The VW Golf R is the pinnacle of the Golf range. Like the GTI, the Volkswagen Golf R is all about performance blended with useability, offering a friendly hatchback chassis with turbocharged performance and good fuel mileage, but it goes beyond the GTI in its offerings. The exterior is more...
Summer is just around the corner, bringing clear skies and warm weather. While that means plenty of outdoor activities, it also presents the best opportunity to get under the hood and take care of some much-needed maintenance. Since we offer so many parts for your European ride, use this handy...
As Porsche evolved from the 996 to the 997, they incorporated the lessons they learned along the way. Among the many revisions were a heavily revised manual gearbox and the all-new PDK dual-clutch that set the motoring world ablaze with its radically quick shifts. How did each of them live up to...
$850 won’t get you far in searching for a car these days. Just about anything around that price will be broken, rusty, undesirable, or a combination of all three. Every once in a while, though, if you look hard and long enough, you might find a hidden gem; a diamond in the rough. Coming across...
If Volvo were to be known for one thing, it would be its safety innovations. Not to take away from the rally and touring car heritage, the fantastic ad campaigns, or their overall quirky way of building cars, but their safety innovations have redefined and revolutionized the automotive landscape...
Everyday cars need a level of practicality, though that often interferes with a light curb weight—a quality every great performance car strives to have. It all depends on how it’s packaged, though, and the Volkswagen Mk7 GTI is both practical and light, not to mention quick, affordable, and...
The Mk6 Volkswagen Jetta GLI shares several parts with other high-performance VWs built on the PQ35 and MQB platforms. The standard components are reliable and tested designs that have been developed over years of GTI and GLI evolution. They also give the GLI excellent braking performance right...
Sure, Volvos are known for their safety, but those who’ve never driven one won’t realize that they offer luxury and comfort on par with many of the offerings from BMW and Audi. Depending on the suspension optioned on a particular model, they can also be quite sporty and fun to drive. The P3...
It’s hard to grasp just how small a company Porsche used to be. Today Porsche advertises itself best through owners, who share images of their cars painted in bespoke and specially chosen colors with personally selected interior trims and bits, but it wasn’t always like that. In its first few...
The P3 chassis piggybacked off one of the most successful Volvo generations of all time and never did quite match its predecessor in terms of sales success. However, the P3 carried on Volvo’s safety, reliability, and comfort in a striking new chassis for the world to enjoy. Now, as used models,...