2004 ABT Audi AS400

2004 ABT Audi AS400

2004 ABT Audi AS400 In the DTM, the Audi A4 of the Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline right from the begin is a vehicle which has to be beaten. Now additionally competition on the street can have difficult times: With the brand new Abt AS400 Abt Sportsline is supplying one of the most effective and exclusive vehicles in its history. Four hundred HP (294 kW) potency, simply below 290 km/h pinnacle pace and an acceleration of in-credible 4.7 seconds from 0 to 100 - those are the pure statistics of the Abt AS400 that is ready with a 2,7 litre large V6-Bi-Turbo-engine.

"With the new AS400 we want to and could set new standards inside the area of high performance vehicles", says Managing Director Hans-Jurgen Abt. "The car is a mixture of the first rate foundation which Audi has provided with the usual model and the big technical expertise of Abt Sportsline when tuning and refining this basis." The Abt AS400 could be launched in the marketplace in a small series of 25 and besides its sportive attributes however maintains its suitability for daily use as a game station wagon.

Incorporated into the design of the new figurehead from Kempten is the complete revel in from many decades within the tuning business. Under the bonnet the 2.7 litre V6-Bi-Turbo-engine fulfils its ser-vices presenting a most torque of approximately 500 Newtonmeter. Via the everlasting all-wheel-pressure Quattro, the concentrated electricity of four hundred HP is transferred to all 4 wheels which might be geared up with 18 inch titanium colored Abt recreation wheels. The recreation brake device and the sport suspension kit are chargeable for safety and most reliable control on every street.

As for all Abt tuning initiatives, Christian Abt signs and symptoms himself chargeable for the improvement. For the technical Manager of Abt Sportsline and Audi works driver within the DTM, the AS400 is the spotlight of the year: "Normally no street vehicle is right sufficient for a race song. However the AS400 is a unique case: With the strength, acceleration and the sportive coping with you definitely have the feeling qualifying starts any minute. "

The sportiness also continues with the optics. With front grill, front spoiler and aspect skirts as well as rear skirt and rear wing the AS400 is given the unmistakable dynamic handwriting of Abt. The 4-pipe stainless-steel exhaust machine isn't only liable for the right sound appropriate to the electricity, but proves its Kempten beginning while trendy from the possibly most usually seen angle of the Abt AS400. Inside the line is accompanied with Abt entrance panels, instrument clusters (speedometer up to 320 km/h), aluminium pedals and foot rests as well as in addition info.

The Abt AS400 is available for 94.900,00 Euro (inclusive Value Added Tax) at Abt Sportsline in Kemp-ten or one of the more than 100 Abt partners in Germany. And for absolutely everyone who nevertheless has now not sufficient, Abt Sportsline offers a electricity improve to 450 HP (331 kW). Additionally an Abt sport brake gadget and Abt recreation wheels SP1 in 19 inch-length are to be had as non-obligatory system.

2004 ABT Audi AS3 Sportback

2004 ABT Audi AS3 Sportback

2004 ABT Audi AS3 Sportback Already at its first public look all through the DTM-season spotlight on the Norisring, the new Audi A3 Sportback brought on a furore: In a parade in the front of the completely occupied grand stands with more than a hundred.000 spectators, Audi provided its brand new toddler. Nearly on the equal time of the first rides of the sporty five-door, Abt Sportsline had already realized the first thoughts for un-derlining the inherently sporty beauty.

Athletics and using delight in a new dimension - these are the objectives Audi ambitions to acquire inside the premium compact elegance with the new consultant. This is in which Abt Sportsline ties up and supplies extra dynamics for the suspension package of the Sportback with in particular evolved Abt suspension springs. The springs effect a reducing of 35 to 40 millimetre and additionally provide an advanced, tighter and with it a extra sporty contact to the roads.

The Abt recreation wheels which the successful Audi tuner offers do no longer only stand for a more person optics, but additionally for a higher touch to the asphalt. Customers have the choice among the model Z6 within the measurement 8 x 18 inch and the provided sport wheel SP1 which sets a clear exclamation mark due to the scale of 8,5 x 19 inch. In not unusual they both have the Abt-ordinary high fine manufacturing and the unmistakable design of the organisation primarily based in Kempten.

Of course the matching sound is required with a lot optics. Abt Sportsline elements this with a rear muffler and two pipes made from first-class chrome steel. The Abt shift knob manufactured in leather-based and aluminium in addition to the Abt ground mat set hold the sporty line within the interior.

