KW automotive, the suspension manufacturer, is one of the few suppliers that develop coilover kits for many cars from Mercedes-Benz. The Variant 3 is also now available for the latest Mercedes-Benz A-Class (W177). Drivers with KW coilover suspensions installed, benefit from ...
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KW Customer Porsche Team wins Bathurst 12h Race 2019
Already at the Bathurst 12h race in 2018, the KW Motorsport customer Porsche left with a class-leading victory and a podium finish in the overall standings from Australia. In 2019, Porsche wins at the farewell race of the Porsche 911 ...
Maximum M – the awesome Z Performance BMW M5
A big “Dankeschoen” to the R&D engineers of BMW M for the sixth generation of the BMW M5 and another, “thank you very much,” for the ability to switch off the four-wheel drive of the 600 hp M5 or 625 ...
ST X coilovers are available for all 2WD Suzuki Swift from 2005 onwards
The Suzuki Swift, a small car, looks back on a long-standing success story in its segment. From today on, ST suspensions will be offering a coilover suspension for the current sixth generation of the Suzuki Swift (AZ), including the 140 ...
Season opening in Japan: KW at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2019
Besides the SEMA Show, the Tokyo Auto Salon is one of the most important aftermarket exhibitions in the world, and in January 2019, the three-day event reached a new visitor record. With more than 330,000 exhibition visitors, the show exceeded ...
“The Way to Goodwood” – Tribute to our friend Georg Plasa
Already in the late nineties, the racing driver Georg Plasa, who died in 2011, began to raise the development of mountain racing cars in the touring car class to a technical level that many previously considered impossible. In memory of ...
ESSEN MOTOR SHOW TEASER: Be our guest in Essen!
At the Essen Motor Show from November 30th – December 9th, 2018 KW presents on more than 380 square meters nomerous new products with its suspension brands “KW suspensions” and “ST suspensions” in hall 3 (stand B43 and stand B41). The KW ...
Check out: Auto Focus with Larry Chen on “HOONIGAN”
Those who regularly follow our Facebook and Instagram Channels know we closely work with our Hoonigan friends and Larry Chen. On the official Hoonigan YouTube Channel you can already watch the first episode of the new show “Auto Focus with ...
Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR is the fastest road-legal sports car ever at the Ring!
Our longtime customer and partner Manthey-Racing recently set a new lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. In 6:40.33 minutes, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR, equipped with an MR Performance Kit and 700 hp, conquered the Nürburgring Nordschleife under notarial supervision. ...
Days like these – a personal review on the FIA Hill Climb Masters in Gubbio
What a terrific motorsport festival at the FIA Hill Climb Masters in Gubbio, Italy! For the crown of the Hill Climb, 170 race cars from 21 nations traveled to the Umbrian town at the foot of Monte Ingino in the ...
Tribute to Georg Plasa – The Italian Chapter
At the 25th Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018 we wrote history for our deceased friend Georg Plasa and now we are on our way to Italy – the FIA HILL CLIMB MASTERS in Gubbio is calling! You probably all know ...
KW develops three-way-coilover kit for Mercedes-AMG GT R
The KW Variant 4 coilover kit with its three-way high-performance dampers now unleashes the current Mercedes-AMG GT top model GT R (Type 197). With KW suspension, the 585 hp “Gran Turismo” is even more saturated on the tarmac, even on ...
Driving dynamic upgrade for the BMW M5 (F90): KW Variant 4
For more than 30 years, the BMW M5 has been fascinating people all over the world, and so is also the new sixth generation of BMW’s sportiest sedan. For the M5 (F90), the suspension manufacturer KW automotive has developed the ...
Out now: ST XA coilover suspension kit for Honda Civic Type R (FC)
The fifth generation of the Honda Civic Type R (FC) is currently the sportiest compact model of the Japanese manufacturer and has conquered the Nürburgring Nordschleife right away. With a record lap time of 7:43.8 minutes on the most demanding ...
BMW M3 KW DDC plug&play coilover install – a closer look
In order to provide the ultimate ride no matter what road conditions or driving style, auto manufacturers even equip their vehicles optional with adjustable damping settings from the factory. KW Automotive is always looking to push the boundaries of suspension ...
OEM Plus, Plus: Building The 330i “Smash Wagon”
A semi-voluntary, job related, change of location had left me at an impasse. I moved from Las Vegas where a day below 40F is a rarity and snow is an out-right calamity to Washington D.C. where pothole ridden streets are ...
The way to the right suspension setup: a little guideline
The perfect suspension for every demand is more than just a catch phrase for us, but simply the perfect description for our wide KW suspension product range. You want to be sporty on the road, then take our suspension innovations ...
KW DDC plug&play and KW DDC ECU is the way to get low
More driving comfort or more driving dynamics at the touch of a button is provided by the adaptive KW DDC plug&play coilovers. Since 2011, the suspension manufacturer has been developing the adaptive coilover suspension kits which, make damping more comfortable ...
From the simulator into the real cockpit: Become the Super Racer!
The dream of becoming a real racing driver: Sitting behind the wheel of a race car, fighting for positions, wins and championships and feeling the adrenaline. Man versus man, car versus car. But because of the high costs and hurdles in ...
Kill all tyres! 901 horsepower in the Opel Omega
At the Tuning World Bodensee, exhibition visitors were amazed when they met an Opel Omega in the hall of the European Tuning Showdown. Some young visitors could not even believe that this should be an Opel. The Gatebil Event veteran ...