Ooltewah, TN: Jim and Amy Jo Osborn announced today that Chili Pepper Racing has formed an alliance with the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer (AHFPC). The Foundation’s mission is to “support research into the diagnosis, treatment and cure of pediatric cancer and to provide support to children and families undergoing treatment as well as those who have lost children due to cancer” and is a registered 501-c3. (more…)

A comprehensive tuning programme is offered for the current model Golf 5 and its sportive spin-off models GTI and R32, by OETTINGER, the traditional tuning specialists in Friedrichsdorf. Through the specialized "Direct Port Technology" increased performance can be offered for nearly all turbo motors. The additional MAPSWITCHING function offers driver-selected motor maps for the individual power-level characteristics. The characteristic wheel grip is accommodated, e.g., through specific sets of sports springs up to fully adjustable stainless-steel undercarriages, - this is all a sportive pilot may desire. Alloy rims of the type RE are available in the sizes 18 and 19 in. They dispose of perfectly adapted force-fitting depths to be assembled without touching the car body or the wheelhouses.  (more…)

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. (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. A KW sport suspension and the coilover suspension Variants 2 and 3 will be available in the end of August. The KW sport springs and the sport suspension lower the car by 30 mm. The adjustable KW coilover suspensions allow a lowering between 35 und 65 mm. (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! (more…)

It’s time for the VW Touareg to fill out a little. The VW tuning specialists at JE DESIGN in Leingarten are currently concentrating on body widening kits, and providing just such a treat for the big guy from Wolfsburg. An engine tuning package for the 4.2 liter V8 gas unit helps the SUV to achieve the kind of performance that drivers of its sister model, the Porsche Cayenne, have been enjoying for some time now. The first customer for this JE DESIGN creation is a sheikh from Dubai, who made the new love of his life available for a local photo shoot. (more…)