With springs, rear muffler and wheels Abt Sportsline best gives first thoughts for the Sportback. Al-equipped in practise are body parts and power upgrades for the 1.9 and 2.0 TDI-engines.

2003 ABT VW Touareg

2003 ABT VW Touareg

2003 ABT VW Touareg With the Abt Touareg Abt Sportsline has dedicated itself to an all-terrain automobile for the primary time. Exactly  years ago the high-quality off-roader in Abt appearance celebrated its ultimate. In the intervening time the primary ideas have been found out into an in depth tuning programme together with electricity improve and body elements for the upper elegance all-rounder. The Abt Touareg VS10 conquers terrain and motor ways with greater than 370 HP, excessive exceptional suspension era below the frame shell und a charming optical package.

Basis for the engineers of Abt Sportsline become the ten-cylinder Diesel engine. In serial situation the power unit with a five litre ability already disposed of 230 kW (313 HP). After editing the electronic motor control the Abt Touareg speeds up from zero - one hundred km/h in just over seven seconds, speeds to 240 km/h and releases a power of 274 kW (373 HP). The torque will increase to great 860 Nm at 2000 rpm. At the same time the engine inherits a extensively improved response behaviour which in equal measures convinces on motor ways and terrain. Abt Sportsline offers a strength improve from 174 HP to 195 HP (128 kW to 143 kW) for the R5 TDI, the 3.Zero TDI electricity unit is boosted from 225 HP to 265 HP (one hundred sixty five to 195 kW). The Abt sport brake machine at the the front axis presents the essential safety with a lot energy.

Confessing fan of the Abt Touareg VS10 as an instance is RTL-moderator Sonja Zietlow. She read a check record about the sporty all-rounder and right now picked up the telephone and just a few weeks later turned into capable of respect her new Abt Touareg in Kempten. "It's the right automobile: appears great, has electricity and lots of space for my  puppies. And even an entire golf bag fits into the boot";, says Sonja Zietlow who has just come back from the Australian jungle and the TV display "I'm a celebrity - Get me out of right here".

Best technology - mainly the newly developed Abt Level Control (ALC) with which it's far feasible to combine perfect cross-country mobility and optically attractive reducing stands for this motto. During standstill a decreasing of up to 60 millimetres is possible and hence gives a really perfect optics. In order to attain an optimum balance between comfort and dynamics at the same time as driving, the vehicle is raised to a decreasing level of about 30 millimetres. Sporty ambitioned drivers can decrease the Touareg by way of a in addition 10 millimetres with the adjustment "Sport" and on the identical time a tighter damper set-up is provoked.

Great attention of the designers changed into put on the car frame shell of the so-called Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). Beside the front grill, the front and rear skirt in addition to a discreet rear wing, additionally they evolved wheel arch extensions which even extra emphasize the dynamics of the Touareg. The final glance of the visitors lies on the Abt rear muffler with its four pipes.

Instead of the standard 18-inch wheels, Abt offers 19 and 22 inch recreation wheels. In Essen the Abt model of the Touareg is equipped with sport wheels in the length 10 x 22 inch inclusive ContiSportContact tyres.

2006 Renault Thalia

2006 Renault Thalia

2006 Renault Thalia The Renault Clio is a supermini produced by means of the French automaker Renault. Originally launched in 1990, it's far currently in its 0.33 generation. The Clio has seen great vital and business achievement, being constantly one in every of Europe's pinnacle-selling motors given that its release, and it is basically credited with restoring Renault's recognition and stature after a difficult second half of of the Nineteen Eighties.

The Clio has been bought because the Renault Lutecia in Japan. A 4-door sedan become developed for sure markets where sedans are historically favored over hatchbacks and become offered under names Renault Clio Symbol, Renault Clio Sedan and Renault Thalia. It is also bought under the Nissan nameplate in a few Latin American markets because the Nissan Platina.

Clio (1990-1998)

The Clio become brought on the Paris Motor Show within the autumn of 1990 and started out income in France soon after, although income inside the rest of Europe did now not begin until March 1991. The Clio largely changed the Renault five (which continued to be built until 1996 as a budget alternative). The engine variety available at release covered 1.2 L and 1.Four L E-kind "Energy" fuel I4 engines (first visible within the R19) and 1.7 L and a 1.Nine L diesel (both primarily based at the F-kind unit) engines. The gasoline engines all acquired a gasoline injection gadget in location of carburettors in 1992, so as to agree to new pollutant emission guidelines.

