Private company
Audi Performance and Racing
Logo: APR, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
American automotive engineering and motorsport company
APR LLC is an American automotive engineering and motorsport company that offers aftermarket performance products for cars built by the Volkswagen Group, including Audi, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen. Audi Performance & Racing was founded in 1997 by Brett Augsburger and Stephen Hooks, automotive engineers looking to offer aftermarket upgrades for Volkswagen Auto Group cars. Their first product was an ECU software upgrade for the 1997 Audi A4 1.8T, but the company soon expanded its product line to include exhaust and turbo systems.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryautomotive engineering1
- HeadquartersOpelika1
- Websitewww.goapr.com
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APR LLC is an American automotive engineering and motorsport company that offers aftermarket performance products for cars built by the Volkswagen Group, including Audi, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen. Audi Performance & Racing was founded in 1997 by Brett Augsburger and Stephen Hooks, automotive engineers looking to offer aftermarket upgrades for Volkswagen Auto Group cars. Their first product was an ECU software upgrade for the 1997 Audi A4 1.8T, but the company soon expanded its product line to include exhaust and turbo systems. APR engine tuning products use proprietary software for reading and writing to Bosch Motronic engine control units.2
Products and brands
- engine tuning
Listed on Wikidata.1
Links
- Websitewww.goapr.com1
- WikipediaAudi Performance and Racing
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ4819705
Sources
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsAudi Performance and Racing logo by APR, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsAudi Performance and Racing photo by Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0