A matte-black Audi R8, nose-on under low light
Independent · Family-run Audi → McLaren · VAG specialists
Southampton's European performance specialist

Beyond
standard.

For over three decades we have engineered, serviced and tuned the finest cars from Europe. Independent. Family-run. Obsessive about the details that separate quick from quietly devastating.

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Established1988
DisciplineServicing · Tuning
In-houseAWD Rolling Road
LocationM27 · Junction 5

Trusted with the marques that define the road

AudiBentleyBMWFerrariLamborghiniLand RoverMcLarenMercedes-BenzPorscheSEATŠkodaVolkswagen AudiBentleyBMWFerrariLamborghiniLand RoverMcLarenMercedes-BenzPorscheSEATŠkodaVolkswagen

RA·01 / Heritage

Thirty-six years of getting it right.

From a modest garage on Floating Bridge Road to a purpose-built facility off the M27, the obsession never changed: do the work properly, and let the results speak.

A technician deep in an engine bay during work
On the tools · Southampton, since 2005
1988

Regal Car Engineers

Founded on Floating Bridge Road, looking after period Triumph and Lotus models.

1995

Malvern Road, Shirley

A bigger home, and a name in Japanese tuning: engine conversions, big-turbo Supras, Imprezas.

2005

Southampton, M27 J5

The current purpose-built facility. European performance becomes the craft, with an in-house dyno at its heart.

RA·02

Dealer-level care,
without the dealership.

Manufacturer-compliant servicing that protects your warranty, carried out by people who drive these cars too.

01

Scheduled servicing

Full and interim servicing to manufacturer schedules, with genuine and OE-grade parts. Your warranty stays intact; your costs do not.

Warranty-safeOE parts
02

Diagnostics & programming

Dealer-level diagnostic and coding equipment across the VAG range and beyond. Fault-finding done by reading the car, not guessing.

VCDSCodingFault-finding
03

DSG & S-tronic

Specialist gearbox servicing, mechatronic repair and uprated clutch packs for the dual-clutch transmissions that reward proper care.

Fluid & filterMechatronic
04

Carbon cleaning & injectors

Walnut-blast carbon removal and ASNU ultrasonic injector testing and cleaning. Direct-injection engines breathe like new again.

Walnut blastASNU
05

MOT & mechanical repair

MOT testing and the full breadth of mechanical work, from brakes and clutches to forced-induction rebuilds, under one roof.

MOTRepairs

RA·03 / Tuning

Take it further.

As the UK's chosen APR partner, we engineer power you can trust: calibrated on our own rolling road, datalogged, and proven before it leaves the building.

APR

ECU & TCU software

APR Stage 1 to Stage 3 calibrations and gearbox software for VW, Audi, SEAT and Škoda. OEM-grade refinement, serious results.

OEM+

Racingline performance

OEM+ software and hardware, including dedicated MK7 and MK8 Golf R programmes built for fast-road and track.

FI

Supercharger conversions

In-house forced-induction builds, from naturally aspirated V8s and V10s to complete bespoke programmes.

SET

Hardware & chassis

Intakes, exhausts, intercooling and braking from CSF, Akrapovic, Bilstein and more, fitted and corner-weighted to suit.

Rolling road · representative APR Stage 2
2k 3k 4k 5k 6k 7k rpm 400 200 bhp + Stage 2 Standard
Standard output APR Stage 2 calibration

Representative curve for illustration. Actual gains vary by vehicle, fuel and specification, and are confirmed on our rolling road.

RA·04

The room where numbers get honest.

A purpose-built workshop measured in equipment, not square footage. Everything we claim, we can show you on the screen.

A 911 Turbo under the raking light of the workshop
Engine internals exposed during a forced-induction build

Mustang MD-500 AWD dynamometer

Rolling roadMustang MD-500 · AWD
Geometry4-wheel alignment
SetupCorner weighting
MethodDatalogged & proven
Close, careful work under low workshop light
RA·05

Builds that earned the reputation.

Three decades of cars that left quicker, sharper and more usable than they arrived.

An Audi R8 V10 at golden hour
Forced induction

Audi R8 V8 & V10 superchargers

Naturally aspirated icons, boosted in-house and made to deliver.

A matte-black Lamborghini Huracán
A UK first

Supercharged Lamborghini Huracán

The first of its kind in the country, engineered here.

A Mk4 Toyota Supra, big-wing build, in the workshop
Heritage

800hp Toyota Supra builds

From the big-turbo era that made the name.

A Volkswagen Golf R on the move
Stage builds

Golf R · RS3 · S3 programmes

APR and Racingline, calibrated and corner-weighted to taste.

RA·06

The brands we stake our name on.

We fit what we would run ourselves. Nothing else makes it onto your car.

APRRacinglineAkrapovičBilstein CSFWavetracCAEVF Engineering
“Great service. Friendly, knowledgeable staff who kept me updated throughout the day.”
★★★★★ Ricardo Kann · verified customer

RA·07 / Contact

Bring us
the good one.

Tell us about your car and what you want from it. We will give you a straight answer, a clear plan, and a date.

Email the workshop → Call 023 8055 8636
Phone023 8055 8636
Emailsales@regalautosport.com
HoursMonday to Friday, 07:30 – 17:00Closed weekends & bank holidays
Find usSouthampton, HampshireM27 Junction 5 · 2 miles from Southampton Airport · 82 miles from Central London
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