online OWNER
so three-litres completed the pattern, right? who come out with comments like ‘I’d
Well, 3.2 is close enough, and as it turned love to buy your car, if only you were PROFILE:
out the Mk4 Golf R32 is a car that Chris closer’ – it’s not beyond the wit of man to
had always fancied. The purchase price travel somewhere and then travel home Name: Chris McIntosh
and the insurance costs had thus far been again, particularly given that the car itself Age: 24
Occupation: Mechanic
First car: VW Polo 6N2
Favourite car: Mk4 Golf R32
Favourite modifi cation on your
car: Either the colour or the air sus-
pension, I can’t choose!
Favourite show or event: Dubshed
or FittedUK
Track day or show and shine:
Show and shine 
Lessons learned from this project:
You’re never fi nished, you always
want new parts…
What’s next: I have Porsche 996
Turbo front brakes to go on, as well
as a genuine US R32 rear bumper
waiting for paint; the wheels are
going away to get the centres fully
brushed for next year, more carbon
fi bre… and then more memories!








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“ this is largely a home-brewed


build, he’s got the oily fi ngernails
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THE X FACTOR
Chris’s paint choice here is very cool, and it’s something
we’re surprised not to have seen on more custom builds
in recent years. Named ‘Caviar Pearl’, it comes from
Jaguar’s 21st-century paintbox, and it’s a so-called
‘Xirallic’ formulation. What’s that? Well, in essence
Xirralic is a pigment made of aluminium oxide platelets
covered with titanium oxide, which means that it has

a much stronger glitter effect than traditional metallic
paints, with a unique and unusual shimmering effect

in bright sunlight. If you look at Caviar Pearl in shadow,
it almost appears dark brown, but as the light hits it
becomes a sort of disco aubergine before morphing into
a full-blown glitter purple. And the colour’s wasted on
the likes of the Jaguar XF, it’s much better suited to a
bagged Golf R32!





















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all done on my mum’s driveway… there was
some struggling as you can imagine, with it
being on axle stands on the drive. But that’s
all part of the fun!”
The careful and painstaking
measurements required to imbue the Golf
with the ultimate stance were treated to an
additional curveball of complexity when it
came time to choose wheels. Because, you
see, Chris isn’t the type of guy to simply
pluck a set of wheels off the shelf having
spied a label reading ‘Mk4 R32 itment’. No,
he chose the design and dimensions he
wanted, then created all sorts of headaches
for himself making them it. The rims in
question are 3-piece CCW Classics, a
staggered set of eighteens measuring
9-inches across at the front and an extra inch
out back, and that’s a lot of girth to squeeze
under a Mk4. The front end’s been helped
Retrimmed Porsche 996 seats out by SRS-TEC wings which are a helpful
suit the build perfectly 25mm wider apiece, but it still took some





























































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VW GOLF R32


wrangling. “With most of my parts, I just
hunt the internet for something I like or that
stands out, and then buy it,” he shrugs. “If it
doesn’t it, I think of a way to make it it; with
the wheels I had to add some camber and
smaller tyres, and it all worked out just
as I imagined.”
Those wider front wings form just part
of the exterior artwork, as there’s been a
huge amount of upheaval to create this
sun-shiney Californian vibe. The paint is
the key lure here, a Jaguar shade by the
name of Caviar Pearl, and it’s a brilliant
choice which harnesses 21st-century paint
technologies to evoke a 1990s colour-
shifting aesthetic – it’s halfway between a
Global Hypercolour t-shirt and a lip-painted
TVR. The eagle-eyed will have spotted a
whole world of smoothing: the bumpers,
roof aerial, rubstrips, boot handle, it’s all
been shaved and perfected in the old-
school style, with the look then brought


One of the best side right up to date with a smattering of carbon
profiles we’ve ever seen ibre embellishment. The front grille, wiper
arms, mirror surrounds, they gleam with the
glossy weave, and it creates a motorsport
chic that’s mirrored in the high-end
interior treatment. Porsche 996 seats wear
sumptuous cream trim, courtesy of Del at
Optimus Automotive Trimmers, and the feel
speaks of luxury-infused track menace. If it
weren’t prowling around Scotland, it’d be
ready for playtime at Laguna Seca.
SHOW AND GO

While we’re on the subject of power, just
take a look at what’s lurking under the
bonnet. VW’s celebrated VR6 in full-fat
R32 spec is a formidable thing even in
showroom form, but when you shove in a
set of Schrick cams and bolt on a custom
and completely unsilenced straight-through
exhaust system (which, believe us, sounds
like the enraged bellowing of the devil
himself), you’re just a robust remap away
from 289bhp – a situation with which
the plucky 24-year-old is understandably
pretty chuffed. All of this holistic modding
prowess feeds into an intercontinental
sharing of ideas that’s been bubbling away
for generations: the phrase ‘global village’
has been circulating since the 1960s, when
Canadian professor Marshall McLuhan
outlined the idea that the instant transfer
of information from electrical devices had
effectively shrunk the world. It all came true,
his work basically predicted the internet;
nowadays it mightn’t occur to you to write a







