Private company

Abt Sportsline

German auto racing company

Abt Sportsline is an auto racing and auto tuning company based in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany. Abt mainly deals with Audi and the related primary Volkswagen Group brands—Volkswagen, Škoda, and SEAT—modifying them by using sports-type suspensions, engine power upgrades, lightweight wheels, aerodynamic components and more.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

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Abt Sportsline is an auto racing and auto tuning company based in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany. Abt mainly deals with Audi and the related primary Volkswagen Group brands—Volkswagen, Škoda, and SEAT—modifying them by using sports-type suspensions, engine power upgrades, lightweight wheels, aerodynamic components and more. It has been active in DTM for more than a decade. After the death of their father Johann in 2003, the company with 170 employees in their headquarters in Kempten was run by the brothers Hans-Jürgen Abt (born 1962, Managing Director) and Christian Abt. Since 2011, Hans-Jürgen Abt has run the company.2

The story

Johann Abt (20 December 1935 – 11 October 2003) continued a horseshoeing and blacksmithing tradition of his family, started by his father Johann Baptist Abt, with motor cars. He was a motorcycling and hillclimbing racer for the Abarth factory team until 1970. He is the father of Hans-Jürgen Abt and Christian Abt. He later entered cars with his own team, winning the "Trophée de l'Avenir" and many other series. Johann Abt's father founded the first Abt company in 1896.

In 1991, Abt Sportsline GmbH was founded following "Auto-Abt". The headquarters moved to Daimlerstrasse in Kempten-Leubas and first offered about 3,500 square metres (38,000 sq ft) of space. In October 2002 an extension building was opened offering about 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) extra of work space. Since November 2013 there is a third building giving the Abt Motorsports Department a new home.

In summer of 2011, Abt celebrated their 115th anniversary since the first formation of the company in 1896. About 170 employees are working in the company's headquarters in Kempten, Germany, the products are sold in more than 50 countries worldwide. Since 2011, the Abt Lifestyle GmbH, run by Daniel Abt, organizes events for private or business customers.

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Products and brands

Aftermarket

Abt has taken much of their racing knowledge and adapted it for the street, making the company a tuner for the full Volkswagen Group line of products.

Abt Sportsline has announced in 2015 that they are going to introduce their new tuning program for the European Volkswagen Passat at the Geneva Motor Show. While hosting the new Passat, their goal is to showcase a more aggressive kit that includes a front lip spoiler, revised side skirts, a tailgate-mounted spoiler, Abt-branded floor mats, 20- or 21-inch alloy wheels with Continental "sport-type" tires, optional mirror caps, sport springs and sports exhaust system, and a body kit that is more aerodynamic than the standard model.

Aesthetics aside, changes in the Passat's performance include limited yet different 2.0-liter TDI four-cylinder engine with the capacity to be tuned to produce 280 PS (206 kW; 276 hp) – an increase of 40 PS (29 kW; 39 hp) over the previous model.

List of models

Abt Sportsline Golf GTi (1976-1978)

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Abt Sportsline Scirocco (1977-1981)

Abt Sportsline Golf GTi 1800 (1982-1983)

Abt Sportsline Coupé GT (1983)

Abt Sportsline 80 Quattro (1985)

Abt Sportsline B300 (1987-1991)

Abt Sportsline 200 Quattro (1988-1991)

Abt Sportsline C5 (1989)

Abt Sportsline S2-C4 (1992-)

Abt Sportsline VS4 (1998-2003)

Abt Sportsline TT-R DTM Prototype (1999)

Abt Sportsline S3 (1999-2001)

Abt Sportsline A3 (2000-2003)

Abt Sportsline Passat Variant (2000-2005)

Abt Sportsline AS4 (2001-2004)

Abt Sportsline A2 (2001-2005)

Abt Sportsline VS3 (2001-2005)

Abt Sportsline AS6 Allroad Quattro (2001-2006)

Abt Sportsline AS3 (2002)

Abt Sportsline AS6 (2002)

Abt Sportsline TT Limited (2002)

Abt Sportsline TT Limited II (2002)

Abt Sportsline TT Limited Wide Body (2002)

