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Furthermore,Morjan Media reserves the right to further edit and or Chevrolet Puts Next 22 New technology of color 36 GM engineers quiet brake 50 reduce the size of any content or news Generation Buyers in Charge printing on the sidewalls of tires squeal stories sent publication. Nissan 370Z Wins Middle East 24 Winners announced for the 40 Cadillac Enhances Security 52 Motor Award 2011 What Car Awards 2012 Features TIA applauds Tires & Parts’ efforts to bring the latest tire and automotive news to the Middle East. Morjan Media L.L.C P.O.Box 7830, Dubai, U.A.E For more information on TIA, visit www.tireindustry.org For administrative inquiries or for a copy of our media kit please Contact : +971 4 2270096 / [email protected] / www.tirespartsmag.com www.tirespartsmag.com l 4 Hamann products bring out the distinctive Where does the name Hamann come from personality of the What warranty do you and what’s the Hamann story? vehicles, they provide and for how definitely attract long? How does Hamann Hamann Motorsport was founded by attention, and modification affect Late Richard Hamann in 1986 in Germany. immediately show manufacturer warranty? T Richard Hamann competed in more than the elegance, 700 races, reached 300 podiums and had We provide complete sophistication, and warranty for all our 103 victories. He gained commitments in confidence that is Gruppe C, DTM and Formula 3 and won the products including paint characteristic of the jobs, wheels and kit for Special Touring Car Trophy three times with Hamann client. a BMW M1 which is considered one of the 1 year. The maintenance biggest milestones in his racing career. Mr. and service can be done by the car dealership as Hamann was very active in motorsports for Can you list the products usual and as long as we do more than 20 years and his company uses and services Hamann not touch the engine, the his racing heritage as a basis for automobile provides? tuning. manufacturer warranty on We provide complete tuning the vehicles remains. What is the philosophy behind Hamann packages from aerodynamics, Where do most of the Design? wheels, engine tuning, ideas and innovations of Hamann designs are born first of functions suspensions, exhaust systems, your vehicles come from? and then beauty. With the combination interior leather & carbon of lighter body parts and exhausts , less modification. We also provide Most of the ideas for our restrictive exhausts , lower unsprung special paint for vehicles; for designs come from the up- weight from lighter wheels and improved exsmple airbrush or foiling. coming future technologies which we integrate in aerodynamics, Hamann has been able to Do you just provide exterior our designs. We do get blend function and beauty to refine cars modifications or do you inspiration from concept that become stunningly beautiful while perform tuning as well? handling and performing better than stock. designs as well. We provide exterior & interior Hamann products bring out the distinctive Where and when is the modification. Engine tuning personality of the vehicles, they definitely next show that you would though is usually done after attract attention, and immediately show the be participating so that the warranty period is over elegance, sophistication, and confidence our readers could see because the customer loses that is characteristic of the Hamann client. some Hamann vehicles? warranty if we modify the Do you provide bespoke customization or engine. Hamann Motorsport will be would clients have to buy the hamann kit participating in the 82nd What differentiates Hamann package “as is”? International motorshow with other companies that which will be held in Complete tuning packages are available are having similar services? for most of vehicles that cannot be sold Geneva– March 2012. All hamann products are as ‘stand alone’. We sell individual items Where do you see this designed and made to the separately like wheels, exhausts, interior market going? What highest exacting standard accessories & spoilers and we also provide are some of your future in Europe. Nothing is bespoke customization on request. plans? outsourced or produced Who are your competitors in the market? out of Europe. The quality is The market is surely Hamann motorsport is the only tuning outstanding and is equivalent going forward, growing company that caters to a wide range of to car manufacturer level. All steadily especially in the vehicles from BMW, Ferrari, Mini, Fiat, hamann parts are fully TUV Middle East. Future plans Porsche, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, tested and certified and all are underway to open Lamborghini to Range Rover. We do have assemblies are put together branches in Qatar, northern healthy competitors from the Mercedes at the Hamann workshop in Iraq & Iran. tuner Brabus, BMW & Mini tuner AC Germany before shipping to Schnitzer & Porsche tuner Techart ensure proper fit. For example, spacers always come with Which markets are you strongest in? the proper lugnuts to ensure Hamann Motorsport is strongest in Dubai, proper and safe fit. This is the other strong markets are Russia, Azerbaijan, attention to detail that marks China & Taiwan. a hamann product. www.tirespartsmag.com l 5 The Audi A1 quattro The new head of the compact class Audi is crowning its successful A1 model Every detail of the sporty, sonorous four-cylinder engine series with an exclusive top-of-the-line has been optimized for high performance and low fuel model. The dynamic A1 quattro, limited consumption. Common rail injection, a turbocharger with to just 333 units, moves to the head of the intercooler and a regulated oil pump are just a few examples. compact class. Its two-liter, turbocharged The Audi A1 quattro is expected to consume on average engine produces 188 kW (256 hp) and less than 8.5 liters of fuel per 100 km (27.67 US mpg). Yet 350 Nm (258.15 lb-ft) of torque, which it performs like a top-notch sports car: The standard sprint is delivered to all four wheels. The Audi takes just 5.7 seconds, and top speed is 245 km/h (152.24 A1 quattro sprints from zero to 100 km/h mph). (62.14 mph) in 5.7 seconds and has a top The 2.0 TFSI delivers its power to the quattro permanent speed of 245 km/h (152.24 mph). all-wheel drive system via a precisely shifting six-speed The A1 quattro is powered by the 2.0 TFSI transmission, bringing Vorsprung durch Technik to the engine. The 1,984 cc, four-cylinder engine small-car class. The heart of this system is an electronically combines gasoline direct injection with controlled, hydraulically actuated multi-plate clutch whose turbocharging in the classic Audi manner. package of plates rotates in an oil bath. Among its highlights are the adjustable During normal driving, the clutch sends most of the engine’s intake cam shaft and the two balance power to the front wheels. If traction decreases there, the shafts, which ensure smooth operation. clutch can transfer torque steplessly to the rear axle in just a Maximum torque of 350 Nm (258.15 lb-ft) is few milliseconds by forcing the packages of plates together continuously available between 2,500 and by a defined amount. A pressure reservoir helps the electric 4,500 rpm, and peak power (188 kW/256 pump to develop the oil pressure. If a wheel on one of the hp) is developed at 6,000 rpm. axles should slip, it is braked by the electronic differential lock (EDL). www.tirespartsmag.com l 6 The placement of the multi-plate clutch The instrument cluster has a number of eye- at the rear axle provides for a harmonious catching features, including white needles, distribution of the axle loads, and the a red tachometer, the quattro logo and the chassis of the Audi A1 quattro has been color display for the driver information system. adapted to the dynamics of the drivetrain. The multifunction sport steering wheel is It is much more tautly tuned than that flattened at the bottom, wrapped in leather of the production model.