A minor trim facelift happened after only a 12 months of being on sale. A new "clean" version of the Renault diamond badge (the previous "ribbed" badge become being phased out at the time) and a brand new the front seat layout were the simplest changes. The altered layout did not constitute a brand new 'phase'. In March 1994 the Phase 2 version turned into launched, with small updates to the outside and indoors of the Clio. Most substantive turned into the change in the front grille from two metal ribs to a unmarried colour-coded slat grille. The bump strips were made barely larger and rounder, and the automobile's trim degree badge was incorporated into the bump strips. The badges at the tailgate strip have been moved up onto the tailgate itself and the tailgate strip was given a carbon fibre appearance. The rear mild clusters have been given a barely greater rounded 'bubble' shape to them, giving the Clio a more modern appearance. The clusters, but, are physically interchangeable with Phase 1 clusters.

In 1996, with the advent of the Phase three 'facelift' Clio, the 1.2 L Energy engine became changed by using the 1149 cc D7F MPi (Multi Point Injection) 'DiET' engine, first used within the Renault Twingo; for some time also, variations were to be had with the older 1239 cc "Cléon" unit from the authentic Twingo. The cylinder head layout on the 1.4 L E-Types turned into additionally barely altered for the Phase three models in a bid for better fuel economic system. This resulted inside the engines generating slightly less energy than their earlier versions.

The Phase three Clios had a barely more substantive replace than the Phase 2's. The Phase 3 has one of a kind, extra rounded headlights, incorporating the turn sign within the unit with the headlight. The bonnet curved greater around the edges of the lighting. The tailgate included a third brake light and a new script "Clio" name badge, following the identical typeface as contemporary Renaults. Some mechanical improvements have been also made.

During 1991 a 1.8 L sixteen-valve engine generating 137 hp (also first visible inside the R19) capable of propelling the automobile to 125 mph turned into brought to the Clio engine variety. This was honestly known as 'Clio 16v'. As properly as having higher performance than a ordinary Clio, the 16v sported wider plastic the front bumpers, an offset bonnet vent, wider rear bumpers and uprated suspension and brakes, and coloration-coded the front mirrors and bumpers.

Renault additionally released a "heat-hatch" model of the Clio. It was aesthetically very much like the Clio RT, however with the addition of a a hundred and ten hp 1.Eight L eight-valve engine, side skirts and disc brakes on all wheels. This became badged as the 'RSi'.

The Clio turned into voted 1991 European Car of the Year, and the Clio right now have become certainly one of Europe's excellent-selling cars, as well as the first Renault to be always a few of the top-10 quality sellers in the United Kingdom. UK income have been helped by a famous tv advertising campaign by using Publicis shot in France, offering the two predominant characters of Nicole (played by means of Estelle Skornik, who mockingly was no longer French nor did she have a driving licence on the time) and Papa.

2006 Renault Nepta Concept

2006 Renault Nepta Concept

2006 Renault Nepta Concept Renault is unveiling its new Nepta idea automobile, a four-seater cabriolet with fluid lines and a thoroughbred profile. The low-slung body form is an expression of beauty and motion, while the spacious and comfy indoors has all of the hallmarks of a top-cease version. Nepta is a dynamic 4-seater GT cabriolet, presenting overall performance on the wheel that is worth of a prestige sedan.

An appealing and dynamic cabriolet

This flowing, elegant 4-seater cabriolet is an expression of Renault's vision of riding delight.

The wave-formed side panels give an impression of fluidity and highlight Nepta's lengthy body shape; an effect this is similarly superior through the special anodic aluminium colour remedy at the decrease part of the body shell, the dust flaps and the front and rear spoilers.

The front end is simple but expressive. The LED headlights are made from 3 assemblies: the sunlight hours strolling lighting, the dipped and essential beam headlights and the steerage lighting. The headlights use a era based totally at the mirrored image and propagation of light. The mild beam from the primary headlights is reflected by using crystal-fashioned obvious blocks that are electronically managed for extra unique lighting. The amount and distribution of the light automatically adapts to the driving conditions. The rounded varieties of the front wings are better by the modern boomerang-shaped indicator lighting fixtures, placed on the pinnacle of the lighting fixtures units.

The lengthy and tapered rear end, which is punctuated via the crystals of the rear lighting fixtures, provides a in addition experience of movement to Nepta. The overhang is longer at the rear than on the the front, highlighting the automobile's appealing proportions and flowing line. Nepta is an echo of the golden age of car styling, even as last resolutely cutting-edge and revolutionary.

Nepta is a mixture of the dream car and the affection of pleasant mechanical engineering. The motor-pushed gull wing doorways open to reveal the indoors and the engine, that's elegantly housed in its compartment. The centrally positioned door hinges are protected via polished aluminium panels representing a shooting superstar that runs the overall period of the front bonnet, contributing to the impression of motion that the frame shell creates.

