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Autometrix VW / Audi Show at Castle Combe 24th July
This coming Saturday, 24th July, Milltek will be demonstrating their impressive range of high-performance VAG model at the Autometrix VW / Audi show, to be held at Castle Combe racing circuit in Wiltshire (a mere stone's throw from Bristol on the M4 motorway). Milltek's eclectic mix of modified …
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AmD Milltek Racing BTCC Race Game Launched.
AmD Milltek Racing have launched their own computer BTCC race game. This is based around blasting your very own BTCC VW Golf around the legendary Brands Hatch GP circuit trying to set the best lap time and win big BTCC prizes! You can pick up power boosts on circuit of "Milltek Exhaust" and "AmD …
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New MKVI VW Golf GTi Milltek Exhaust
Milltek has developed the ultimate performance exhaust system for the new VW Golf MKVI GTi which not only offers scintillating power potential but invigorates the senses with its dynamic and red-blooded soundtrack. To create this system, Milltek technicians have opted to use full-bore 76mm / 3-inch …
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AmD Milltek Racing.com approach Mid-Season at Croft.
Oulton Park wasn't our best weekend results-wise but showed a promising improvement in pace and performance. There were plenty of positives to take from Oulton - we are able to hold on to the pack more in the first few laps thanks to improvements in cold tyre performance and we are on the pace …
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Positive Start to AmD Milltek Racing.com BTCC Season.
What a weekend! I think we couldn't have really hoped for a better start for AmD Milltek Racing's BTCC debut. Firstly we were massively relieved that our Golf was, as we hoped, in touch with the field lap times wise. It would have been a disappointment if we were 2 seconds off the back of the …
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AmD Milltek Racing VW BTCC Golf Hits The Track!
AmD Milltek Racing have given the VW Golf they are racing in this year’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship its first run at Brands Hatch. Shaun Hollamby has spent yesterday morning shaking down the MK5 Golf at the world-famous Brands venue – his home track. The Golf, one of the most …
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Rolling Road Season Kicks Off!
Yesterday saw the start of AmDs' rolling road day season with members from seatcupra.net (SCN) braving the wintry conditions. An incredible turn-out from all over the country and beyond (one guy came all the way from Belgium!) shows the commitment of the guys and gals from SCN! Over 40 cars were …
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AmD Essex at Autosport/ Pistonheads Show 2010
AmD Essex attended last weekends Autosport and Pistonheads Show at the NEC in Birmingham. We had our 2010 BTCC VW Golf Touring Car on display and also Miss England finalist Yasmin Pearce who seemed to get alot of attention! We will update our BTCC Blog with pictures of the Touring Car rebuild …
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AmD enter 2010 BTCC with VW Golf.
Our well kept secret is out, AmD are entering the 2010 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). The really interesting news is that our chosen car is a VW Golf, a manufacturer unseen in the BTCC arena for over 20 years. "We are really proud to be bringing the Volkswagen name back into top-line …
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Massive Turn Out for R32 Owners Club RR Day!
A great day was had by all at last weekends R32 Owners Club (R32OC) rolling road day. Organised by Matt from the R32OC forum, over 35 Golf R32's came down to have a run on our 4-wheel drive rolling road. A wide selection of cars ranging from completely standard to twin turbo conversions gave …
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AmD Cars and Logos on the XBOX 360.
Forza Motorsport 3 has hit the shelves for all you virtual racers out there. AmD are getting a few designs together including our SEAT race cars, Paragon Porsche (2008 and 2009)with AmD support and the VW Cup Golf R32 that we run for ex-champion Paul Taylor. Thanks to Lloyd from …
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AmD Starts Workshop Blog.
We are constantly asked "what sort of cars do we work on?" Well we thought we would start a Workshop Blog to give our customers an idea as to the cars and type of work that we carry out in our workshops in sunny West Thurrock. Click on "Workshop Blog" in the heading above and see a few of the …
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AmD Wins Audi Driver International Tuner of the Year Award.
