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Volkswagen Racing have been developing the highest quality motorsport parts for our own race and rally cars for the past decade and a half – with some great success.   These race parts are all available to our Motorsport customers around the world to win on-track.

But great motosport parts don’t always make for great road car upgrades.

So the Volkswagen Racing UK team have taken all the lessons learned by our engineers and partner companies over the years and used this expertise to develop our VWR RacingLine range of road car performance upgrades.

Ricci concept renews is support for Hull city football club as it starts its campaign for the 2014/2015 season

We wish the club the best of success for the following season after the wonderful FA cup run

At APR there sole mission is to engineer only the highest quality tuning solutions for Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles ensuring the enthusiast the ultimate driving experience while consistently providing the enthusiast the ultimate in customer care and support. Director Nick Sanderson said ‘ We are very proud to be connected with a tuning company of APR’s reputation and offer more high quality properly developed products’.

Find out more about the full range at www.goapr.co.uk/

Ricci Concept now adds to its extensive list of accreditations with Pagid braking products.

TMD Friction Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the original equipment market of the automotive and brake industry.

These are specifically designed to meet the needs of individual vehicles, braking systems, engine performance and vehicle loads. TMD Friction develops and tests its disc brake pads at its own research and development centre.

As a member of the TMD Friction Group, Bremsen Technik GmbH is the manufacturer of Pagid RS racing and high performance brake pads. Our brake pads are designed to produce the highest possible performance levels over a wide range of operating conditions, and are available in many different material formulations. They fit most popular racing and high performance calipers and also may be fitted as an upgrade to many standard calipers for high performance cars.

In addition, Pagid RS brake pads are fitted as original equipment to some of the most prestigious and powerful production cars in the world including Aston Martin, Bugatti, Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche. With our research facility in Leverkusen, manufacturing in Essen and technical service in Friedrichsdorf, we are capable of developing and manufacturing brake friction solutions according to customer specification in a short time.

APR is pleased to present the ultimate engine control unit (ECU) upgrade for the Generation 3, 2.0 TSI engine as found in the MQB platform vehicles. APR’s ECU upgrade is available in octane-specific variations and is conveniently flashed to the vehicle’s factory ECU through the OBD-II port without any physical modification to the factory ECU.

The APR Stage I ECU Upgrade is designed to work without requiring other changes to the vehicle’s hardware. With the ECU Upgrade alone, APR’s Calibration Experts measured higher peak figures of 381 ft-lbs of torque and 316 horsepower with 98 RON octane fuel. Large gains were seen throughout the power band, including an additional 114 ft-lbs of torque and 87 horsepower. Even higher figures were achieved using 104 RON octane race fuel. The increase in power directly translates to an exceptionally quicker vehicle. Using advanced GPS measuring devices and the local IHRA certified drag strip, APR’s engineers conducted several acceleration tests. During the quarter mile sprint, the APR Stage I equipped vehicle crossed the finish line 1.094 seconds quicker, with an exit speed 13.3 MPH faster! Read more!

2015 celebrates a landmark in Ricci Concept’s history as we enter our 20^th year in business

The old Photo below shows how from a simple beginning with 2 ramps in one unit we have grown to be the company we are today with many facilities to service our customers. We would like to thank all our customers old and new for their continued support.

The APR Stage I ECU Upgrade is designed to work without requiring other changes to the vehicle’s hardware. With the ECU Upgrade alone, APR’s Calibration Experts measured higher peak figures of 320 ft-lbs of torque and 263 horsepower with 98 RON octane fuel. Large gains were seen throughout the power band, including an additional 106 ft-lbs of torque and 103 horsepower. The increase in power directly translates to an exceptionally quicker and more enjoyable vehicleAPR’s ECU upgrade is the best power per value … [Read On…]

APR’s ECU upgrades are one of the best horsepower-per-dollar modifications for the new 1.8TSI engine. The APR Stage I ECU Upgrade is designed to work without requiring other changes to the vehicle’s hardware. With the ECU Upgrade alone, APR’s Calibration Experts measured higher peak figures of 298 ft-lbs of torque and 251 horsepower with 93 AKI octane fuel. Large gains were seen throughout the power band, including an additional 97 ft-lbs of torque and 81 horsepower.

Read More Here

Ricci concept has forged strong links with the factory in Germany to offer full diagnostic capabilities equal to manufacturer appointed  main dealers.

With internet links to the FAZIT mainframe in Germany we are able to offer

• Key supply and coding
• Instrument cluster coding and matching
• Control unit coding and programming
• Basic settings
• Component protection removal
• Radio code retrieval
• Software upgrades

If you would like to find out more please contact Ricci Concept here by email or call us on 01482 322446.

Ricci concept announces entry into the VAG trophy for 2013 in their Seat leon Cup car. Testing has begun with keen anticipation for the 1st race.
We wish to invite all customers and friends to the racesand welcome their support.

The calendar is confirmed as below :

1. 23 March – Oulton Park
2. 27/28 April – Donington Park
3. 12 May – Cadwell Park
4. 12-14 July Spa francochamps -Belgium
5. 24/25 August – Brands Hatch GP
6. 26/27 October – Snetterton 300

All dates are double headers.
For more information on the championship go to

http://www.vagtrophyracing.co.uk/

If you would like to find out more please contact Ricci Concept here by email or call us on 01482 322446.