The doors are outfitted with digital obstacle detectors and an anti-pinch tool for more protection.

A luxuriously welcoming and roomy indoors

Nepta boasts all the functions found in prestige models with discreet era for greater on-board comfort.

The dashboard seems to be suspended, even as the extensions of the windscreen light up the pedal unit and make for a bright and clean riding station.

The rev counter and cone-shaped units are surrounded by means of leather trim. The design of the contraptions will pay tribute to cars of the past, at the same time as the aluminium treatment provides a modern touch. The mixture of analogue and virtual displays is a in addition expression of conventional cars and the contemporary era.

The air conditioning controls located at each stop of the dashboard can be independently adjusted by using each occupant and combine advanced era and ease of use.

The intuitive controls are stimulated with the aid of the Touch Design method. The centrally-established, rotary tools shift is straightforward and relaxed to use. The readily located multimedia records controls can be without difficulty reached, at the same time as the stalk switches and manage paddles hooked up on the guidance wheel are designed to fit the shape of the driver's hands.

The seats are constant, but the guidance wheel and the pedals can be adjusted by way of a motor-pushed mechanism to match the motive force's dimensions.

The dashboard features unique storage cubicles for glasses and different personal gadgets, at the same time as the imperative console also has a sliding cubby located among the rear seats.

The crimson leather upholstery creates an impression of continuity among the automobile interior and the engine compartment. Both bench seats are covered with leather adorned with revealed patterns. The 4 at ease seats are secured to the ground by aluminium struts paying homage to crusing boats.

DVD screens with folding protecting covers are set up inside the top sections of the backs of the front seats. The lower sections are decorated with fashionable leather-based netting that is good for storing magazines.

The rear passengers are protected in opposition to turbulence via the transparent air deflectors located between the the front and rear seats.

A powerplant designed for satisfaction

Nepta's longitudinally set up 3.5-liter V6 petrol engine is the embodiment of pleasure at the wheel. This 420hp powerplant takes simply four.Nine seconds to attain 100kph from a standing start. Coupled to the seven-velocity automatic gearbox with flick-shift controls hooked up on the guidance wheel, this direct injection petrol engine combines an remarkable drive with a good sized discount in gas consumption and CO2 emissions.

2003 ABT VW Sporting Van T5

2003 ABT VW Sporting Van T5

2003 ABT VW Sporting Van T5 The T4 already became a income hit within the Volkswagen product range. Its successor, the Sporting Van, is similarly beneficial and strong as the bestseller. Already now, Abt Sportsline has developed a tuning programme that gives the van on top of that with lots of sportivity, power and dynamics. With nearly two hundred hp and a whole bodywork modification, the Abt Sporting Van seems set to attract a huge fan network quite soon. With this bundle, Abt Sportsline yet again is proving its versatility and underlines its function as the leading tuning corporation for vehicles from the Volkswagen Group.

Now who turned into talking about a business automobile? The 2.5 litre turbo diesel engine of the Abt Sporting Van gives you a hundred and forty four kW (195 hp) after a amendment of the electronic engine control in Kempten. After the chip-tuning, perfectioned by using Abt Sportsline with its revel in of many a long time, the torque has been increased to 450 Nm at 2500 rpm; zero-one hundred km/h in 11,five sec. And a V-max of 195 km/h. This puts an give up to issues with larger transports - pretty the contrary: with power from the Allgau, the Abt Sporting Van is likewise imparting sheer driving delight under any occasions.

But generation and strength are most effective one issue. Abt Sportsline has additionally been thinking about the optics: a whole amendment of the van consists of a new the front grille, a front spoiler lip in addition to Abt side skirts. At the rear, the designers from the Allgau have left their discreet, but unmistakable signature with a rear skirt and wing. The Abt exhaust silencer with four stainless steel pipes is rounding off the optic bundle.

Abt suspension springs, lowering the bodywork through 35 to 40 millimetres compared to the manufacturing model cater for stepped forward avenue conserving in addition to extra sporty and greater rigid driving traits. The line from the employer from Kempten keeps with the wheels: the Sporting Van has been geared up with the SP1 wheel within the length of eight.Five x 19 inch. The unmarried-piece sports wheel is marked by means of its wheel rim mattress inclining to the internal and the Abt emblem within the coronary heart.

The wheels were fitted with 255/forty R19 Continental tyres. Next to Dunlop, Continental is Abt Sportsline's tyre partner. A partnership that is going nicely beyond the sheer deliver of tyres.

