IE R&D VEHICLES NEEDED

Hell-bent on making the German cars we love better

IE headquarters is home to our offices, warehouse, dyno cells, CNC machine shop, engineering department, and development bays. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

We are continuously working to engineer and produce the world’s finest VW & Audi performance products and tuning. This means we are regularly on the lookout for specific vehicles so we may continue to develop and add to our growing list of new parts for your vehicles.

 

Experience the development process first hand!

By loaning us your vehicle for development you will get first access to the latest parts. You'll also get to experience the process of development and even offer your feedback directly to the engineers!

R&D Benefits:

  • You will get to keep any IE hardware or software product(s) installed
  • Your car may be featured on IE social pages, website, or blog
  • You will have first access to new IE products before anyone else
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Does your car qualify to help with R&D?

All development vehicles must be delivered to our Salt Lake City, UT Headquarters at the vehicle owner’s expense and remain with us for the duration listed in the chart below. All development vehicles will be subject to an initial vehicle inspection and test drive, owner sign-off on delivered vehicle condition and a Development Vehicle Usage Agreement.

R&D Requirements:

  • Vehicle must be delivered and picked-up at IE's SLC, Utah R&D location
  • Entire vehicle must be well maintained and fully operational
  • Vehicle may be required to have stock parts availible and fitted
  • Owner will have to provide their own transportation while vehicle is with IE

CURRENT VEHICLES NEEDED LIST

If you live in the Salt Lake Valley, or surrounding areas, and would like to volunteer your vehicle for research and development, we want to hear from you! Those who qualify for our prototyping program will be contacted by one of our engineers once the application form below is filled out. Cars equipped with factory components preferred.

Year Range Make Model Required Options Hardware/Software Length of research

2018+

Audi

SQ5

Air ride

Hardware

3 days

2017-2020

Audi

RS3

Any

Hardware

1 week

2022+

Audi

RS3

Any

Hardware

1 week

2021+

Audi

A3

Any

Hardware

1 week

2020+

Audi

S6

Air ride

Hardware

1 week

2020+

Audi

S7

Air ride

Hardware

1 week

2021+

Audi

RSQ8

Any

Hardware

3 days

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Serious inquiries only please. R&D vehicles are selected at the discretion of our engineering team, if chosen an IE staff member will contact you, please do not contact us.