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The newest super powerful Diesel

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:58:45 +0000

A diesel with 1200 Newton metres of torque and 560 HP (412 kW)? Even though the figures might suggest otherwise, ABT Sportsline is by no means now consorting with the manufacturers of heavy truck engines. The world`s largest tuner of vehicles from the Volkswagen group has merely made it its business to take the most powerful car diesel engine of all times, built in the Audi Q7, and squeeze even more power out of it.

Although the over five metres long SUV, with its standard 500 HP (368 kW) and 1000 Newton metre torque, is already a trump card which slots into any quartet. Within the scope of their “armament program” ABT POWER, the Bavarian company, has saddled it with real power, so that now when the driver puts the accelerator down a surge of HP and torque is set into motion, which even many sports cars would struggle to keep up with. For clarification: with its 6-gear tip-Tronic the 2.6 tonne vehicle slingshots itself on 100 km/h from standing in just 5.3 seconds and reaches 258 km/h.

The performance curves gain as much importance as the top values, from which it is soon clear that the additional HP has not been achieved at the cost of exorbitant revolution speed, but is available just as early as in the series standard – at 3750 rpm.

ABT Sportsline of course offers a large selection of light-alloy wheels in sizes of up to 22 inch for the AS7 with the most powerful diesel engine of all time. Right in accordance with the motto “powerful engine – powerful design”.

ABT releases Audi A4 and A5 tuner kits

Mark Cowan — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:15:33 +0000

Ever want to feel unique? Something out of the ordinary? Don’t want to pay for an S4 or an S5, yet still want the attention?

German tuner ABT has aftermarket solutions for tuning the new 2009 Audi A4’s and A5’s.

The A4 tuner kit includes the following:

Front bumper spoiler

Rear bumper spoiler

Side skirts

For either the sedan or Avant
Consumer price MSRP is set at € 4900 in Europe

The lowering kit is an extra € 752,

The A5 tuner kit includes the following:

Front bumper spoiler

Rear bumper spoiler

Side skirts
Consumer price MSRP is set at € 4950 in Europe

The lowering kit is an extra € 820,

It will be interesting to see how the German tuner companies will deal with the fact that the German government has effectively banned chip tuning. I guess there will be a lot more body modifications and suspension kits being sold.

Hopefully ABT does not end up like Greddy…

Caractere Audi A4 Avant

thetruth — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:20:00 +0000

The French tuning house Caractere has gone to work on the new upcoming Audi A4 Avant. Making subtle differences in facia, as well as adding stylish wheels and an exhaust Caractere is trying to position itself as a premium tuning brand.

While the 2009 Audi A4 Avant is a perfect subject to undergo these changes, we must wonder where all of these small tuning houses are popping out from. Since the days of Wings West and it’s rollercoaster ride in the industry, new entrees have been trying to fill a niche market, such as this one for premium styling products.

One must wonder when the bar will be raised so full fledges tuning houses such as Abt, APR, MTM will rid themselves of the “body kit and exhaust” type tuners.
Anyways, hats off to Caractere for a semi decent attempt at trying to accomplish something that has been over and done with for the past 5 years.

Log onto www.AudiForum.ca to discuss.

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Abt denies rumors of joining Formula 1 with Audi or VW

thetruth — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:48:46 +0000

Abt Sportsline, the team that represents Audi in the German DTM car championships, has denied rumors that it is looking to enter Formula 1. Hans-Juergen Abt mentioned that “fans should never say never”, but for the time being he does not see the participation of Volkswagen in Formula 1 realistic.

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