VOLKSWAGEN TO DEFEND DAKAR HONOUR WITH FIVE RACE TOUAREGS
Volkswagen will field five Race Touaregs as the team bids to defend one of the most challenging international motorsport events, the Dakar Rally. Taking place across the South American continent for the second consecutive year, the 31st ‘Dakar’ Rally will see the five Volkswagen teams encountering some of the most demanding terrain on the planet. The 2010 ‘Dakar’ Rally course starts from Buenos Aires in Argentina on 1 January. The...
CCTuning + TDISport Rolling Road Day Success
We are pleased to announce that the TDISport and CCTuning.co.uk rolling road day was a great success, so much so that plans are afoot to have them as a permanent fixture in the TDISport show/event calendar. The rolling road had only been installed just a couple of weeks prior to last weekend, therefore TDISport’s collection of Torque monsters were able to try their best to rip up the rolling road from the ground. The day started...
CITROËN C5 GETS NEW GREENER ENGINES AND A MODEL RANGE UPDATE
Citroën maintains its reputation for producing lower CO2 engines with the introduction of two new greener power-plants in the C5 range. A number of other model range changes are also implemented with immediate effect. The key improvements are: A new BMW co-developed 1.6i 16V THP 155hp petrol engine has replaced the out-going 2.0i 16V 143hp unit. This Euro V engine is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox and is available in the VTR+ NAV...
SR-Performance Tuning Company Sponsor TDISport
SR-Performance, the mobile remapping company have signed up to sponsor TDISport for an initial 6 month period. Steve, the owner, was impressed with the TDISport site and believe he could offer the members diesel tuning at a price to suit them. Fully Evolutionchips trained, their mobile service is offered within a 100 mile radius of S80 3HS (Worksop, Nottinghamshire). Outside of this area will incur a £30 charge. They cater for most...
TDISport Drag Strip Day Success
The TDISport.com Halloween Drag Strip event at the Shakespeare Country Raceway on the 31st October was a success. Despite the terrible weather early on in the morning delaying the runs until around about lunchtime a good time was enjoyed by all who were in attendance. The quickest Diesel TDISport member on the day was T. Spark in his heavily modified SEAT Ibiza TDI, running over 220bhp. Past and present diesel owners were in...
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