The Volkswagen Golf was introduced to the motoring public in 1974. In 2002, Volkswagen decided to stuff a narrow-angle V6 into the engine bay and add 4MOTION all-wheel drive to create the ultimate performance Golf, the R32 (Volkswagen rebranded it the Golf R for the 2010 model year). Fast-forward, and the 2018 Golf R was awarded the Best Performance - Sports Car in Canada by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). After spending time with the Golf R, we can understand why it won. Check out more TrackWorthy news, reviews experiences at TrackWorthy.com!

5 A.M., Eastern Daylight Time, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Alarm clock blaring, but it didn’t wake me. I was already wide awake. Who could sleep? A brand-new Porsche 911 C4S, and five days of epic, cross-continental driving awaited. No, sleep was never in the cards for me that night. Only eager anticipation for the open roads ahead and vivid imaginings of a shiny, Graphite Blue beauty roaring through gradually-changing topographies: city skyscrapers to industrial smokestacks to corn fields, deserts, canyons and mountains. As an added bonus, my father agreed to join me. It wasn’t the first long road trip upon which the two of us had embarked, but we’d been looking forward to this one with building excitement since I placed the order for the C4S some seven months earlier. Our schedules were clear, our route was planned, and, most importantly, the car had arrived. My alarm clock’s chime was no unwelcome rooster’s crow that morning; it was a long-awaited green flag. A big thanks to our equipment partner, Vistek (www.vistek.ca), who continue to provide us with the newest premium technology in video and audio. Check out more videos and articles focused exclusively on TrackWorthy cars at www.trackworthy.com!

TrackWorthy recently attended press preview day at the 2018 Canadian International AutoShow (2018 CIAS). One of our TrackWorthy stops was at the Porsche section, where we covered Porsche's notable 2018 unveilings: the 718 Cayman and Boxster GTS, the 911 Carrera T, the magnificent 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series and the astounding 911 GT2 RS! Special thanks to Vistek (www.vistek.ca), our equipment partners and the best retailer in Canada for photography and video equipment. Visit us at trackworthy.com for all the latest TrackWorthy content!

TrackWorthy recently attended press preview day at the 2018 Canadian International AutoShow (2018 CIAS). One of our TrackWorthy stops was at the Infiniti section, where we covered Infiniti's unveiling of its new Q60 Project Black S and Project 9 Concepts. Special thanks to Vistek (www.vistek.ca), our equipment partners and the best retailer in Canada for photography and video equipment. Visit us at trackworthy.com for all the latest TrackWorthy content!

If you’re looking for a compact performance car that people will notice and that will keep you smiling, consider a Sunset Orange Metallic 2018 BMW M240i. It exudes quality, engineering-excellence, performance and, most importantly, serious fun. We love driving it! None of what we do would be possible without our equipment partner, Vistek, which provides us with some of the best professional and consumer equipment currently available. Check them out at www.vistek.ca. Please visit us at trackworthy.com for more exciting articles, photos and videos exclusively on track-worthy cars.