AmD won the silver award yesterday at the Audi Driver International Tuner of the Year Award 2009 in Swindon. A packed event, hosted by Audi Driver magazine, saw the evening start with a champagne reception at Swindon Audi. The new RS6 saloon which was giving shuttle rides back to the awards …
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AmD SEAT Cupra Wins Dunlop Sportmaxx Cup!
After a long 18 race Dunlop Sportmaxx Cup season the AmD SEAT Cupra driven by Simon Shaw took a well deserved championship victory with multiple podiums at Snetterton, Norfolk yesterday. Shaw had already done enough to clinch the Class A title by taking victory in the first race of the weekend. …
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911 and Porsche World Magazine Visit AmD.
911 and Porsche World is one of the leading magazines specialising in Stuttgarts' finest. Simon Mitchell brought his pride and joy down to our West Thurrock workshop to fit a new Gekkatech unit which replaces the standard air intake/flap arrangement with a more modern mass air flow type …
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AmD Power for F1's Rising Star- Bruno Senna.
One of motorsports brightest young stars, Bruno Senna, took time out today to have his BMW 335i remapped at AmD in West Thurrock, Essex. Bruno is currently in negotiation with a number of F1 teams regarding a drive in 2010 having tested impressively for Brawn GP. Bruno may be used to driving …
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AmD SEAT Cupra Takes Dunlop Sportmaxx Championship Lead!
Simon Shaw reached mid season in the Dunlop Sportmaxx Cup yesterday at Donington with a crushing performance in AmD's SEAT Cupra. Shaw won the first 2 races of the weekend from pole position and despite success ballast, an extra 27kg performance ballast and a reverse grid he managed to salvage …
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AmD Essex & Milltek Sport Take Time Attack By Storm
AmD Technik's Shaun Hollamby drove the Milltek Audi R8 to victory in the Pro Street class of the Autovisie TimeAttack series in Assen, Holland last weekend. The R8, sporting Milltek exhaust, AmD remap and Brembo brake upgrade, was challenged for overall honours by various Porsche's including a …
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AmD SeatCupra.net Rolling Road Day.
We were pleased to host a rolling road shoot out day for leading Seat website www.seatcupra.net. A great day was had by all with a total of over 60 Seats able to attend. A video of the day is currently being edited and videos of the rolling road runs will be posted on …
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AmD Announce Dunlop Sportmaxx Production Cup 2009
Simon Shaw, winner of the 2005 Dunlop Race Academy, aims to continue his successful record in the Dunlop Sport Maxx Production Cup this year by switching to the AmD Technik Seat Leon racing team. Shaw, 26, has been a front runner since the Cup’s inception, winning Class B in 2007 driving a …
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AmD Essex Get Big Power on KTM X-Bow
Since October 2008 we have been tuning the KTM X-Bow which uses the VW/ Audi 2.0TFSi engine and gearbox. So far we have developed a CAI system, exhaust system which is noise tunable for track days, fitted a bigger turbo upgrade with switchable REVO software, uprated injectors and fuel pump …
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AmD at the NEC Pistonheads and Autosport Show 2009.
We would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for your continued support of AmD Technik Essex during 2008 and look forward to an even bigger and better 2009. 2009 will see us attending a wide variety of race meetings, track-days and car shows starting with the Autosport …
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Happy Xmas and a Merry New Year!
All of us at AmD Technik Essex would like to wish all our customers a very Merry Xmas and a great New Year. Amongst all the doom and gloom currently peddled by the press we would like to thank all our customers and suppliers for making 2008 our best year yet. We can also now launch our …
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Ford Focus RS Rolling Road Day at AmD Essex
Last weekend we had the pleasure of the Ford Focus RS Owners Club members down to sunny West Thurrock for our last rolling road shoot-out day of the year. Unusually mild weather greeted the participants and a great day was had by all. Figures ranged from 208bhp for a standard car up to 379bhp …
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KTM X-Bow Gets the AmD and Milltek Treatment.
