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Federal Auto subsidiary – Federal Auto Sports Tuning Sdn. Bhd. (FAST) was appointed the exclusive distributor for ABT products in Malaysia in March 2010. Now, the company opens the first flagship showroom in Glenmarie, Shah Alam. It is largest in Asia with size of 12 ,000sqf and costs over a RM1 million to set up.
The showroom at Glenmarie is capable to accommodate up to 10 display cars and is specifically designed to allow customers to view the ABT-tuned cars and a wide selection of accessories. FAST will be opening another showroom at Petaling Jaya this year and at least two more, in Penang and Johor Bahru, by end of 2011
The ABT showroom will stock the latest body kits and accessories for Audi and Volkswagen cars, especially the hot hatch Golf Mark-6, previous Golf GTI Mark-5 and Scirocco. If you are one of the owners of Audi TT, A3, A4, Q5 and R8, you are not neglected too.
Is ABT is something strange to you? What ABT do? ABT is a tuning specialist which transforms stock-standard production cars aesthetically and performance wise. ABT is the worldwide leading tuner of cars from Audi and Volkswagen cars. Their enhancements works are focused on 6 major areas: engine performance, aerodynamics, exhaust system, suspensions, brakes and wheels.
Typically, the engine chip tuning will be first to kick-start in performance upgrades. For Golf GTI Mark-6, the engine chip tuning by ABT is capable to upgrade the engine’s maximum power output from standard 210bhp to dynamic 260bhp and torque from 280Nm to 360Nm.
The ABT tuning packages for the popular Volkswagen Golf and Scirocco are priced from RM6,636 for engine chip tuning to RM43,610 for a complete set comprising full body kit, sport springs, rims and tyres.
Photo Gallery: ABT Golf GTI Mk-6
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