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

LEARNING TO FLY • Combining an aviation-grade approach to engineering and two decades of global influences, Stuart Wood’s Mk7.5 GTI is a 400hp track weapon that can cut it with New Zealand’s best showcars.

INTEGRATED ENGINEERING C7 & C8 LOWER LINK KITS

WHAT’S NEW

BRENTACRE INSURANCE CARS & COFFEE • When our friends at Brentacre set out plans for a car meet at one of Wales’s best coffee and donut shops, how could we resist dropping in?

BERG BUNNY • A few things come to mind when you think of race car. We bet a ratty, Berg Cup-kitted five-pot Rabbit wasn't one. Shame on you!

TWEAKY CLEAN • When Tweaked Performance’s main man, Gerald Morten was considering a project car, he just had to scratch the Mk2 Golf GTI itch that had been bugging him for the last 40 years. This sweet restomod was worth the wait…

RACE INVADER • When Tony Nixey bought a former VolksWorld feature car in 1994 to go racing, he had no idea where that journey would take him.

THE BUILD

GIS A TENNER, GUV • Amazingly, Florida’s Euro Tripper celebrated event number 10 this year and, despite the recent hurricanes and flooding, nothing could stop what always promised to be a corker of an event taking place.

FAKE CAMPER • It took a couple of swings, but Ryan Lang has finally hit a home run with his ex-AA 2015 Transporter. It’s not just a nice van. It’s a very, very nice van…

THROTTLE BODIES GUIDE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW • They obviously improve performance, look great and sound awesome at full chat, but how do independent throttle bodies work?

THE EVOLUTION OF OIL • In the first of a series of four technical articles, we look at how engine oil has evolved and ask Oliver Kuhn, Deputy Head of the Oil Laboratory at LIQUI MOLY, some probing questions.

RACE INVADERS • Contributor, Jon Cass, has attended every Elsecar VW event since its 1999 launch. Needless to say, he was more than happy to cover the 2023 gathering for us…

BACK ISSUES • Complete your print collection now!

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…

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