Performance VW Magazine

28 April 2023

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.