How fast a car is, or more to the point how quickly it gets you to where you want to get to is all down to the driver. An . :R. shot past me in my Amarok this morning, then carried on passing everything in sight. 15 miles later he's in a queue in the left hand lane waitimg to turn into a retail park. I sailed up the empty right hand lane, did a full lap of the roundabout and got into the carpark about 10 cars ahead of him. So there you have it. A diesel pickup truck is officially faster point to point than a Golf .:R.