We ran the first UK delivered KTM X-Bow on our rolling road today. The 2.0TFSI Audi-powered carbon pocket rocket gave factory 237bhp figures but is looking to come away with over 330bhp once we upgrade the turbo, fit Milltek turbo back exhaust system and remap the car with AmD software. …
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Milltek and AmD's long weekend a great success with Milltek's Audi R8 coming third in Time Attack Assen
Milltek and AmD's long weekend proved to be a big success for all concerned. AmD Essex's tame racing driver, Shaun Hollamby drove the Milltek Sport Audi R8 to third place overall in the Autovisie Time Attack final over in Assen, Holland. It proved to be an incredibly competitive event with some …
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AmD and Milltek's Long Weekend
This coming weekend, AmD Essex and Milltek are taking part in Audi Driver International at Castle Combe race circuit on the Saturday (11th October). We will then be making the long trip overnight to Assen in Holland for the Autovisie Time Attack event on Sunday (12th October). Racing driver and …
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AmD Technik Porsche 997 RSR Wins epic 24 hour endurance race at Silverstone
The AmD Technik backed Paragon Porsche 997 RSR wins the drama packed Britcar 24 hour endurance race at Silverstone. "Last year winning our class and third overall was a fantastic achievement, but to come back and win outright was spectacular for all involved.......words can't describe the feeling" …
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AmD Technik at Britcar 24 hour with Porsche 997 RSR
For the second year running AmD Technik will support the Paragon Porsche entry in the Britcar 24 hour endurance race during the weekend of 20th and 21st September. 'With the help of AmD Technik's expert ECU mapping and our ex-Tafel ALMS Porsche 997 RSR we hope to emulate last years success.' said …
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Shane Lynch takes the win in AmD Milltek Dunlop Sportmaxx SEAT Leon.
Boyzone band member Shane Lynch came away from Donington yesterday with a win and a 3rd after a busy day for the AmD Essex race team.
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Shane Lynch Takes to the Track in AmD Millteksport SEAT Leon Dunlop Sportmaxx.
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Seatcupra.net Wins AmD Essex Cup 2008
The weekend saw the first ever AmD Essex Cup which was a rolling road shoot-out event, plus various other car based events, between the seatcupra.net and uk-mkivs.net forums.
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www.mini2.com Rolling Road Day at AmD Essex
Liz and Jim Gleeson from the www.mini2.com forum organised a Rolling Road Shoot Out Day at AmD Essex recently which raised £536.50 for www.kidsout.org.uk childrens charity.
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AmD Essex and Milltek Hit GTi International and Amsterdam with Audi R8 Missile!
AmD Essex and Milltek carried out a joint raid on foreign shores when Shaun Hollamby drove Millteks Audi R8 in Time Attack at the legendary race circuit, Zandvoort in Holland.
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AmD Essex/ Milltek SEAT Cupra Leads Dunlop Sportmaxx Cup
After 4 rounds of the 2008 Dunlop Sportmaxx Cup the AmD/ Milltek SEAT Leon Cupra leads the points table.
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AmD Essex/ Milltek Dunlop Sportmaxx Race 2008 Team Launch
Yesterday (Sunday 20th April) saw the launch of AmD Essex/ Millteksport Dunlop SportMaxx Race Team. A meeting of seatcupra.net members at AmDs’ Essex branch saw 40 SEAT owners turn out to give the team a good send-off.
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AmD Essex R32 Takes VW Cup Championship Lead
The dire Easter weather tried but failed to dampen the excitement of the opening rounds of the Volkswagen Racing Cup today (Monday) at Oulton Park, with spectators enjoying two enthralling battles against the elements by a quality field.
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Surrey based VW-Cup racer secures support from AmD Technik .......
Having secured pole position in the final round of the 2007 VW-Cup at Rockingham Darren is confident that he will be a major challenger for the 2008 drivers championship in his R32 engined Beetle RSi.
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Millteks' Audi R8 Hits Snetterton Race Track with AmD Essex Race Driver at the wheel.
Shaun Hollamby from AmD Essex gave Millteks' Audi R8 a blast up at Snetterton in Norfolk last week.
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AmD Essex Hold Rolling Road Shoot Out Day for UK-MKIVS.NET
The official opening of AmD Essex's new 4WD 1000bhp rolling road was celebrated by 25 VW Golfs from the popular uk-mkivs.net website.
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AmD Technik Offer Powerpack for Selected VAG cars.