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HOT RIDE
TECH SPEC: VW GOLF R32
Chris fitted everything on the
car including the air ride
Styling:
Jaguar Caviar Pearl paint, smoothed bumpers, smoothed roof
aerial, smoothed boot handle, smoothed rub strips, SRS-TEC
25mm-wider front wings with smoothed indicators, blacked-
out US-spec headlights with twin amber running lights,
carbon fibre front grille, carbon mirror surrounds, carbon
wiper arms, US-spec mirrors and glass, Euro-spec taillights,
Triple R Composites front splitter and sideskirt extensions, VW
Sharan 90mm boot badge, gloss black bumper grilles

Tuning:
3.2-litre VR6, Schrick cams, stainless decat manifold,
stainless straight-through cat-back exhaust system (no
silencers), BMC CDA carbon induction kit, Porsche oil and
coolant caps, billet washer cap, painted valve covers and
fusebox covers, remap, 6-speed manual, Forge short-shift
Power:
289bhp
Chassis:
9x18in (front) and 10x18in (rear) CCW Classic 3-piece split-
rims – with pearl grey centres, polished lips and polished
letter to someone in Australia or Japan and centre caps, 215/35 (f) and 225/40 (r) Achilles tyres, Air Lift
send it by air mail instead of just emailing Slam Series bags and struts with Air Lift 3P management,
them, or even to look something up in a Only Charged Dubs camber top mounts, adjustable rear
camber arms, chassis notch, OEM-size Brembo pads and
weighty paper encyclopedia in the local uprated discs
library when the job can be done with two
seconds of Googling. The world has never Interior:
been smaller. And while this state of affairs Porsche 996 front seats, R32 rear bench with centre headrest
may seem a little bleak in terms of heritage deleted, seats and gaiters retrimmed in cream with grey stitch
and tradition, it does at least offer certain by Optimus Automotive Trimmers, home-made air install and
beneits to the automotive scene: it’s easier boot build with candy apple red air tank, polished hard pipes
than it’s ever been to connect with like- and OEM carpeting
minded enthusiasts from around the globe
and share ideas, source parts, compare and Thanks:
contrast. We live in a hivemind that makes “Thanks to my girlfriend Sian for putting up with my moods
things better for us all. when things don’t go to plan! And my mates for helping me at
Don’t go thinking that this is an out-and- weekends.”
out show car, though. Despite the top-light
specs and the lawless inish, this hasn’t
simply been a case of Chris absorbing
global trends and redirecting them through Perfectly tucked
his own Scottish prism. “Believe it or not, I CCW Classics
daily the car,” he assures us. “I do also have
a Jeep for carrying parts and that, but most
of the time I’m driving the Golf. People are
always staring at it when I’m out and about,
and when it’s aired out at my work people
don’t understand how it works – ‘How do
you get over speed bumps?’ and ‘That looks
broken’, they’re the two I get most often!”
Yep, that’s a human constant which is true
the world over. From Arbroath to Adelaide,
Los Angeles to Londonderry and Minsk
to Micronesia, we’re united in a common
pursuit. A SoCal-style Golf in Scotland? Hell,
maybe the Californians have been stealing
ideas from the British Isles all along…■










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for fun-size Pringles tubes and coagulating range turbo-diesel runabout just wouldn’t cut
Haribo. The alarm’s set for the crack of the mustard with your go-go lifestyle. You
dawn, because you have places to go and need your executive saloon to be the big-
people to wow. Time is money, my friend, power variant, with the brawny motor and all
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someone who arrives in the ofice car park in the cars you need to have on your wishlist…






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first generation it was badged ‘Passat CC’. Whereas the CC name was used by other manufacturers to mean
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PRICE TODAY: £9,000
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KICKER HIDEAWAY HS10 COMPACT WOOFER, £400


The bods at US audio giants are so very proud of proper RMS grunt. Enough for your boys to line-out converter. In other words, it’s everything
of this new product, they asked us to park our be banging together like some sort of hairy your backside deserves. And your ears, too, for
ample arses on it, quite literally. In fact, we had Newton’s cradle. Talk about ‘feel’ the bass, eh? that matter.
to sit on this one for a few weeks in the That’s not all. There’s also a whole load of tech www.kickeruk.com

proverbial sense too, because this high-end, designed specifically for the coming decade.
hideaway woofer was kept a strict secret until It’s fully compatible with stop/start vehicles. FEATURES
it was launched at the enormous CES Show So, where most amps will shut down when the ■ 10-inch woofer
in Las Vegas, the consumer electronics voltage drops from the starter, this one will carry ■ 180-watts (RMS)
equivalent of SEMA. on like some sort of demented Duracell bunny, ■ 35x25x8cm body

