APR Presents v2.1.1 TCU Upgrade for All MQB Platform Vehicles!

March 30th, 2016

APR is pleased to announce a free update to our existing MQB platform TCU Upgrades! Version 2.1.1 is now available for the new GTI, Golf R, A3, S3 and more and offers several enhancements and improvements over our previously released versions. The new versions brings increased clamping pressure to all vehicles at all stages, allowing the transmission to hold more torque without slipping. Launch control was improved with new torque management strategies, resulting in more consistent launches, faster torque onset, and varying torque ramp rates to help minimize wheel spin and …

APR Acquires Carbonio’s VAG Air Intake Product Line

March 28th, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28/3/2016

APR Acquires Carbonio’s VAG Air Intake Product Line

Opelika, Alabama – APR LLC and Carbonio jointly announced today that APR has acquired Carbonio’s line of high performance carbon fiber air intakes for Audi, Volkswagen and other Volkswagen Automotive Group vehicles. APR’s acquisition marks a successful end to a long and productive partnership between APR and Carbonio and an exciting new chapter in APR’s line of high performance air intakes. Since 2004, when APR and Carbonio first teamed up to design, produce and market high performance air intakes for VAG vehicles, APR and Carbonio have built a premiere brand. …

APR MK6 DSG Update – New Shift Maps and 3-Step Launch Control

March 21st, 2016

Version 1.6 is now available for the MK6 DSG / S Tronic transmission used with the 2.0 TSI (Gen 1) engine. The update includes new shift maps to match the newly updated 2.0 TSI ECU upgrade, and now brings our 3-Step Launch Control to the platform. This update is offered for free to existing customers. Read more.