Probably the first three modifications people make are a performance induction kit, a performance
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AmD Essex Start Build on Seat Leon Cupra Racecar.
We received our Seat Leon Cupra yesterday for Class A of the Dunlop SportMaxx Race Championship.
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AmD Technik at Autosport/ Pistonheads 2008
It was great to see so many of our customers at the Pistonheads/Autosport show at the NEC last month. We had our VW Cup Golf R32, Britcar 24HR winning, AmD tuned, Porsche GT3 and Millteks new Audi S3 on display. Thank you to H+R, Eibach, Milltek, Brembo, Koni and Powertec for their support at …
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AmD Technik and PistonHeads Show 11th-13th January
PistonHeads: The Performance Car Show (NEC 11th-13th January) is a new and unique event for enthusiasts of top-end performance cars and AmD Technik will be there. Run alongside the famous Autosport Show at Birminghams NEC it promises to be a great way to start 2008. AmD will be displaying a …
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AmD Technik Power Race Winning Porsche in 24Hr Britcar Marathon
Sussex-based Paragon Porsche scored a magnificent victory in the most demanding race of the season in Britain, the Silverstone 24 Hours, when a four-man driver squad took the team's Porsche 911GT3 to GTC victory and third place overall. The round-the-clock race is unique in British motor racing …
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AmD Technik at Croft with 330bhp Audi S3
AmD Technik gave the new Milltek Audi S3 its track debut at Croft circuit near Darlington last weekend at VW/Audi Driver magazines Track Day. Shaun Hollamby, AmDs' resident race driver, gave a lucky few some demo laps around the super fast and technical Croft circuit. "I was amazed how well …
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AmD Technik R32 Wins VW Cup at Donington
Paul Taylor, 2006 VW Cup Champion, opened his 2007 season with a 1st and 3rd place at Donington Park last week in his AmD Technik prepared MK4 R32. Taylor qualified 3rd but made the most of his 4 wheel drive Golf to lead into the first corner in the first race of the day. A win looked on the …
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Free Fitting and Free Delivery In March!
AmD Technik are offering free delivery on all items bought from the amdstore.com in March 2007. This applies to UK mainland only and discounted delivery will apply to all other addresses. Free fitting is also on offer for customers who would rather have AmD fit Milltek exhausts, Forge or …
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Big Boys Toys Announce AmD Technik Buyout
As of Friday 9th February 2007 AmD Technik, one of the UKs' most respected tuning houses has been bought by a consortium comprising of Essex based VAG specialist Big Boys Toys (BBT) and Surrey tuning experts Mega4. Both of these companies have huge experience in the VAG performance tuning market …
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AmD Store Now Live !
AmD Techink is proud to launch their new online store. Be sure to check it out at http://www.amdstore.com The store features great products at great prices, and FREE delivery in the UK on all items for January. Shop with confidence with the 256-bit SSL encrypted checkout system
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AmD Offers Live Support
AmD is proud to be the first tuning company to offer it's customers Live Support. You can now chat with us online about any sales queries, questions or website problems. Just click the "Live Support" button on the right of our website.
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Milltek Price increase brings other discounts
Milltek have released the 2007 Price list The cost of steel has had a dramatic increase in price and Milltek have had to increase some of their prices. The good news is that where possible Milltek has been working hard to find ways to improve the production process so that the over all cost has …
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New Milltek MK4 Golf R32 Manifolds
Milltek have launched the new tubular manifolds for the MK4 32. This now completes the exhaust system offering for the R32 from milltek and offers a solution for people who want a head back system. The manifolds are designed to be fitted to either the high flow sports cats from …
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4 years in a row Audi Driver Awards
Many thanks to all our customers who once again supported us by voting. This is the forth year that AmD has aquired an award from Audi Driver (www.autometrix.com)Congratulation to all the other companies who also where there.
