If, like Stuart Wood (owner of this month’s cover car) you fancy getting creative with your Nu Wave Golf, then it’s actually far harder than you might think. The aircraft engineer’s Australian-spec Mk7.5 Performance Edition 1 GTI is an actual work of art which has been produced using the same methodical pursuit-of-perfection approach that the 31-year-old uses during his day job. Elsewhere in the issue we’ve bagged a Berg Cup-kitted Rabbit running a tuned 2.5-litre five-pot, an OEM+ Mk2 with more than a few custom touches, a street & strip ‘67 Beetle and ex-AA T5pop top owned by a ‘very nice man’! We wrap with coverage from EuroTripper and Elsecar, plus have tech articles on Independent Throttle bodies and look at the history of engine oil.

If, like Stuart Wood (owner of this month’s cover car) you fancy getting creative with your Nu Wave Golf, then it’s actually far harder than you might think. The aircraft engineer’s Australian-spec Mk7.5 Performance Edition 1 GTI is an actual work of art which has been produced using the same methodical pursuit-of-perfection approach that the 31....