Brunei-Carzine: November 2008

ASIAN LAUNCH OF THE AUDI A4 IN SINGAPORE, MAY 2008 part I.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

To coincide with the soon to be launched new Audi A4 in Brunei,here are the exclusive pics taken by T.C.Y. Motor's Audi Marketing Executive who attended the regional launch for the Audi A4 in Singapore.

The $2 million month-long event took place at the Changi Exhibition Centre (where regional airshows are held) involving 1500 regional dealers and local customers. The event included a presentation of the technical features of the new A4,a static display alongside competitor models and a half-day safety driving experience course conducted by 10 instructors from Germany and last but best of all a test drive of the A4 itself on Singaporean roads to get a good feel of the car's true performance on everyday roads.

A similar driving experience will soon be held in early 2009 at the KL Sepang international circuit featuring Audi's top notch sports models such as the R8, RS6, TTS among others,T.C.Y. Motors is in process of arranging a special contest to send 2 winners to this once in a lifetime event. T.C.Y Motors Sdn Bhd, is bringing in the 1.8TFSI variant of the new Audi A4 equipped with Audi Drive Select, Audi's Side Assist Driving Safety feature as well as the Bang & Olufsen soundsystem by early December 2008.

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Changi Exhibition Centre

The A4 Launch Training Session

The New Audi A4

For more information call 2390725 or visit www.audi-brunei.com

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Audi picks up multiple Auto Trophy titles

Audi picks up multiple “Auto Trophy” titles

Emphatic victory for Audi A4 and Audi R8
Audi A6 comes top for fifth successive time
Audi takes fifth consecutive win in image report

Ingolstadt – Readers of the motoring magazine “Auto Zeitung” have voted three Audi models top of their classes at the “Auto Trophy 2008”. The poll saw the Audi A4, A6 and R8 pick up three of the year’s most sought-after awards. Audi also took first place in the image report on car brands for the fifth time in a row.

In the midsize category, 29.7 percent of the readers who participated voted for the Audi A4, which left its direct competitors in the premium segment trailing in second and third place by more than 10 and 13 percentage points respectively.

Even more votes went to the A6, which prevailed in the full-size category for the fifth successive time. 30.9 percent of readers named it as their favorite, with a gap of more than 13 percentage points over second place.

The Audi R8, which reigned supreme in the supercar category, took 27.4 percent of the vote to record its third consecutive victory – once again by a clear margin of over 10 percentage points.

The Audi brand has now won the coveted prize of the “Auto Trophy” 42 times in the 21-year history of these awards.

Its great results this year were rounded out with second places for the Audi Q5 and Audi A8 in their respective categories.

Audi once again also proved unbeatable in the image report: readers of the magazine had a choice of 49 car brands. And for the fifth time in a row, they chose Audi (38.6 percent).

The three top Audi cars that has been voted:

Audi R8

Audi A4

Audi A6

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Hyperdrive Co.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Today I managed to go to Hyperdrive Co. and meet with the shop owner, Shafique Hussain. Hyperdrive is a newly established company that is dedicated to helping Volkswagen and Audi owners make the most of their vehicles. They offer support in enhancing the performance and driveability of VW and Audi vehicles while also helping to ensure your vehicle and its engine has a long, healthy life. The shop is located next to Nusa Laila Puteri School at Berakas.

Hyperdrive is a Sole Distributor of APR TUNED Products. APR stands for Audi Performance Racing. It is an established US based company that is dedicated solely to enhancing the performance, handling and drivability of your VAG Vehicle without sacrificing longevity. For more information on APR, visit www.goapr.com

As a sole distributer of APR, Hyperdrive can supply any and every component that is produced by APR to ensure the same high quality product range, customer service and support that APR is well known for. From exhausts, intakes, intercoolers and bigger turbos, Hyperdrive offers them all and guarantees your chosen products arrive within a 3 week period upon confirmation of order.

Shafique kindly explained to me that Hyperdrive offers three major services for now.

The Services offered are:

APR Direct Port Programming and products for Audi and Volkswagen
OEM Spare Parts- Hyperdrive can help VW or Audi owners in looking for Original Factory spare parts at affordable prices. What they need from you is the VIN number, Model and year of the car that you required for the Genuine Factory spare parts. Hyperdrive guarantees your chosen products arrive within a 3 week period upon confirmation of order.
Restoration Support- Hyperdrive can help find parts for any classic VW or Audi. Just let them know what you need along with the car chassis number, Model & year. Hyperdrive ensures that the chosen products arrive within a 3 week period upon confirmation of order.

One of the highlights of Hyperdrive's services is "APR Direct Port Programming". APR Direct Port Programming is a system which allows programs to be uploaded to the engine ECU via the factory OBll port. This is a software remap or 'chip' tuning. You can experience 30% gain in horsepower by just using APR Direct Port Programming.