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Nology Now available for VAG cars in the UK from AMD
AMD is proud to announce that we now supply the entire Nology product range. Nology built up a hugely successful brand name marketing and selling their products in the USA for all types of high performance engines. Nology products work very simply by making a much bigger spark. More bangs for …
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Dylon's MK5 TDI takes best MK5 at Edition 38
Congratulations to Dylon on winning Best MK5 at Edition 38. Dylon has been having his car modified by AmD for a while and was seen at Gti international when it was only half way through it's mods. the car features a Hybrid turbo a custom one off Milltek exhaust Lambo wheels and the New B7 RS4 365mm …
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Summer Special Re-map Offers
AmD Technik has introduced some summer special offers to give you a smile on your face, some money in your pocket and performance in your car. Just click down on the red menu popping up all over the site! Choose your make, model, then engine type and you will see the offer prices and the savings …
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AmD 365mm Disk and 8 pot calliper conversion
AmD is now supplying a brake conversion to suit B5, B6 and B7 Audi S4 and A4. The kit includes the monster 365mm floating disks and callipers from the New Audi RS4. The disks are of a floating design with anti-rattle plates giving all the benefits of a true floating disks but with out the annoying …
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MK5 R32 High flow sports cats and Manifolds
Milltek has released its long awaited high flow sports Cats and tubular manifolds for the MK5 R32. These Cats and manifolds have proven to produce good power gains and produce an even better sound. Part NumberDescriptionPrice (RRP)MSVW282LH Free-Flow Manifold£249.00MSVW283RH Free-Flow …
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Stages 1 & 2 for the MK5 R32 NOW Available
AMD Has been at forefront of the development of the new software to map the New MK5 R32 golf. Stages one and two are now availble with up to 20+bhp. The Milltek exhaust adds greatly to the sound of the R32 and the stage two provides a well rounded kit in performance and sound.
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Finally Released the Milltek Cat Back Exhaust System
AmD Technik is proud to present that Milltek Sport has finally put the finishing touches to the Cat back system on the Mark 5 R32 Exhaust System. Production is in full flow and the first systems are now available to purchase and fit. After much deliberation over style, performance and careful …
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New online AmD Store
AmD has launched their online store. Offering the most popular lines shipped free anywhere in the UK. You can visit the site via the : For Sale : link at the top of the page or visit www.amdstore.com
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Free Fitting on all Milltek Cat Back systems
To coincide with our end of Summer Sale we are extending our generosity by offering a free fitting service for purchasers of ALL Milltek Cat Back Exhaust Systems. All you have to do is check times for fitting, book in your car and we will have your system fitted by our in-house exhaust …
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UK's largest ever gathering of Porsche cars at Brands Hatch 2005 Porsche Club of Great Britain Festival
AmD would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came down to visit the stand and also to all the support we recieved at this years Porsche Club of GB Festival over the Bank Holiday at Brands. This years show was bigger and better than ever. The level of interest has certainly increased both …
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OneClick ECU Remap For Porsche Now Available.
Press a button your Porsche has gained up to 60bhp, press again and it's back to standard! AmD have just launched their "OneClick" pocket-sized serial-port programmer for DBW Porsches, Porsche 996, Turbo 996, and Boxster. Branded "OneClick", the system is a revolutionary new tuning solution …
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Cannonball Europe Team 'Road Angels'
Arabella and Janine, the only all-female team, attracted plenty of attention as they arrived in leather catsuits. After interviews from ITV and a few other magazines, they attended the mandatory team briefing and got into the AmD modified and stickered-up Audi S4, along with the other high …
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Wireless network at AmD
AmD have a wireless broadband network for you to use whilst waiting for your vehicle. The service is free, so bring your wireless device to help pass the time.
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AmD has become the uk importer and distributor for Haldex Performance Products
AmD has become the uk importer and distributor for the upgraded Haldex controlers for the VAG range. Audi A3 / S3 Quattro Audi TT Quattro Seat Leon 4 Seat Alhambra Skoda Octavia 4x4 VW Golf R32 VW Bora AWD VW Sharan AWD VW Beetle RSi The new controler retains all the safety features …
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Sportec sets new speed record for SUV
The SPORTEC Cayenne Turbo SP 600M on the Vehicle test circuit at Papenburg (Germany). The SPORTEC SP 600M managed an amazing 308kph (191.4mph) which really pulverized the standing SUV-World Speed Record of 288kph (179mph.
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