The three months since my trusty BMW 130i was taken away seem to have dragged on forever, but when I was offered the chance to run its closest rival, VW’s Golf R32, I thought it would be well ...

You need to react quickly, mind, as once some lateral movement enters the equation, the R32 suddenly reveals its mass. The best bits about this Golf, though, are those most easily overlooked.

Enter the WebRidesTV crew who setup shop at our new favorite road course, the Horse Thief Mile at Willow Springs, to run the Mazdaspeed3 and Volkswagen R32 through their paces to see which vehicle ...