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  1. Volkswagen News Blog
    The US’s premier aftermarket, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), event has been canceled for 2020, according to a release from its president and CEO Chris Kersting. “While both event organizers and industry members have been working tirelessly to deliver an outstanding SEMA Show...
  2. Volkswagen News Blog
    We were all saddened to see the Beetle die, but we all mourn in different ways. Some look back and some look far down the road—because they have 700 hp worth of Beetle below them and they really need to focus. HPA out of BC, in Canada, is the latter . Makers of famously bonkers Golfs R, the...
  3. Golf VII R
    MSS creates game-changing suspension solutions for the driver who demands the ultimate control of their driving experience. Thanks to our patented triple stack spring technology, we can for the first time deliver improved performance, comfort and safety, within one product - and without...
  4. Volkswagen News Blog
    There are moments in life when you're presented with something you just can't pass up. Like when a former SEMA show car appears on your local dealer's lot. You don't pass up opportunities like that. And VWvortex member 98DUB had a former H&R car drop right in his lap. If you've ever...
  5. Volkswagen News Blog
    Well, it’s late October which means that the leaves are turning, pumpkin spice rules the nation, and SEMA builds are being revealed. Volkswagen, not one to be left out, is revealing three Jettas made by top tuners: H&R Springs, Air Design USA, and friend of the site Jamie Orr. “Straight from...
  6. Volkswagen News Blog
    Volkswagen tuner APR is bringing a great big Golf R to the SEMA show next week. Well, it's not actually bigger. It's great big in the power department. The 2.0L turbo-four in the hot hatch will be absolutely smoking. APR is promising 536 hp in what the company is calling the RLMS. There's more...
  7. Q7 2nd generation (4M)
    When two major aftermarket companies like ABT and Vossen Wheels join forces, Audi enthusiasts are in for a treat. ABT, the worldwide leading tuner for cars from Audi and VW, and Vossen Wheels, one of the trendsetting wheel brands in the industry, have teamed up to create a very special and...
  8. Volkswagen News Blog
    ABT Sportsline and Vossen wheels have combined their efforts to make a very limited edition Audi Q7. They will be building just 10 of their Audi Q7 ABT Vossen model. Making it special are a handful of “1/10” badges around the dash and door sills. There are more changes than that, of course...
  9. Volkswagen News Blog
    Fresh off a victory at the Red Bull GRC race in LA , Tanner Foust is already working on his next crazy VW. Unlike his Beetle, though, we know very little about this car except that it’s an Atlas, that it will have flared wheel arches, and that it will have tartan seats. interior ready to go...
  10. Volkswagen News Blog
    The Environmental Protection Agency was the focus of the tuning community's anger recently when a clause in a proposed bill looked like it would affect grassroots racing. Now, the agency is announcing that it has removed the relevant paragraph from the bill. The document in question is a rules...
  11. Volkswagen News Blog
    "You did what?" an employee at the MGM asked, as Head of Sales John Acton and I stood before her, tired, and wearing the sort of cologne that can only be earned from nearly 30 hours of driving through the desert.  "That was pretty stupid," she continued.  Neither of us had the energy to...
  12. Volkswagen News Blog
    At SEMA, things aren't always as they appear.  Take this Karmann Ghia for example, finished in candy green and featuring a custom interior, it fits the mold of today's hot rod scene.  But where we'd expect to see some sort of big displacement air-cooled lump, we were instead greeted by a Subaru...
  13. Volkswagen News Blog
    SEMA's North Hall is a fairly diverse place, where nearly any company that considers themselves under the heading of "Collision and Repair" sets up shop.  As such, it's aisles seem to be a bit less trafficked than the more in-your-face South and Central halls, even though there are always more...
  14. Volkswagen News Blog
    The widebody look was definitely a thing this year at SEMA, but very few were able to pull it off as well as Legacy Innovations' Corrado.  Starting with the already aggressive factory fender treatment, Legacy added an additional 2" to each side via custom-made metal flares, allowing the Corrado...
  15. Volkswagen News Blog
    The SEMA Show is certainly no stranger to the more extreme expressions of automotive design, modification and fabrication, and the Bus dreamt up by Utah street rod builders SKJ Customs is one of the more impressive undertakings at this year's event.  Powered by a supercharged flat four engine...
  16. Volkswagen News Blog
    With last year's widebody S4 SEMA build, Southern California-based Allroad Outfitters set the bar quite high for outside-the-box display vehicles.  For this year, they've doubled down on Audi with a new widebody S3 and SQ5 on Volk Racing TE37s to sit alongside their S4.  But it's not their Audis...
  17. Volkswagen News Blog
    Every year the entire aftermarket community descends on Las Vegas, Nevada for the SEMA Show, and each time, the industry finds a way to outdo itself.  Regardless of personal preference or taste, the SEMA Show is guaranteed to have exactly what you're looking for somewhere within it's more than...
  18. Volkswagen News Blog
    There are many questions that can be prefaced by “What if…” and this 2016 VW Jetta GLI 2.0T is the answer to the question, “What if Volkswagen were to offer a MOMO Edition of its successful sports compact.” The result is a vehicle that is best described as OEM-plus. It maintains all of the...
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