As you’d expect, like every other Kicker meaning there’s no annoying ‘pops’ when it fires
offering, it went down a storm. We’re happy to back up. The HS10 will also take any input signal ■ 0.25-40 volt high-level input

say the embargo is up, and the first shipment from 0.25 all the way up to 40 volts. So it can ■ Compatible with start/stop vehicles

is set to hit the UK at the end of this month. be fitted to any car without the need for a ■ Remote bass control included
But what makes this super-compact, under-
seat box of serious boom so bloody special?
Well, it’s basically a 2020 update of one of the
most popular audio products of the last decade.
This may be practically the same size (or just
2mm taller, if we’re being picky) as the world-
beating HS8 woofer launched way back in 2011,
but it’s packing a driver that’s a full two inches
larger. And, along with a monster 180-watt
amplifier, it’s all crammed into a chassis that’s

not much bigger than this page, and should slide
under just about any seat.
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The shiniest and freshest mods on the market


TURBOZENTRUM HYUNDAI I30N HYBRID, £2,254
We said on the very day they launched the All very handy, we think you’ll agree. They can
Hyundai i30N that it would prove to be a even do all this work on your standard turbo, for
monster for power tuning in the future and the much the same effect.
good news is that the boys at TurboZentrum Being a hybrid that deals with internal mods,
have proved us (unusually) correct by developing rather than a conversion to a whole different
this rather special hybrid turbo. turbo, it not only keeps the costs down on extra
This little blower may look a lot like the parts like manifolds and the like, but crucially it
original unit. But with just a few basic supporting makes the fitting a simple bolt-on affair. An epic

mods, it’s capable of over 400bhp. Which in the bit of kit, for an epic little hot hatch.
compact Korean rocket is more than enough to www.turbozentrum.co.uk
keep those arse cheeks in a perpetual clench!
With a load of clever in-house machining
– technical stuff like milling the compressor
wheel for maximum flow and gap-optimising


both housings – this Stage-3 item is specifically
designed to add gobs of grunt while, most
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Wacky Wheels For 2020

AutoStar Sutorro, £113 (each) White Label C4, £124 (each)
They just don’t get any more retro Jap than We reckon inspired is the word when it comes
these, do they? Except of course that they’re to these polished beauties. In fact, the more
brand new for 2020, even if they do look a tad observant wheel whores will already have the
like they’ve been dug up from some long- term ‘sawblade’ on the tip of their tongue. The
forgotten ’70s workshop on the outskirts of clue is in the C4 bit here… corrrr indeed!
Kyoto. But that’s the point, isn’t it? There’s no Still, although the OEM wheels from a
school like the old skool and these are some certain American legend are similar in design
of the craziest 15 inchers we’ve seen… well, (albeit only at fi rst glance), not to mention very
in the last 50 years. Not to mention some of popular for adapting from a 5x120.6PCD to the
the best looking. 5x100PCD found on ’90s and ’00s VAG royalty,
But that’s not all. With a nice girthy 8-inch the C4 here already comes in the correct PCD.
width and a 4x100PCD, there’s plenty to love There’s also the fact that, unlike the 8.5 to
for both the Euro and Jap boys here. 11x17s you may come across, these 7.5x17s
If these aren’t one of the most popular rims (ET35) are more of a straight-swap job, without
of the season we’ll be smearing our hats with the inherent arch fettling. The C4 is clearly about
wasabi and tucking right in! making life easy. The price is appealing, too.
www.autostarwheels.com www.nuts4wheels.com
Size: 8x15-inch Size: 7.5x17-inch
PCD: 4x100 PCD: 5x100
Offset: ET25 Offset: ET35
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FRESH KIT
FORGE KIA CEE’D BOV/RECIRC VALVE, £150

More Korean goodness? Too right it is. Kim Jong can bugger
More Korean goodness? Too right it is. Kim Jong can bugger
right off naturally. But our friends from the sunny south have
right off naturally. But our friends from the sunny south have
been killing it on the turbo car front over the last few years.
been killing it on the turbo car front over the last few years.
Apart from the Hyundai i30N, we’re also particular fans of the
Apart from the Hyundai i30N, we’re also particular fans of the
rapid ProCeed GT from Kia, a proper leftfield gem and future
rapid ProCeed GT from Kia, a proper leftfi eld gem and future
cult classic.
Anyway, this all-aluminium dumper from Forge Motorsport
Anyway, this all-aluminium dumper from Forge Motorsport
is a long-awaited master stroke, designed to replace the
notoriously fragile (especially after a remap) standard valve on
notoriously fragile (especially after a remap) standard valve on
the ProCeed, the Cee’d 1.6 Turbo and the silly-power, 3.3-litre
the ProCeed, the Cee’d 1.6 Turbo and the silly-power, 3.3-litre
K900 and Stinger saloons.
Of course, you’ll all know the benefits of uprated valves
ts of uprated valves

