Watch Volkswagen's Record-Breaking Pikes Peak Run From Inside The Car

We ran our completely stock, project MK7 GTI around Lime Rock Park for a timed lap. Here's how it did.  The MK7 GTI is one of the most fun, capable platforms we've tested in a while. It has the simple essence of a Mark 1 GTI, with all the performance and modern creature comforts you'd expect from...

Last week, we installed a passenger seat in our Volkswagen GTI TCRs and gave hot laps at Lime Rock Park to our VIP guests. Here are their reactions: "One hot hatch on a hazy day."  "Oh, it was fun." "Every single time, I thought 'We're gonna crash, we're gonna crash, this is it, it's been...

Trial, error. Trial, error. Trial, SUCCESS!  In the latest episode of Dapper Drift, our developer, Denis Ivanov, links Summer Jam at Sonoma Raceway in California. If you don't know what that means, or why you should care, allow me to explain: Drifting is, in essence, the ability to control a...

The 2500-pound electric race car shares more in common with our Volkswagen GTI TCR than we thought.  We know that on June 24, 2018, Volkswagen's all-electric I.D. R Pikes Peak smashed the previous 2003 record held by Sebastian Loeb by a full 16-seconds. What we didn't know, is that the I.D. R...

We’ve all imagined the pure, unadulterated feeling of speed as we watch a race car zip past us, whether it be on television or in person. We're positive we know what that must feel like and how much fun it is, until we experience it for ourselves. Because nothing can prepare you for the real...

Simply put, Memorial Day weekend at Lime Rock Park was the biggest company event we've ever had. Here's how we made history.  "One of the most difficult things when we started motorsports was the ability to incorporate it into the rest of the company," explained Nick Bauer, President and Founder...

It's time to spice up your desktop.  Welcome to our weekly edition of weekend wallpaper, where we attempt to remove whatever boring standard desktop wallpaper came with your computer—or phone, or tablet, or any other device with a screen—and replace it with something better. Something,...

It's time to spice up your desktop.  Download now  Welcome to our weekly edition of weekend wallpaper, where we attempt to remove whatever boring standard desktop wallpaper came with your computer—or phone, or tablet, or any other device with a screen—and replace it with something better....

Ever see those videos that say "professional driver, closed course?" That could be you. Well, so long as you follow a few steps first.  SCDA stands for the "Sports Car Driving Association" and their primary purpose is to get people that haven't been on track before, on it. Safety comes before...