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- Scotland’s number-one VAG-group and BMW automotive software development centre celebrates a decade of success- Famous for its state-of-the-art calibrations development team catering to their local marketplace and a plethora of premium tuning brands around the world- Home to comprehensive workshop and web shop facilities, making it the ‘one-stop-shop’ for upgrading your German performance car- APR master hardware/software distributor that now acts as ‘APR Scotland’ with a growing sub-deale

Last weekend, some of the Ecotune team headed to RacingLine Performance’s annual International Dealer Conference at the iconic Silverstone Circuit. Over 100 dealers and importers gathered from all over the world to learn what was new from this prestigious firm for the 12 months ahead.Speed Machine Festival was the main event of the weekend, housing rounds of the adrenaline-fuelled FIA World Rallycross Championship, and with RacingLine also offering up hundreds of track experience rides in t

A Haldex system is commonly found in most small- to mid-sized 4WD vehicles from the VAG group. It uses an oil pressure-activated clutch coupling on the rear differential, allowing the car to seamlessly switch from FWD to 4WD based on the ECU’s assessment of driving conditions.This setup provides the owner with the fuel efficiency of a front-wheel drive vehicle during normal driving, while also offering the enhanced performance and handling of a 4WD vehicle when needed.Due to the complexity of th

As well as taking the fabled cover slot with James Scott’s 511bhp Stage 3 Golf R (which you can read more about by clicking HERE), two more satisfied Ecotune customers also grace the pages of the latest issue of VWG magazine this month – the Mk7 Golf Rs of Gordon Guthrie and Blair Pattie.First up: it’s Gordon’s Limestone Grey Golf R. Recently claiming the accolade of ‘fastest MQB car with DQ250 DSG gearbox in the UK’ at Crail Raceway, the car pushes out 540bhp thanks to its bespoke E

WHAT’S INVOLVED? | ECOTUNE’S BELT-LINKED DYNO‘What’s Involved?’ is an all-new mini-series that aims to give you more of an insight into the impressive work the talented team here at Ecotune perform on a daily basis.This week, we’re looking at what could arguably be described as the heart of the entire company – the 4WD belt-linked dynamometer that helps the team to get an insight into each car’s ECU before one of the firm’s infamous bespoke calibrations is carefully applied for optimum res