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The Intercooler

The best and worst high-performance Volkswagen Golfs #138

The Intercooler

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel

Automotive, Leisure

4.8913 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel talk about  VW Golf GTIs, Rs and VR6s – the highlights from almost 50 years of hot hatch history, plus the few examples that failed to live up to their billing. We've also been driving the new Golf R 20, which celebrates 20 years of VW's R brand. 

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0:00.0

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you

0:08.3

slide by on track to your

0:15.0

there,

0:20.0

the care in the world as you simply lean back. And before you know it, you're there.

0:21.0

This is how travels should feel and on our trains it does.

0:25.0

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Welcome to the Intercooler Podcast.

0:37.0

The Intercooler Podcast. podcast.

0:50.0

Hi everyone, welcome to episode 138 of the Intrula Podcast with me Dan Prosser and my co-hosted, of the Intrula Podcast with me Dan Prosser and my co-host

0:52.8

Andrew Frankel.

0:54.0

This week we're talking about fast golfs.

0:57.0

I've been driving a few recently.

0:58.5

I own one now, but it's a good topic

1:01.2

because there are getting on for 50 years of cars to talk about under the

1:06.3

fast golf umbrella.

1:09.4

There's some brilliant cars in there, some terrible ones as well. I think we cover the whole spectrum enjoy

1:14.7

first things first Andrew we just need to remind everybody that you can now give

1:19.7

a subscription to the intercooler as a gift in plenty of time for Christmas.

1:25.8

Many of you have been doing so, so thanks to everybody who's bought a gift subscription so far.

1:30.4

We want to sell many, many more. so why is it a good gift it's a fantastic it's the

1:36.1

best gift in the world I don't I don't hang on wait till you hear all I have to say

1:40.4

it's the best give in the world to give whether it's the best given the world to receive is I think a matter

1:45.5

for individual tape. But as a thing to give, it is so easy to do and if it works, just do it every

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