What's the gulf between the Golfs? We pit our stock GTI against a Golf R 20 Years on track to see how much of an uphill battle we face...

Well, we say stock, but we've made some slight modifications to prevent our GTI from blowing up the moment it heads out on a hot lap. Our first port of call is a visit to PH expert Pip Simcoe at BRS Automotive to give the GTI a once over and prove that we haven't bought a lemon... hopefully. Then it's on to Curborough Sprint Course, where we benchmark the GTI against the Golf R 20 Years. That's 333hp 13hp more than the regular R and allwheel drive against our 200hp frontwheel drive lump. To make things even more difficult, Cam will be going up against Porsche Carrera Cup GB ProAm champion Charles Rainford. Join us for 062mph (ish) runs, braking tests and a lap of Curborough as we find out how much work lays ahead of us. Hint: it's a lot.

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