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GTI Internatioal - the best Dub show in the world? Judgimg by this year's turn out, it is.

Every year we waffle on about GTI International being massive, great and generally the best Dub show on the planet, so why chance things this year, hey? As opposed to last year's soggy set-backs, the millennium bash saw sun, sun and more sizzling sunshine. The fact we all ended up with sunstroke for the entire week after was the only major downer.

	Comma Laydeez

It was an absolute scorcher and the car's weren't bad either. For the fellas, the mini heat wave brought out plenty of laydeez and bare flesh. And to keep the females in attendance happy the PVW editorial team could be found polishing up their biceps next to the Comma Oils stand... if you know where we're coming from.

As we're sure you're all aware, the event' held over two days, usually in early May, at the Transport Research Laboratories in Crowthorne, Berkshire. People come from as far afield as the States to catch up on the latest European trends and have a good chin-wag with fellow Dubaholics. Y2K highlights included Awesome's 1.8T 6-speed Mk2, Dubsport's latest freak creation, a 600bhp Mk3 Golf packing two blown VR6 motors and also Jabba Sport's 1.8T-powered Rallye, now blown by a supercharger.

Missed the show or only attended one of the days? Well, we've compiled the usual top quality pictorial for you to enjoy. Who knows, you might even catch a glimpse of you own motor if you look close enough. Old favourites, such as Simon Leung's Rallye VR6, Veedub's lime Mk3 and Premier's dream team of stunners still drew the crowds. It goes without saying we packed 'em in on the PVW stand, too. Impact's Mk3 (now running additional Impreza bonnet vents and an Evo 6-derived front bumper), Carl Taylor's low-rider Corrado and Sanjev Bhamm's Rallye were just a few of the past master to grace our plot. You may have even clocked a glance of our latest project car, which has been two years in the making. We chose to debut Buzzbox at the event, even thought not quite complete. The read racer should hit the mag within the next couple of issues, so keep an eye out.

	PVW Project Buzzbox popular with the laydeez

Euro Dynamics displayed its Abt Mk4, sitting pretty an 19" five spokes - they just get bigger. Guess we'll all be on 20s next year, which doesn't bare thinking about. Us, we're kinda divided on rim size. The ginger one (that's Greg) likes 'em big while the rest of us are still true fans of the wide-boy Euro-look - note the amazing 8x15" Schmidt split-rims fitted to Buzzbox.

It doesn't matter how many times you've visited GTI International, the show's got a habit of knocking yer socks off every time. In the show area you're greeted by the UK's top concours motors doing battle with other European machines from Germany; Holland, Belgium and France, to name but a few. While out an the drag strip, the likes of top-nutter Ian Birch, from Dubsport, could be found mixing it with Dutch madman, Jeroen Dik, and the Dialynx team for top honours.

Once again, the Dialynx Sport Quattro spoilt a lot of people's day with some truly amazing quarter sprints. In all, it was clear everybody had a damn good bash, even if the organisers did get a little power-crazed at times limiting the concours entrants, banning music and so on. S'pose it's better that way than your regular Essex cruise with people getting hurt and cars getting torched. But hey, that's probably all Fords are good for anyway… keep on Dubbing!

Words: Elliot Roberts, Photos: Max Earey

Source: VW Performance, issue 7/2000, page 36ff