https://drivetribe.com/p/mountune-goes-german-with-new-m52-bn6bKyf8SUKHXW311jhnwA

 

Sounds interesting! 

Some great news today from Mountune https://drivetribe.com/p/mountune-goes-german-with-new-m52-bn6bKyf8SUKHXW311jhnwA?iid=S7rzk72sTXWAyYhJpdbiCA

 

Skoda will also be included in this 

Even more choice! Good spot 😎 

Duplicate threads merged.

Very interesting! 🤩

Would be nice if their performance mods were VW Group warranty friendly, just like their Ford offerings!   

https://www.mountune52.com/

 

Well I think their pricing may just be their downfall....

Edited 13 May, 20197 yr by penguin17

now either they're expanding their business or the ford scene isn't paying it's way.............

 

and I've just had a look at some of the gear. Nearly £800 for a stage 1 map..........get to f*** outta here. There's a tcu upgrade for dsg boxes, but the price is the same whether you've a manual or dsg.

 

Coming into the VAG game a little late

Edited 13 May, 20197 yr by tunedude

8 hours ago, penguin17 said:

Would be nice if their performance mods were VW Group warranty friendly, just like their Ford offerings!   

 

This. They are more expensive than established VAG tuners but if warranty is intact like with Ford then it may be worth paying more.

 

37 minutes ago, ahenners said:

 

This. They are more expensive than established VAG tuners but if warranty is intact like with Ford then it may be worth paying more.

Agreed.  I'd likely pay the overhead (and it's a big one!) to keep my warranty completely intact but that would mean that there's no clauses or 'special' T&C's which mean that Skoda had any wiggle room to use the mods as an excuse not to pay for a warranty claim, especially with regards to the DSG box. 

 

 

10 hours ago, penguin17 said:

Would be nice if their performance mods were VW Group warranty friendly, just like their Ford offerings!   

 

One of the big reasons to go with a Mountune "tune" over someone else with a Ford is because they offered services that didn't void the original Ford warranty. We asked Mountune if its VW products are approved under the Volkswagen warranty, and learned that they are not covered. What the website does say, is that all m52 products have a 12-month/12,000-mile warranty. Still, that's very different from keeping your long Volkswagen warranty for your engine.

 

https://www.autoblog.com/2019/05/13/mountune-volkswagen-tuning-brand-m52/

Too expensive if warranty doesn't remain in force IMO. That was their big sell with Ford. 

 

Without that, why spank £1,200 on their 310PS remap and DSG software (though seemingly not available for DQ380 anyway, greys out mk7.5 if you want DSG tune too) rather than someone established in the VAG brands like APR, Revo, racingline, etc. etc. 

 

If it retained full VW/Skoda warranty, I'd even consider it at 280 to 290PS if that's where it needed to be. 

 

I suppose their issue with it though is that with Ford the RS was a special limited availability car, so a warrantied power increase on an ST wouldn't risk losing RS sales. The Fiesta had no RS, so again nothing above to cut sales of. On a GTI though, FWD VS AWD would be the only real difference left to the R, VW would probably see too much risk in losing R sales to warrantied 300PS GTIs, so it's not in their interest to offer such an agreement. If the GTI can't have it, then there's no chance a vRS will be getting it. 

Mildly interesting development but an enquiry yesterday didn’t offer much more than the fifteen52 -badged induction kit. They didn’t say much more than “they are listening to” the interest from the wider VASS community.

20 minutes ago, Pilotguy said:

Mildly interesting development but an enquiry yesterday didn’t offer much more than the fifteen52 -badged induction kit. They didn’t say much more than “they are listening to” the interest from the wider VASS community.

Well if they are listening then they need to competitively price themselves in order to stand a chance. Cosmetic tart ups are one thing but most are only interested in remaps/intakes etc. of which Revo/APR will simply win as they are established/trusted by many in the VW Group world.

Why would I goto unestablished Mountune to pay more when I've used Revo with previous VW Group cars without issue and would go back in a heartbeat if I owned my car.

So pay a lot more, don’t get to keep warranty...

 

Sounds like a winning strategy... or you could get a less expensive map and keep the extra £ for future upgrades when something goes bang.

 

Hmmm, hard choice.

If they're anything like their ford products, their maps won't be the most powerful option, but they may release some good bolt ons in due time. As mentioned before the only real reason people went for MT on the fords is to keep their warranty, without this for VAG, is there any point if they're more expensive?

 

They did have some stunning products, the mk6 fiesta MR200 is still the 'holy grail' of OEM+ models of that car...with the mountune inlet selling second hand for around £2000-2500 alone!

 

So maybe watch this space IMO....they may come out with some belting products.  I believe they still do the Ford BTCC engines, so have some good background.

24 minutes ago, uttanutta12 said:

If they're anything like their ford products, their maps won't be the most powerful option, but they may release some good bolt ons in due time. As mentioned before the only real reason people went for MT on the fords is to keep their warranty, without this for VAG, is there any point if they're more expensive?

 

They did have some stunning products, the mk6 fiesta MR200 is still the 'holy grail' of OEM+ models of that car...with the mountune inlet selling second hand for around £2000-2500 alone!

 

So maybe watch this space IMO....they may come out with some belting products.  I believe they still do the Ford BTCC engines, so have some good background.

I get why you go for them with Ford.. keeping warranty wins! They are proven for this brand.

Really unless they can offer this for VW Group products and/or price themselves accordingly given the already saturated market with proven brands its not gonna work. Not suggesting for a second they don't know what they're doing, I'm still looking for their USP lol (been watching too much apprentice) 

7 minutes ago, Scotty72 said:

I get why you go for them with Ford.. keeping warranty wins! They are proven for this brand.

Really unless they can offer this for VW Group products and/or price themselves accordingly given the already saturated market with proven brands its not gonna work. Not suggesting for a second they don't know what they're doing, I'm still looking for their USP lol (been watching too much apprentice) 

Yes definitely agree there...same as the rest but more £££!

VW Group have a favoured tuner, ones that have tried and tested performance upgrades and in certain countries that company has a Warranty worth the paper it is written on when the products are on VW Group vehicles, be it Software or Tuning Boxes, but then the cost of Product with warranty is not cheap.

http://abt-sportsline.com/tuning