While VW’s 188 kW Golf R hatchback is hardly underpowered, the engineers over at the German tuning firm Siemoneit Racing felt like it could use some extra ponies.
Siemoneit Racing calls its tuned VW Golf R the ‘Black Pearl’, for obvious reasons, and it offers customers a choice of two performance packages. The first boosts the 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine’s output from 188 kW and 320 Nm to 261 kW and 485 Nm through the use of updated ECU software, a custom exhaust and a new air intake system. The second and more comprehensive package transforms the Golf R into a 390 kW monster by further tweaking the engine software, adding a larger turbocharger, a new intercooler and a different exhaust system.
Lastly, customers can order a carbon fibre bonnet and a reprogrammed transmission, which Siemoneit Racing says, “affords faster acceleration, super-rapid gear changes and even more fun at the wheel – whether on the road or on the race track.”