Hyperdrive offers an APR trial that lasts for 6 Hours "Driving time". After the 6 hours is complete, the ECU goes back to its original state without damaging the ECU at all.

Basically, if you drive 15 minutes today, you'll still have 5 hours, 45 minutes left tomorrow to play with.

Here's a list of cars that can be tuned by using APR Direct Port Programming:

AUDI

Audi A3 2.0TDI DSG

Audi A3 1.9TDI

Audi A3 2005/2006 2.0T FSI

Audi A4 2001/02/03/04/05 1.8T

Audi A4 05/06/07 2.0T FSI
Audi A6 2.7TDI

Audi A6 2.0TDI

Audi A6 3.0TDI

Audi AllRoad 2.7T - 01/02/03/04/05

Audi Q7 3.0TDI DSG/Tiptronic

Audi RS4 2.7T - 01/02

Audi S3 1.8T 210HP - 00/01/02

Audi S3 1.8T 225HP - 02/03

Audi S3 2.0T FSI – 6speed/DSG 2007

Audi S4 2.7T- 00/01/02

Audi S4 4.2L- 6speed/tiptronic – 04/05

Audi TT 1.8T 180HP Quattro 01/02/03

Audi TT 1.8T 225HP Quattro 03/04/05

Audi TT 1.8T 180HP 06

Audi TT 2.0FSI 6speed/DSG 06/07

Audi TTS 2.0FSI 6speed/DSG 08

VOLKSWAGEN

EOS 2.0TDI 6speed

EOS 2.0TFSI 6speed/DSG- 05/07/08

Golf 2.0TDI 6speed

Golf, Bora 1.8T – 01/02/03/04/05

Golf GTI 2.0TFSI – 6speed/DSG – 05/06/07/08

Golf, Jetta VR6 24V

Golf, Polo 1.8T – 06

Golf, R32 3.2L – 03

New Beetle 1.8T – 01/02/03/04

Passat 1.8T – 01/02/03/04

Passat 2.0T FSI – Tiptronic – 07

"Scared of voiding your warranty? No problem! As APR and Volkswagen of America are tied closely since they worked on the SEMA R GTI concept together, Volkswagen of Singapore is following their footsteps assigning APR as one of their performance tuners. The understanding is that even with an ECU upgrade installed, it won't void the warranty of everything else in the vehicle. Now that's peace of mind for you" –Hyperdrive

This is good news for Audi and Volkswagen owners.

What are you waiting for? Drop by to Hyperdrive Company and try out the APR Direct Port Programming 6 hour trial. Prepare to be amaze with APR TUNED Products.

For more information on Hyperdrive and the services they offer,

Please contact Shafique Hussain: Tel: +6738898168

Email: hyperdriveco@gmail.com

Website: www.hyperdriveco.com

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Some of the Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance parts available in the shop:

Some of the Genuine OEM parts

Shafique's Ride- Stage 2 Tuned APR VW Golf GTI

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Friday, November 28, 2008

The Audi R8 LMS

Audi Motorsport based on three pillars in the future

· New LMP1 sports car for the Le Mans 24 Hours

· Development of the Audi A4 for the DTM

· Customer sport programme with the Audi R8 LMS

Ingolstadt – In future, the AUDI AG motorsport programme will be based on three pillars: During the 2009 season, the brand with the four rings will compete once again in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the DTM. Additionally, with the new Audi R8 LMS, Audi Sport offers for the first time a racing sports car specifically developed for customer use.

"We know just how important motorsport is for the success of the brand," emphasises Michael Dick, who as Chairman of the Board for Technical Development is responsible for the AUDI AG motorsport programme. "Therefore it goes without saying that Audi must also be present on the race track in economically hard times. It is all the more important for us to enter a motorsport category in which the cost-benefit calculation is positive."

Audi therefore continues to support sport prototypes and the DTM. With the Audi R8 LMS, Audi also offers customer teams a racing car incorporating high-quality technology and the typical Audi traits but which is, however, also easy to operate.

New diesel sports car for Le Mans

Audi aims to demonstrate "Vorsprung durch Technik" specifically in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Audi is just one victory behind Ferrari in the French endurance classic’s all time winners’ list following its eighth victory last June. Only Porsche has more wins at Le Mans.

Audi targets the ninth victory in probably the world’s toughest car race, in which the development of alternative and fuel-saving power concepts are the focus of attention, in June 2009 with a newly developed LMP1 sports car. The Audi R15 TDI differs significantly from its predecessor, the R10 TDI, at first glance and features many technically innovative details with which Audi aims to maintain its supremacy in Le Mans.

