The owners of Volkswagen Golf MKV powered by the 140 PS 1.4 TSI direct injection, turbo / supercharged engine, engine can now get w hole lot more power thanks to Superchips new ECU remap program. When the modifications are applied on the car’s Bosch MED17 ECU, it will churn out an extra 52 bhp and 56 Nm.

Superchips promises their upgrade kit delivers a driveable, progressive increase in performance, although they admit it has a slight effect on the car’s fuel consumption, but that’s a small price to pay given the extra umpf.

Golf MKV TSI owners have two choices for installing the Superchips ECU remap. Firstly, they can visit one of approximately 80 Superchips performance centres, where trained technicians can undertake the remapping procedure. Or they can use Superchips market leading Bluefin ‘Plug and go’ handset, which simply plugs into the car’s OBDII diagnostics port.

Available for all Golf 1.4 TSI (140) models produced between 2004-2008, this package is priced at £445.