Abt Sportsline TT-R (2002)

Abt Sportsline RS6 Avant (2002-2004)

Abt Sportsline AS4 Cabriolet (2002-2005)

Abt Sportsline Fabia (2002-2005)

Abt Sportsline León Cupra (2002-2005)

Abt Sportsline Superb (2002-2006)

Abt Sportsline TT Sport (2002-2006)

Abt Sportsline TT Sport Roadster (2002-2006)

Abt Sportsline New Beetle Cabriolet (2003)

Abt Sportsline S4+ Avant (2003)

Abt Sportsline Octavia (2003-2004)

Abt Sportsline AS8 (2003-2005)

Abt Sportsline Touran (2003-2006)

Abt Sportsline VS10 (2003-2007)

Abt Sportsline AS400 (2004)

Abt Sportsline T5 Sporting Van (2004)

Abt Sportsline Octavia Combi (2004-2008)

Abt Sportsline VS4 (2004-2008)

Abt Sportsline AS4 Avant (2005)

Abt Sportsline AS4-R Avant (2005)

Abt Sportsline Passat (2005)

Abt Sportsline Toledo (2005)

Abt Sportsline AS4 (2005-2007)

Abt Sportsline RS4 (2005-2007)

Abt Sportsline AS3 Sportback (2005-2008)

Abt Sportsline AS8 (2005-2008)

Abt Sportsline VS4-R (2005-2008)

Abt Sportsline Altea (2005-2009)

Abt Sportsline AS7 (2005-2009)

Abt Sportsline Fox (2005-2009)

Abt Sportsline VS4 (2005-2009)

Abt Sportsline Jetta VS4 (2005-2010)

Abt Sportsline VS4 (2005-2010)

Abt Sportsline León IS (2006)

Abt Sportsline Phaeton (2006)

Abt Sportsline S8 (2006)

Abt Sportsline A6 Allroad Quattro (2006-2008)

Abt Sportsline AS3 (2006-2008)

Abt Sportsline AS3-R (2006-2008)

Abt Sportsline AS6 (2006-2008)

Abt Sportsline AS6 Avant (2006-2008)

Abt Sportsline Golf R32 (2006-2008)

Abt Sportsline Ibiza (2006-2008)

Abt Sportsline Octavia RS (2006-2008)

Abt Sportsline Eos (2006-2010)

Abt Sportsline S3 (2006-2010)

Abt Sportsline Touran (2006-2010)

Abt Sportsline Magotan (2007)

Abt Sportsline Roomster (2007)

Abt Sportsline VS6 (2007)

Abt Sportsline TT (2007-2010)

Abt Sportsline TT Roadster (2007-2010)

Abt Sportsline TT Sport (2007-2010)

Abt Sportsline TT-R (2007-2010)

Abt Sportsline AS6 (2008)

Abt Sportsline Fabia (2008)

Abt Sportsline Touareg TDI (2008)

Abt Sportsline VS4 Variant (2008)

Abt Sportsline A3 Cabriolet (2008-2010)

Abt Sportsline Phaeton (2008-2010)

Abt Sportsline RS6 Avant (2008-2010)

Abt Sportsline AS5 (2008-2011)

Abt Sportsline VS4 (2008-2011)

Abt Sportsline AS4 (2008-2012)

Abt Sportsline AS4 Avant (2008-2012)

Abt Sportsline Passat CC (2008-2012)

Abt Sportsline Q5 (2008-2012)

Abt Sportsline R8 (2008-2012)

Abt Sportsline R8 Spyder (2008-2012)

Abt Sportsline Scirocco (2008-2014)

Abt Sportsline A5 Cabriolet Radeberger Pilsner (2009)

Abt Sportsline AS7 (2009)

Abt Sportsline Q7 V12 TDI (2009)

Abt Sportsline S4 (2009)

Abt Sportsline X-Bow (2009-)

Abt Sportsline AS3 (2009-2010)

Abt Sportsline AS5 Cabriolet (2009-2011)

Abt Sportsline AS5 Sportback (2009-2011)

Abt Sportsline AS5-R (2009-2011)

Abt Sportsline Golf GTD (2009-2012)

