Audi A3 Tuning Audi A3 Tuning - Rimier Motor Sport provides a comprehensive Audi A3 Tuning program covering USA models from 2005 to present. We offer best of breed aftermarket parts combined with technical expertise and honest personal service that help our customers to make the right Audi A3 tuning decisions. We work in partnership with our customers to make the experience of upgrading their Audi A3 is as simple and intuitive as possible. We supply expertise, services & aftermarket products that add value, increase performance, or enhance the elegant look of specific Audi A3 models. Our customers are part of an exclusive tuning group that appreciate performance, quality, service and shared knowledge - we hope you’ll join us. To begin select the year and model of your Audi A3 or to see a broad range of Audi A3 Tuning manufacturers stay in this Research section and select Audi Tuning in the Model menu. The original Audi A3 (or Type 8L) was released in the European market in 1996. The A3 range was revised in 2001 with new light clusters, an improved interior, and the introduction of a six-speed manual gearbox on the 1.8T. Audi launched the second-generation of the A3 during 2003. Type 8P. The new 3.2 Quattro is equipped with a 24-valve 250 hp VR6 engine. A five-door version marketed as a "Sportback" was launched in the United States market in May 2005. It uses the 200 hp turbocharged 2.0 FSI engine with a standard six-speed manual transmission. In late 2007 the Audi A3 2.0T Sport Package will be changed and replaced by an S-line model.