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Abt Sportsline Tunes VW R32, Hits 370 HP Note

The German tuners of Abt Sportsline have had their way with the VW Golf R32 taking the well-known and already sporty hot hatch down the road of higher horsepower. Although you'd never expect it with such few changes Abt's made to the exterior shell. Although Abt gives their R32 a new side skirt, blackened chrome dual pipes and of course, 19-inch wheels and Abt decals, very little else signals the changes Abt's got going on under that blue bonnet.

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8:18 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Ray Wert
1,748 views, 23 comments

Latest by vr6john: @ruggels: You may have misunderstood me...GTIs and R32s should only be manual and 2 door IMO... I haven't completely warmed to the MKVs body style just yet...I roll with a MKIV VR6...although sometimes I secretly I wish it was a MKIII I more »

tuners

Abt Audi AS5 turbodiesel ich bin Bat Guano

A few months back we told you about the Abt AS5 which is a tweaked version of Audi's 3.0-liter TDI A5. Well guess what? They went even harder. Horsepower, originally up from 240 to 272 hp, is now an even 300 ponies. But the real news is the torque. Are you sitting down? Yeah? OK: 442 ft-lbs. of the stuff. From a 3.0-liter engine!! Wasn't it not long ago that heavy duty one-ton pickups stonked way, way less twist? All that torque shows up at 2,400 rpm, 60 mph happens in 5.3 seconds on the car's way to a 164 mph top speed. It always bears repeating: Americans buy horsepower but drive torque. Can we get some decent diesels over here, or what? [via Motor Authority]

10:15 AM on Fri Nov 30 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
1,396 views, 32 comments

Latest by rgseidl: @ elsapo - sure, and teleportation will be fully operational the following Tuesday. more »

tuners

Audi Steam Hammer: Abt AS6 3.0 TDI

Will diesels ever fill the performance gap with gas burners in the car-buying marketplace (and not just the Le Mans track)? Perhaps. The Kempten tuners at Abt say they've tweaked 300 horsepower from Audi's 3.0 TDI. It's a 20 percent increase from stock, by way of a supercharger and ECU remapping. It can turn under sevens in the zero-to-60 sprint, which isn't bad for an oil burner. Of course, we're waiting until Audi's V12 TDI starts showing up in these things. And not via Ingolstadt, either. More »

1:38 PM on Mon Sep 24 2007
By Mike Spinelli
733 views, 5 comments

Latest by Torqahontas: I suspect someone is messing up the translation of the press release because the grammar is so awkward in the whole thing. Supercharger = turbocharger, they likely swapped to a larger turbo to move more air and keep soot to more »

custom cars

It Had to Happen: Abt-Tuned Audi R8

Well, kids, someone had to gain the first tuner advantage over the Audi R8. And the one is Abt. Aptly, Abt is one of the premiere Audi tuners in existence, so they've had the inside track on the R8's 4.2-liter V8 for nigh on a couple years now. This product of the shop's creative talents has yet to appear outside the realm of digital imagery and skunkwerks garage, but we're expecting a proper unveiling at the Essen motor show in Germany this fall. The result is a supercharged 530 hp from the V8 — 110 hp more than stock — and a top speed of 197 mph. That should fill the gap between the base model and the rumored V10-powered model that's on the way. – Mike Spinelli More »

5:15 PM on Wed Apr 11 2007
By Mike Spinelli
1,923 views, 12 comments

Latest by Turboner: @Retiree: Impressive, but I would have expected a little more adding a blower, maybe they should have thrown lower comp pistons in it to take advantage of more boost? The venerable 2.7T motors can get +65hp and +110lb ft more »

custom cars

Son of TT-R: Abt Sportsline's Sleeper TT

If you thought the the Abt TT-R was a bit too much car — or just too much — German tuning and motorsports firm has a training set. It's the TT-Sport, and it comes in various stages of tune (for the 2.0-liter four) from 240 hp up to 300 hp. That top tuner can scurry from zero to 60 in 5.5 seconds. Visually, the Sport package is less demonstrative than the TT-R's, with and aero kit comprising rear wing, skirting, bumpers twin-pipe, plus a twin-pipe rear muffler and diffuser. The result is a victory of economy over decoration. Fake chest hair, sold separately. – Mike Spinelli More »

1:00 PM on Fri Feb 2 2007
By Mike Spinelli
268 views, 2 comments

Latest by Turboner: I like to put all my money INTO the car, not ONTO it. And that stands true even if I had more money. Just never been into "appearance" mods, and have never, ever, needed more rear downforce on more »

custom cars

Abt Pupil: The Audi TT-R Tuner

German Audi tweaker, Abt Sportsline, launched its new tuner last week, the TT-R — a hotted-up version of the company's latest coupe. The range-topping model's undergone various kittings that boost the 3.2-liter VR6's power to 355 hp (supercharger, engine chip), though the company offers lesser stages for the six (310 hp) and 2.0-liter four (270 / 240 hp). Body kit, suspension tunings and 19" wheels are part of the stuff list. Trophy wife not included. – Mike Spinelli More »

2:33 PM on Mon Jan 29 2007
By Mike Spinelli
2,335 views, 5 comments

custom cars/hot rods: tuners

Q Is for Quick: ABT Sportsline's AS7-R

VW/Audi tuner Abt Sportsline has launched its hotted-up version of the 4.2-liter V8-powered Audi Q7, giving it a boost to 500 horsepower. Such extra juice gives the Audi Q7 bus a 0-to-60 time of 5.9 seconds and new top speed of 162 mph. Ok, so it's not a rocket ship, but we just had an idea. How about a kind of Craftsman Series that pitted German full-sized SUVs against each other on the oval? Maybe it could be called the Kraftwerk Series. Who's with me? – Mike Spinelli More »

4:10 PM on Mon Dec 18 2006
By Mike Spinelli
363 views, 3 comments

Latest by TheGuinnessTooth: Kraftwerk series sounds like an awesome name. "Powerplant" series also works. more »

custom cars/hot rods: tuners

Abt Pupil: Tuning Volkswagen's Jetta TDI

German tuning haus Abt Sportsline recently launched its go-go package for the Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI, which boosts the oil-burner's horsepower by 30 to 170 and torque by 37 lbs.-ft to 273 total. The extra juice comes by way of engine software tweaking, and cuts the Jet's zero-to-60 time into the mid-eight-second range from the base model's time of forever.9. A set of progressively actuated sport suspension springs show get tighter when pushed hard, and involves a 40 mm drop floorward. A body kit and a set of Abt alloys over Continental meats complete the package, the price of which has yet to be announced. More »

11:11 AM on Tue Jan 17 2006
By Mike Spinelli
2,700 views, 1 comment

Latest by kickslop: Sweet. Add power. Add weight. Garbage. more »

custom cars/hot rods: tuners

Abt's Next-Gen Volkswagen GTI: VS4-R

When VW tuning shop Abt Sportsline unveiled its version of the newest VW Golf GTI at the Essen Motor Show in 2004, we thought for sure we'd have a damn GTI in the states by December 2005. Now, Abt is on its second version — an even more powerful build — and we've yet to get even a stock GTI here (it's coming, don't fret). Ah, well. The boys at Kempten have added 40hp to their previous creation, by way of a new turbo setup that gives the 2.0 FSI engine on the VS4-R a grand total of 270hp and 258 ft-lbs. of torque. Zero to 60 times are in the area of 6.4 seconds, and top speed is a respectable 151 mph. Needless to say, tuned suspension, body kit and five-spoke alloys are included with the package. More »

10:19 AM on Mon Dec 19 2005
By Mike Spinelli
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