The new Le Mans prototype is equipped with a smaller, lighter and even more efficient TDI engine. During the chassis and aerodynamic development Audi Sport engineers followed similar routes to those exhibited on the current Audi A4 DTM.

"It was clear to us that we must develop a new car if we wanted to continue to be successful in Le Mans," explains Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich. "The Audi R15 TDI is the result. The step from R10 to R15 is significantly larger than it was from the R8 to the R10."

Only the basic concept was carried over from the predecessor model: The R15 TDI is also powered by a TDI engine and is an open-topped roadster. Audi does not wish to release any further details at this time.

The first private tests with the new Le Mans sports car are scheduled for later this year. The R15 TDI will only be presented to the public immediately before its race debut in the 12-hour race in Sebring (USA) on 21 March 2009.

Audi Sport Team Joest will field three new R15 TDI prototypes in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Development of the 2008 championship winning DTM car

Audi competes in the DTM as defending champions with a development of the 2008 championship winning car and with an ambitious target: Audi aims to be the first automobile manufacturer in the history of the "new" DTM to win the title three times in succession.

The DTM version of the new A4, which set the standards during the 2008 season with eight pole positions and six victories, is optimised in every area and carries the project name "R14 plus" internally.

Four new A4 cars and up to five 2008 cars will be fielded by the proven teams Abt Sportsline, Phoenix and Rosberg. Audi also relies on known quantities for its driver squad: Every driver will be recruited from the driver line-up seen in action during the 2008 season in the DTM and R10 TDI.

GT3 race version of the Audi R8

With the GT3 race version of the R8, Audi has specifically developed a racing sports car for customer use for the first time. The Audi R8 LMS is powered by a 500 hp plus V10 engine and is available from autumn 2009 for a proposed price of 262,000 Euro plus VAT.

The new Audi R8 LMS will be seen in action on the race track during the 2009 season: Up to eight customer cars will compete in different European race series and in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, for which Audi Sport develops an endurance version of the R8 LMS. The factory itself does not plan to enter any races with the new GT3 car.

The experienced drivers Christian Abt, Frank Biela and Frank Stippler are involved in the Audi R8 LMS development.

Audi adds another pillar to its existing motorsport programme with the customer programme, which should be self-financing in the medium term. The new customer sport centre in Ingolstadt is conceived as a profit centre.

Motorsport represents huge value for Audi

"2008 was the largest and most successful motorsport programme in AUDI AG history," explains Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich. "We want to continue this in 2009. In view of the international economic and financial crisis, it is clear that motorsport must also make a contribution to reduce costs further. It is all the more pleasing that we have found a way to continue our two large projects, the new Le Mans sports car and the DTM, and added another string to our bow with the GT3 customer sport programme. This demonstrates just how valuable motorsport is for Audi."

[Source: Audi]

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Thursday, November 27, 2008

OMAN, Seriously what is more ridiculous than a pink Nissan GTR. Well i guess it is this one. This is a Ferrari Enzo painted to become a taxi. It is probably the most expensive taxi in the world. And i bet it gonna cost a lot of money to catch a ride on this cab. 200mph plus supercar, count me in..

[Source: Autoblog]

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The new Porsche Panamera pictures are finally out

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Porsche Panamera

The Panamera is the first ever Four-door grand touring sports car by Porsche. The Panamera is nonetheless behaves like a Porsche 911 but with more seats and comfort in mind. However the new Porsche looks is simply not hot enough. The car is too long for a start. Anyways let get down to business, the Panamera will be having engines ranging from V6 to V8. Depending on the spec of the Panamera of course. The engines is fitted with a choice of six speed three-pedal
gearbox or a seven speed dual clutch transmission. Apart from the standard rear wheel drive setup, the top of the range Panamera will be using a sophisticated All wheel drive. This new Porsche will be on sale next year.

[Source: Porsche]

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Another wicked smart car..

Monday, November 24, 2008

Have u ever seen a car do a "Stoppie"(Thats a term used when bikes pulling out a stunt where the rear tyres lifted up after a heavy front braking)? Check this wicked smart car doing a stoppie.

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BMW Performance Video Ad..,

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LiveWire SME Promotions Weekend in Temburong

It took an hour and half to reach Temburong district from Bandar Seri Begawan. The event that I went to was the LiveWire SME Promotions Weekend at Kompleks Utama Bumiputera in Temburong. The event was launched on the 21^st November 2008 until 23^rd November 2008. One of the highlights of the event was a mini car show. Only few cars and bikes turn out for the car show due to the some reasons. One of the participants of the car show was Harry of BCT with his 2008 Toyota Vios. The BCT was also in full force in promoting OWS performance engine oil and Tein Suspension Products. These products can be obtain from Brunei Distributor, Sen Yeong Autoparts.

Thanks to all the BCT crew for supporting LiveWire event.

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