Irish eyes are definitely smiling this issue with a stunning, super-smooth 1.8T Mk4 from Grounded Crew gracing our cover this month. Interestingly - or perhaps that should be disturbingly - it is arguably a work in progress, with all indications being that the car is soon to be totally revamped for its 'proper' incarnation. Sod that, we say. It's too good now not to feature, so here it is in all its 'progress report' glory.

If the newer metal isn't your thing then perhaps the gorgeous small-light twin-45s 16v (on 2.0L block) Mk1 is a bit more up your alley? In a style and spec more akin to what many of us fantasise about actually coming from the factory, this tidy German shows many how it's done. And with that hillclimb spec engine in, she doesn't half shake her booty in a hurry, too.

Got a sexy-as Mk3 VR6 in there too, and we take the new Scirocco for a quick blat - and came away loving it. Plus there's the Edition38 and Westside show reports and a How To... on the new craze in the UK Dub 'scene' of vinyl wrapping your car!

Add in a tidy Scottish Lupo, a Backdraft Motorsport workshop review and a bumper 2.0L T FSI Turbo upgrade guide and you might just have enough to get you through until the next issue.

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