Abt Sportsline Golf GTi (2009-2012)

Abt Sportsline R8 Carbon (2009-2012)

Abt Sportsline R8 V10 (2009-2012)

Abt Sportsline VS4 (2009-2012)

Abt Sportsline Polo (2009-2014)

Abt Sportsline TT RS (2009-2014)

Abt Sportsline TT RS Roadster (2009-2014)

Abt Sportsline Exeo (2010)

Abt Sportsline Golf R (2010)

Abt Sportsline Ibiza (2010)

Abt Sportsline R8 GTR (2010-2012)

Abt Sportsline R8 V10 Spyder (2010-2012)

Abt Sportsline RS5 (2010-2012)

Abt Sportsline AS8 4.2 TDI (2010-2013)

Abt Sportsline AS1 (2010-2014)

Abt Sportsline Touareg (2010-2014)

Abt Sportsline Multivan (2010-2015)

Abt Sportsline Amarok (2010-2016)

Abt Sportsline R8 GTR Polizei "Tune it! Safe!" Concept (2011)

Abt Sportsline R8 GTS Spyder (2011-2012)

Abt Sportsline RS3 Sportback (2011-2012)

Abt Sportsline A7 Sportback (2011-2014)

Abt Sportsline AS6 (2011-2015)

Abt Sportsline AS6 Avant (2011-2015)

Abt Sportsline QS3 (2011-2015)

Abt Sportsline VS4 (2011-2016)

Abt Sportsline A1 Quattro (2012)

Abt Sportsline QS5 (2012)

Abt Sportsline Up! (2012)

Abt Sportsline AS8 (2012-2013)

Abt Sportsline AS1 Sportback (2012-2014)

Abt Sportsline AS7 Sportback (2012-2014)

Abt Sportsline RS4 Avant (2012-2015)

Abt Sportsline AS3 (2012-2016)

Abt Sportsline AS4 (2012-2016)

Abt Sportsline AS4 Avant (2012-2016)

Abt Sportsline AS5 (2012-2016)

Abt Sportsline Coccinelle (2012-2016)

Abt Sportsline Coccinelle Cabriolet (2012-2016)

Abt Sportsline S5 (2012-2016)

Abt Sportsline S5 Cabriolet (2012-2016)

Abt Sportsline S5 Sportback (2012-2016)

Abt Sportsline Golf GTi (2012-2017)

Abt Sportsline Polo R WRC Street (2013)

Abt Sportsline R8 GTR (2013)

Abt Sportsline AS6-R Avant (2013-2014)

Abt Sportsline RS6 Avant (2013-2014)

Abt Sportsline RS7 Sportback (2013-2014)

Abt Sportsline Golf 1.4 TSI (2013-2015)

Abt Sportsline Golf 1.6 TDI (2013-2015)

Abt Sportsline AS3 Sportback (2013-2016)

Abt Sportsline RS5-R (2013-2016)

Abt Sportsline S3 (2013-2016)

Abt Sportsline AS5 Sportback (2013-2017)

Abt Sportsline Golf 1.4 TSI (2013-2017)

Abt Sportsline Golf 2.0 TDI (2013-2017)

Abt Sportsline Golf GTI Dark Edition (2013-2017)

Abt Sportsline Golf GTi Performance (2013-2017)

Abt Sportsline R8 V10 (2013-2017)

Abt Sportsline SQ5 (2013-2017)

Abt Sportsline Golf GTD (2013-2018)

Abt Sportsline Multivan (2014)

Abt Sportsline RS6-R Avant (2014)

Abt Sportsline RS Q3 (2014-2015)

Abt Sportsline S3 Berline (2014-2016)

Abt Sportsline AS5 Sportback Dark (2014-2017)

Abt Sportsline AS8 (2014-2017)

Abt Sportsline Golf R (2014-2017)

Abt Sportsline RS5 Cabriolet (2014-2017)

Abt Sportsline S1 Sportback (2014-2018)

Abt Sportsline TT (2014-2018)

Abt Sportsline RS3 Sportback (2015)

Abt Sportsline Schaeffler FE01 (2015-2016)

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Timeline

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