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Ever since Audi’s acquisition of Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati, there have been those of us dreaming of what the fruits of this marriage may be. Well,
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Ever since Audi’s acquisition of Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati, there have been those of us dreaming of what the fruits of this marriage may be. Well,
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One of the most highly anticipated arrivals of the 2014 year is upon us as the VW Golf VII R has officially been launched on local shores, sporting 206kW and all-wheel drive, set to take the market by storm.
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6 years into VW’s sexy coupe’s lifespan, it’s received a face-lift to the tune of the Golf 7 GTI and a power injection to the whole range, including the R, which is now up to 206kW.
“Nice isn’t a very nice word,” my English teachers used to tell me growing up, it’s a bland adjective and one no one would be happy to be described with. They were right, but wrong, for if there was no such word as “nice”, what would we compare all other adjectives to? You see, we need the boring, we need the bland, we need the mundane, especially in the automotive world, otherwise we’d never know an exciting car when we drove it. So would our Polo Vivo Maxx be mundane or mouth-watering to test out?
“VW Golf”, a name synonymous with the term “the people’s car”, after all, most of us at some stage or another have driven a Citi Golf, or owned one, or learnt to drive in one; not to mention the fact that many of our parents did the same. So the Golf moniker has been around for some time, and it has always been known as the hatchback to set the bar, the benchmark so to speak. Now, with the 7th generation at hand, we begged the question, does this once again retain “benchmark” status? We had a week with the new Golf to find out…

There are many misconceptions bandied about when one particular engine layout is spoken of, the VR6. It is often confused for a V6 layout, so we decided to clear up the confusion, as per your requests. Now I know there will be qualified engineers complaining that I missed out on this and that, so to clear the record, this is a simple explanation to differentiate the 2 engine layout in layman’s terms, as little technical jargon as possible. As such, I will not delve into inlet and outlet ports, block construction etc. So, let’s get to it: