Performance VW

If you're in to modified VWs then you need to be into Performance VW, the only publication that delivers hardcore VW junkies a guaranteed Dub hit on a monthly basis. Performance VW has been at the forefront of modified Volkswagens for over a decade now and has been instrumental in shaping the scene into the most innovative of its kind. It really is the only magazine that caters for true Dub enthusiasts. Whether you're after debuts on the world's fastest, finest and most fun VAG metal, or simply want inspiration from the quirkiest daily drivers, then there is only one place to be: PVW Magazine.

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Performance VW

GREATEST OF ALL TIME • When we first featured this iconic Mk1 Golf way back in 1999, it was like nothing we’d ever seen before. Almost a quarter of a century later, amazingly, the car still remains the GOAT. Here’s why…

SF-TUNING BIG BRAKE KITS

WHAT’S NEW

CARFEST 2023

RULE OF 3 • After a string of bad luck with cheap Mk3s, Luke Cartwright pulled out all the stops with the third in the line-up – a 315hp home-built Euro-tourer, built to be driven but with a finish to rival the best in the scene.

KICKING it Old Skool • While VW really seems to have got its act together these days with its new-wave hot hatches, there are some - like Melis Julevic - who believe you still can’t beat the old-skool way. We tend to agree…

WORX HARD PLAY HARDER! • If you’re the founder of a highly successful van conversions company and you’ve developed an enviable reputation, where do you take things next? Well, if you’re Dave Garnsworthy, MD of Vanworx, you get into the RIB and Buggy business. And, what could be better to complement the MaxTraxx vans than the MaxTraxx 395 Sport RIB and MaxTraxx Buggy?

LONG LIVE THE KING! • After 48 years of high-performance internal combustion engines, the next VW hot hatch will be a very different animal, powered by an electric motor, but it’s no less of a GTI…

FRIENDS • When two lifelong friends decided to get back in Beetles after a few years playing with all things water-cooled, the race was on to see who would be the quickest…

BACK SECTION

BRAKE TECH • Decent brakes make your car faster and that, dear friends, is absolute fact. It’s simple: the more effective your stoppers the less you’ll have to use ’em and the quicker you can be back on the gas. In other words, you’ll be wanting the best you can lay your mitts on.

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR • Dubs at the Lake isn’t just a single day event, it’s a long weekend of VW goodness hosted in and around the Garrett County Fairgrounds, McHenry, Maryland.

REWIND • We may not have always been so finely polished, but we’ve always been at the forefront of the modded dub scene. Ah the good ol’ days…

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE PERFORMANCE VW ENTHUSIAST

INSIDE OUT • Well, after getting Project Race Support Caddy wrapped last month, this time attention turned to internal affairs and sprucing up the old workhorse. First, we paid TengTools a visit…

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NEXT MONTH • December issue on sale 8th December