Now I’ve got a couple actual examples of how fast my Alltrack with a JB4 is: a little faster than a GTI. Today marked the second stoplight duel between a Mk 7 GTI vs. me in my 2017 Alltrack with a JB4 set to max boost. The GTI was at my back bumper halfway through …
Hi VW folks, and happy New Year! If you went to MatthewsVWSite and are now here at AlltrackWorld, that’s on purpose. I bought the domain AlltrackWorld.com because this site over the last couple of years has been focused on the Golf Alltrack. The focus on Alltracks is because I bought one in April 2017. Why …
My Alltrack, now with 15k miles, has loosened up and gets even better economy than it did when new. On a 32-mile route to Denver International Airport today I got 45.3 MPG. I measure it by selecting the Average MPG page in the Golf’s Multifunction Display, then pressing the OK button on the steering wheel after …
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Part One I still love her as much as Alltrack Ownership Day 1. She looks and performs as good as the day I took her home. I had the 12-month scheduled service done at 10 months after the Service Due message appeared. As it so happens, it looks like that service is actually a 10-month …
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VW introduced the iconic hot hatch in 1976, well over 40 years ago! From its light, nimble beginnings (the first Mk1 weighed almost half the current models!), the GTI’s come quite a long way, in power and style. Forty years is a long time and VW has constantly updated the standard-setting Golf and GTI with …
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While plaid’s gone out of vogue with other car companies, Volkswagen has bravely reintroduced the once-common pattern in their iconic GTI, adding a surprisingly well-placed throwback to the GTI’s original ‘70s groovy-ness. You might be surprised to learn, but the Golf GTI wasn’t the only car that VW donned with the now-iconic plaid. Throughout the …
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