Of course, you’ll all know the benefi
but what’s particularly clever here is that the FMDV24 can be
but what’s particularly clever here is that the FMDV24 can be
configured either as a fully atmospheric BOV, or as a recirc

confi gured either as a fully atmospheric BOV, or as a recirc

valve to fire the pressure back into the inlet tract. And all
without tripping the dreaded engine check light. Old skool
without tripping the dreaded engine check light. Old skool
modding on thoroughly new school motors. We’re loving that!
www.forgemotorsport.co.uk
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Here’s a properly sweet little gadget and another
manifestation of the current industry obsession of getting
Alexa to work our cars (even though she’s probably quite busy
sorting out the rest of our lives).
The Viva here is made by technology giants Anker (available
on Amazon here in the UK) and it’s one of the simplest ways
to get Alexa and handsfree-calling in your motor. You simply
plug this one into you fag lighter and that’s about it. Then
you can just say the word for directions, Spotify playlists,
turning up the heating at home and all those other things the
real love of our lives can do. It also features dual high-speed
charging ports. Because. Well. Who doesn’t need more of
those nowadays? Not bad at all for under a nifty.
www.anker.com
Rota EG6, £150 (each)
There are rare occasions when a wheel comes
along that’s nothing like what we’ve seen before.
We’re not even sure how to classify the EG6, other
than assuming Rota went a bit nuts with a classic
fl at-faced wheel and a CNC machine. They’ve
ended up with more holes here than your average
broth… (OK that’s enough, Midge – Jules).
But it’s all in a good way of course. This new
hoop is nothing short of stunning. And there’s also
a sweet selection of centre colours, too.
Usable 7x16s are a rare addition to the market
nowadays and that’s a massive shame when
they can be as jaw-dropping as these puppies.
Seriously well played fellas.
www.rarerims.co.uk
Size: 7x16-inch
PCD: 4x100
Offset: ET35
Finishes: Gunmetal/polished lip, silver/polished lip,
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WORX CUBE VAC, Price £90

Fed up of with dragging your big old vacuum cleaner out to
the car? Worry no more, as WORX, the clever guys behind
the thoroughly awesome Hydroshot portable pressure
washer, are here to help, with the super-compact Cube Vac.
The high-performance, two-speed vacuum delivers
10kpa suction pressure, which is more suck than a Thai…
(OK, let’s not go there) and features one-touch button
emptying with no need for bags or containers.
It comes complete with several cleaning attachments,

a flexible hose for getting into all those little hideaways
where the Skittles and Maltesers seem to go and with
a run time of 25 minutes is capable of cleaning Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s hummer before it runs out of juice.
Plus, it’s part of the WORX Power Share family, meaning
it shares the same interchangeable 20V WORX Power Share
battery as the Hydroshot.
www.worx.com
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WORX Landroid Robotic mowers, From £498

No, we haven’t lost the plot. You really are reading
about a lawn mower in Fast Car. But there’s a good
reason for it…
When does grass grow at its fastest? During
the spring and summer. And when are you most
busy with modifying your motor and attending
car shows? Yeah, the spring and summer! So,
these awesome robotic mowers from WORK
(which have a rain sensors) won’t just save you
time to do the things you love, but it’ll also save
you getting moaned at by the missus.
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The Astra H was the first to adorn the now

infamous VXR logo and with 237bhp being
pumped out of the Z20 turbocharged motor
it was more than worthy of Vauxhall’s new
performance badge. Some 15 years on and
the Mk5 Astra is still a respected hot hatch,
but with the help of Nevlock Performance,
the stock performance figures of 152mph

top speed and a 6.2-second 0-60 time can be
vastly improved.
Nevlock stock and sell a whole host of
engine component upgrades for the Astra
VXR, as well as some essential chassis
enhancements too, so we’ve highlighted
some of their most popular parts in this
handy little guide.
If you’ve got a Mk5 and you want more
power – and let’s face it, who doesn’t? –
then you need to give these guys a call…
NEVLOCK FMIC KIT, FROM £300
NEVLOCK FMIC KIT, FROM £300
Keep those air temps down with this larger BREMBO 4-POT BRAKE KIT, FROM £450
capacity intercooler, complete with hard A faster car requires better brakes and Nevlock have just
pipes. Another essential for those who the job with these Brembo BBKs, available off the shelf.
want a more aggressive map.
Picture courtesy of Nathan Rees
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