Apparently Racing Dynamics got into a lot of trouble with this as it apparently was a Hartge H50 re-badged for the show. This was a press release from Hartge:
At the Essen Motor Show, Michael Lauer, Managing Director of both Racing Dynamics and VDAT (Association of German Tuners), presented his latest creation with the exciting name 'R 50 Tornado V8'.
The entire development took just a week. All that was necessary was to borrow a HARTGE H50 from a customer for a fee of DM 10,000.00, remove the HARTGE chassis number plate, cover the chassis number stamped on the bodywork with an adhesive tape* and then replace all visible HARTGE parts with Racing Dynamics accessories. The engine was quickly given an additional 50 bhp by the laying-on of hands. And a phenomenon was ready, the like of which "has never before been seen in the tuning sector", as Mr. Lauer claims in his web site. But that's not all: on the same page, he even promises to "intensify this practice in the future."
To generate an appropriate degree of international attention, a Mr.Tücherer, a tuning poet well-known for his automotive entertainment literature, was called in to capture the phenomenon in prose and pictures. The resulting virtual test report was then sold to unsuspecting magazines, such as BM World in France and BMW Car in England.
For this miracle of modern tuning, Mr. Lauer will receive two distinctions: a warning about illegal practices from my lawyer and, without doubt, a golden pin of honour with diamonds from VDAT (Association of German Tuners) at the end of the year.
Herbert Hartge
Here's some pics:
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