Motoren Technik Mayer
| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Roland Mayer |
| Headquarters | Wettstetten, Germany |
| Products | Car tuning |
| Website | www.mtm-online.de |
MTM – Motoren Technik Mayer GmbH, is a German car tuner and small manufacturer based in Wettstetten.
Company
Roland Mayer was an Audi engineer involved in the development of the five-cylinder turbo engine of the quattro sport race car of Group B.[1]
In 1990 he founded his own company, which specializes in modifying the engines ECU. Since founded the company focused on the Audi brand but today also offers products for other VW brands like Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda, Lamborghini and Bentley.
MTM has a global dealer network of nearly 90 distributors in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australia.[2]
The company is a member of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) and the Association of Automobile Tuners (VDAT).[3]
Vehicles and Products
In autumn 1992, the company built a 315 kW five-cylinder turbo engine into an Audi S2 becoming the "MTM Audi S2 RSR Clubsport"[4]
In a test by the Sport-Auto magazine on the Hockenheim ring the MTM Audi S2 RSR Clubsport was 3 seconds faster per lap than with "normal" tires and configuration.
Visual changes to vehicles tuned by MTM are mostly subtle. A special exception to this rule are the Audi A8 models type D2[5] and D3,[6] with a highly polished chrome finish.
Speed records
MTM achieved notoriety for its high-speed testing. For its projects the company uses the "Bimoto", which is an Audi TT equipped with two 1.8-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engines from Volkswagen. This configuration gives a power of 375 kW (510 hp) from each motor, with a maximum output of 750 kW. The power from the engines is transmitted via two six-speed transmissions to both axles. In 2003 during an Auto Motorund Sport test drive, the "Bimoto" was measured at a speed of 374 km/h, a new record for this publication.[7]
In September 2009, during auto motor und sport tests, a modified MTM Audi RS6 reached a speed of 344.2 km/h. Thus the vehicle set the world record for the fastest wagon.[8]
Motorsport
MTM was also active in car racing, equipped different teams with tuned engines. An Audi A4 quattro with MTM engine won the 1999 24-hour race at Zolder. The MTM Audi 200 quattro turbo reached notoriety at the "Fan Project Nürburgring", a 24-hour race at the Nürburgring.
Outside Volkswagen Group
MTM was also being offered a tuned version of KTM X-Bow.
References
- ↑ Audiworld: Full Blown Performance: MTM Tuning's Supercharged RS4 Clubsport (englisch)
- ↑ http://www.mtm-online.de/de/dealers/importers
- ↑ http://www.mtm-us.com/de/company/memberships
- ↑ MTM Audi S2 RSR Clubsport
- ↑ MTM Audi A8 D2 poliert
- ↑ MTM Audi A8 D3 poliert
- ↑ Jenseits der 300, S. 12-13
- ↑ MTM Audi RS6 R: Mit 344,2 km/h der schnellste Kombi der Welt
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