Our importers will gladly offer you with rate facts regarding the Abt Sporting Van.

2006 Renault Koleos Concept

2006 Renault Koleos Concept

2006 Renault Koleos Concept Renault has chosen to unveil Koleos Concept at the 2006 Paris Motor Show. This show car foreshadows a 4WD car that Renault is due to marketplace inside the first half of 2008. The Koleos Concept vehicle asserts its claim to the rugged and sporty international of 4WDs whilst offering the roominess and luxury of a crossover. It boasts a wide range of practical capabilities for each regular use and amusement.

To ensure most off- and on-street consolation, Koleos Concept is built on a brand new fourwheel power chassis and is powered by using a 2.0 dCi engine, both of which have been developed inside the framework of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. This 4 wheel drive is completely in its element in any conditions and is sure to supply real delight to its occupants some thing the street floor.

A 4 wheel drive with dynamic traces

Unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, the Koleos Concept show car foreshadows the form of Renault's destiny four wheel drive. Penned by way of Renault designers operating in collaboration with the Renault Samsung Motors Design Centre in Korea. The grey-blue body coloration emphasizes the high-tech experience of its volumes. The front end features LED headlamps, with additional lighting fixtures and signs housed inside the outside mirrors.

Koleos Concept functions dynamic proportions. The strip between the body facets and the roof reinforces the stance of the car. The glazed roof panel is topped by means of profiled aluminium roof bars, whilst the chunky wheel arches house 19-inch aluminium alloy wheels fitted with "idea pattern" tyres. The 200mm ground clearance and front and rear aluminium defensive skidplates verify that that is a car constructed for adventure. The steeply raked rear window further emphasizes Koleos Concept's dynamic feel. The layout of the car's rear asserts its identification in a protracted sweep that runs from the bottom of the rear screen and thru to the centre of the hatch. This smoothly curved, sleek black segment houses the Renault badge. Hinting on the automobile's dynamic powertrain, a dual exhaust tailpipe is included into the rear bumper.

Technology and travelling consolation

The aluminium door sill extensions which install while the doorways are open facilitate ingress. On settling into the cabin, occupants discover a sporty interior, all in a -tone shade scheme. The 4 unbiased seats, upholstered in beige leather, had been optimized to loose up space for occupants and their bags.

On the dashboard, the speedometer functions LED backlighting. The centre console is crafted from a transparent fabric and consists of the person controls for the climate manipulate system. A long list of system is included to decorate journeying consolation. The valuable part of the dashboard is given over to the navigation device, multimedia packages and specific facts beneficial for all-terrain motoring consisting of atmospheric stress, compass bearings, altitude and gradient. All this facts is displayed so that each one the cabin occupants can examine it easily. Controls are each intuitive and ergonomically designed - in step with the Touch Design philosophy advanced via Renault.

The cabin is brightly lit thanks to the panoramic glass roof panel. Koleos Concept offers all of the consolation and roominess of a modern-day city vehicle. Ample headroom and shoulder room permit Koleos Concept to seat four adults, some thing their physique. The numerous stowage cubicles inside the cabin take their cue from the sector of MPVs and increase from the ones in the floor, to below-seat drawers and the centre console cubby, no longer to mention the door bins.

A automobile that is ready for extensive-open spaces

Koleos Concept offers a complete variety of realistic capabilities for normal and enjoyment use. The splitopening tailgate makes the car easy to load and clean to access in cramped parking areas. The lower a part of the hatch is designed to permit  human beings to sit simply for picnics or for open-air activities throughout vacations or weekend tours.

The chassis comes with all the functions of an all-terrain car making it perfectly suited to this type entertainment use. Developed inside the framework of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, this state-of-the-art chassis has drawn at the all-wheel drive expertise of our Japanese companion. Whether running in -wheel or 4-wheel drive mode, it guarantees faultless traction and roadholding way to an electronically managed energetic coupler which distributes torque to the wheels as a feature of the level of grip to be had beneath each one.

Koleos Concept additionally boasts a wide range of driver aids. Some are designed for everyday motoring, like ABS, Emergency Brake Assist and ESP, even as others are precious all-terrain functions such as Hill Down Control (HDC) and Hill Start Assist (HSA).

Koleos Concept is powered by means of an engine that's simply at home on metropolis streets, highways and motorways as it's miles over difficult tracks where grip is at a top class. Its 2.0 dCi engine employs modern day diesel engine technology which includes piezoelectric injectors, 1,600-bar common rail injection and a variable geometry turbocharger.