Thirty years ago Volkswagen launched the GTI, the “hot hatch” that would revolutionize the concept of affordable and accessible high-performance motoring. Now comes the R GTI, a look forward into the future of compact car performance, making its debut at the 2006 SEMA Show in Las Vegas..
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The story began back in the early ‘80s, with a man named Bill Neumann. Bill founded the California based tuning firm Automotive Performance Systems (APS). He was frustrated with the fact that Volkswagen’s hot hatchback GTI had been sold in Germany since 1976, but hadn’t yet come to America. Bill had driven the GTI in Europe on several of his parts-searching trips, and he was convinced it would be a big hit in America. Read more…
For the new VW Polo GTI Edition 180 hp the VW & AUDI performance tuning company B&B is able to fall back on over ten years experience in tuning the Polo’s 1.8 Turbo engine, an engine found in many VW & AUDI models which B&B have successfully been enhancing. Read more…
Right from the start the VW Eos emerged as a really successful model. In Germany this car, which is equipped with a a 5-section folding metal roof, instantly became the most sold car in the convertible segment. KW now offers coilover suspension Variant 1 for the VW Eos. The entry to KW's suspension world is enabled through a set of sport springs. Read more…
After JE DESIGN offered a discrete modification together with increased performance a few weeks ago just in time for the presentation of the new VW "Eos" convertible sports coupé, the Leingarten-based tuner is already upping the ante. The "Eos" is mutating from a "conventional" vehicle to a sensational car thanks to a complete JE DESIGN aerodynamics kit! Read more…
Tuners lay their hands on normal family station wagons like the VW Passat and prove, that this cars have talent to be attractive show cars as well. Now owners of such a car can make the LSD wing doors being the icing on the cake of their tuning. Read more…
A subcompact with wing doors? Why not! LSD fittings now also are available for the VW Polo 9N. Give it LSD doors and you will turn this slowcoach into an eye-catcher! Read more…
WEITEC now also supplies sets of SPORT F springs for the VW Fox, making the two models significantly more agile. For the Fox, WEITEC is also offering a HICON GT coilover suspension system.
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