New issue’s out now. If, like Stuart Wood (owner of this month’s cover car) you fancy getting creative with your Nu Wave Golf, then it’s actually far harder than you might think. The aircraft engineer’s Australian-spec Mk7.5 Performance Edition 1 GTI is an actual work of art which has been produced using the same methodical pursuit-of-perfection approach that the 31-year-old uses during his day job. Elsewhere in the issue we’ve bagged a Berg Cup-kitted Rabbit running a tuned 2.5-litre five-pot, an OEM+ Mk2 with more than a few custom touches, a street & strip ‘67 Beetle and ex-AA T5pop top owned by a ‘very nice man’! We wrap with coverage from EuroTripper and Elsecar, plus have tech articles on Independent Throttle bodies and look at the history of engine oil.

Jay Turner’s Mk4 ‘R25’ on cover this month is one of the few feature cars where we just wouldn't alter a thing! From the 2.5-litre (hence the‘R25’ badging) turbocharged, five-cylinder RS3 motor swap to the colour-coded Recaro A8 seats and centre-lock BBS wheels, the car is just so well thought through. Elsewhere inside the issue we’ve bagged Charlie Pearce’s Mk1 Caddy 16v, Rafael Cabrera Jr’s Mk1 1.8T Cabrio, a pair of Harlequin Polos, Marcus O’Farrell’s ‘commercial-look’T5.1, plus we have event coverage from Ultimate Dubs and Vdub Festival. Continuing our new, tech articles, we’ve also got a feature looking at radiators, intercoolers and various other parts of your car’s cooling system. Finally, the editor has also written an update on my Golf Rallye project.

This month we dedicate our cover to the late, great, Ken Block and feature an exclusive interview with his long-time friend and co-founder of Hoonigan, Brian Scotto asking what the original tyre slayer was like to be around and how life will be like without the great man. Elsewhere in the issue, we’ve bagged an 1900hp twin-engined Lupo from DOP Motorsport, an air-cooled Beetle with more than a couple of nods to the water-cooled scene and we celebrate 25 years of the Audi TT. We’ve also featured a big-turbo Mk2 1.8T from Portugal, build a Tamiya Blitzer Beetle, we have coverage from Eurobuilt across the pond, look at the pros and cons of running water injection and bring you the final instalment on Tom from Meguiar’s Mk2 build before its big reveal at Ultimate Dubs. Enjoy the issue!

This month Jake Nelson’s 330bhp home-grown Berg Cup Mk1 steals cover. Alongside him, we have a couple of resto-modded classics in Martin Peace’s race-spec Mk3 Polo on carbs and Steve Holden’s stunning Euro-look Mk1 Derby. If new-wave is your bag, then Dave Raybould’s rocket-ship Mk6 GTI and Alan Murchison’s stunning T6.1 Transporter will get your juices flowing for sure. We’ve also compiled an article on the future of tuning, which looks at where the modified scene might be in the next ten years and we wrap with coverage from the Essen Motorshow and the CS40 meet in the Lake District.

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Another sweet five-pot Mk7.5 Golf R by MTR Performance and Sar- Turbotechnik....