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  • Volkswagen Golf R-Line

    Volkswagen Golf R-Line
    Volkswagen has revealed its range of R-Line options to suit the company’s seventh generation Golf model.

    The exterior package, which adds €995 to the price of Highline equipped cars and €1,180 to the Comfortline, includes a gloss black grille with R-Line badge, fog lights, front and rear bumpers, diffuser section, sill flares and a roof spoiler.

    The interior pack, priced at €640 and €945, comprises of stainless steel sill plates and foot pedals, embossed sports seats trimmed in ‘San Remo’ microfibre, black headlining, aluminum look dashboard and door panel inlays and a leather multi-function steering wheel, gearknob and armrest. The ‘Vienna’ leather interior option will set you back €1,755 euros and €2,115.

    For €430 customers can also specify the R-Line Sport Package, which includes sports suspension, progressive steering and darkened rear windows.

    Completing the look, Volkswagen R GmbH offers its ‘Salvador’ alloy wheels in 17 and 18-inch diameters.
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  • Manhart BMW M6 MH6 S Biturbo

    Manhart BMW M6 MH6 S Biturbo
    Geilenkirchen tuning specialist Manhart Racing has released initial details of its MH6 S Biturbo to suit the current BMW M6.

    The company’s performance upgrade includes remapped ECU software, an additional MHR performance box, a complete exhaust system with sports cats and adjustable valve control, and a carbon fibre intake. Those changes see output from the turbocharged 4.4-litre V8 jump from 418 kW (560 hp) and 680 Nm of torque to 515 kW (700 hp) and 900 Nm.

    Visually, the carbon fibre aero package comprises of a lower front spoiler, ventilated bonnet, side skirts, an aggressive rear diffuser and M3 CSL-inspired trunk with integrated spoiler. Finally, this mighty Coupe sits lower to the ground thanks to a new coilover suspension kit and wears a set of three-piece forged ADV.1 Track Spec wheels measuring 9.5 and 10.5 × 21-inches.
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  • Audi R8 V10 plus with the Ferrari 458 and McLaren 12C

    Audi R8 V10 plus
    The June issue of evo sees the magazine compare the Audi R8 V10 plus with Ferrari’s 458 and the McLaren 12C, and here’s a little taster of the day in video form. But rather than add any commentary, evo says that it has listened to its readers and let the cars provide the soundtrack.

    Differences on the plus include CFRP mirrors, side blades, splitter, larger diffuser and adjustable bucket seats. Carbon ceramic brakes are fitted as standard, while the improved output of 404 kW (550 hp) and 540 Nm of torque allows a 3.5 second 0-100 km/h time and a 317 km/h (197 mph) top speed.

    Turn your speakers up.
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  • Porsche Cayman by TechArt

    Porsche Cayman by TechArt
    Leonberg-based Porsche tuning specialist TechArt has released details of its options for the current Porsche Cayman model.

    Visually the aero package comprises of a two-piece front spoiler with integrated splitter, mirror casings, side air intake fins and a diffuser section for the rear bumper.

    TechArt can provide owners with its five-spoke Formula wheel or the lightweight Formula III forged wheel in a five-double spoke design measuring 21-inches in diameter, which offers a weight advantage of around 40 percent compared to the factory wheel. The company’s sport spring kit lowers the Cayman by 30 mm on the front and 20 mm at the rear. The final mechanical upgrade is a stainless steel exhaust system with adjustable valve control and a muffler with twin tailpipes.

    Moving inside, the company can provide anything from a simple carbon fibre inlay package or three-spoke steering wheel to a completely reupholstered cabin in such materials as leather and Alcantara.
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  • Volkswagen Golf by Low-Car-Scene and BlackBox-Richter

    Low-Car-Scene Volkswagen Golf
    Low-Car-Scene and BlackBox-Richter have released details of their Light-Tron project based on the latest Volkswagen Golf.

    Starting with a deep black pearl effect three-door model, BlackBox-Richter applied a ‘glow in the dark’ phosphor-foil wrap to the entire body, which features a custom front bumper constructed using the lower section of a Golf VI R-line item grafted onto the factory bumper. There’s also a de-badged radiator grille sitting below the smoothed bonnet. The multi-piece Rotiform SNA wheels, which measure 8 x 20-inches, feature wrapped rims with lacquered signal red centres and company emblems on their rears. An abundance of unsubtle LED lighting have been added to the wheel wells to highlight the names of the guilty parties.

    Finally, a RideAir Version 3 air ride system drops the 140 hp (103 kW) 1.4 TSI hatchback to the ground, which Low-Car-Scene can provide for €3,600.
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  • Audi TT ultra quattro Concept

    Audi TT ultra quattro Concept
    In keeping with other brands in the Volkswagen Group, Audi will be taking something to the worthersee party in Austria (8 – 11 May), and this TT ultra quattro Concept is it.

    Thanks largely to the fact that Audi has utilized carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) for the rear end, the center tunnel, in the B-pillars and in the roof, the TT ultra quattro Concept’s body undercuts the regular TTS’s – on which it is based on – by 100 kg. Other weight-saving measures include magnesium components in the floor and hinges, fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) suspension springs, a centrally-mounted titanium exhaust system and FRP bucket seats borrowed from the R8 GT. Wheels, constructed from a mixture of CFRP and aluminium also contribute to the Concept car’s amazing 300 kg weight loss.

    Visually the crystal white car features CFRP on the hood, roof, rocker panels, front splitter, diffuser and rear wing, which is mounted on milled aluminum bases. CFRP is also used for the interior door trims, centre console and the cross-bracing that replaces the rear seat bench.

    Rather than producing 200 kW (272 hp) and 350 Nm of torque, the TTS’s 2.0 TFSI engine has been tweaked to pump out 228 kW (310 hp) and 400 Nm, meaning 100 km/h appears in 4.2 seconds, 1.3s faster than the series vehicle, and top speed is 280 km/h (174 mph).

    We’d love to see this car in production, but doubt that it is much more than a precursor to the third generation TT, which Audi has already revealed will be much lighter and more effective than the current model, and based on the Group’s MQB platform.
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