Having started his driving days at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta, it didn’t take Marc Herbrik long to hop over to the VW way of life. “The Fiesta failed after only a few months use, so I bought a Jetta 16v instead and never looked back,” the 37-year-old told us. With 129hp, the Jetta wasn’t just far quicker than the Ford, the build quality was far superior, too. It’s safe to say Marc was well and truly hooked on Wolfburg’s finest at this stage…
Following the Jetta came a string of VW projects including a Mk2 16v turbo, which used a KR lump with RS2 hardware. Next up was a Golf Syncro, which also had a 16v turbo but this time a full 4Motion drivetrain. Sadly, that car was destroyed in a fire caused by a split fuel hose, which is when Marc made the switch to a Rallye. It’s probably as good-a-time as any to confess that Marc, who hails from Beilstein in Germany, actually
