After 45 years of the Golf, in comes the Mk8 GTI Clubsport. There’s no question that VW knows what it's doing with a hot hatch but there's a new kid on the scene – the Toyota GR Yaris. A homologation special, designed to make you feel like a rally driver on the road. It’s only fair that we let them fight it out on the Top Gear Test Track, with a little help from The Stig and Becky Evans. Which one will take the top spot on the Power Lap leader board, the more powerful FWD Golf or the 4WD Yaris?

The latest Volkswagen Golf R is of course the most powerful and fastest Golf ever, but the new all-wheel drive VW super-hatch has apparently sprouted a (very German) sense of humour, thanks to a clever rear differential and Drift Mode. Yep, it’ll powerslide. But is that gimmick what you really want from a sensible, classy all-weather 316bhp superhatch? And has Volkswagen’s bizarre decision to replace buttons and logic with a laggy touchscreen inside wrecked the Golf’s sense of quality and maturi