Lesser-Known Performance Car Division of Mass Market Manufacturers

Racing is a passion and people who are passionate about racing always want to own a winning car. The car that can bring zing in life and hence car companies have started manufacturing road cars that are performance oriented.

Toyota RTD

Toyota Supra Rear Quarter

Toyota has emerged as a global top automobile company. TRD (Toyota Racing Development) was started in 1967. TRD 3000 GT was the streetcar version of Supra. TRD Camry was the first car to get Toyota TRD Badge. TRD Badge comes in TRD Sports, TRD off-road and TRD Pro. Toyota offers Camry, Tundra and Supra under TRD Badge. TRD production has also specialization in off-road vehicles.

Skoda VRS

Skoda Octavia

VRS is the fastest Skoda ever made. Skoda Octavia is an iconic car in India. Owning a VRS badge means a fine handling machine with responsive steering, no body rolls when driving through the corners and top notch performance. Performance based Skoda Octavia VRS gets a two litre turbocharged engine that generates 245 horsepower. 

Renault RS Performance

Renault Trophy S Performance

Renault group’s Alpine brand which manufactures most fun and performance oriented compact sport cars. The RS Trophy from Renault sports was developed with race cars in mind.

Nissan Nismo

Nissan Skyline R32

Nissan R32 had made Nissan Motorsports International Limited known for performance vehicles. Nissan 350Z is another car which was built on sports tuned chassis by Nismo. Nissan can tune any passenger car into Nismo performance cars. Nissan has GT-R Nismo, 370Z Nismo, Juke Nismo, March Nismo, Note Nismo, Patrol Nismo, Sentra Nismo and Sereno Nismo to offer under NISMO performance badge.

Hyundai N Line

Hyundai i30 N Line

Hyundai introduced fun to drive performance-oriented cars for the mass market under the sub brand N Line. Hyundai claimed its first victory at the world rally championship in 2014. Hyundai N line adopted motorsports technology in street cars like i30 N, Veloster N, i30 Fastback N which are available in the international market. Under N Line i10 N Line, Elantra N Line, i30 N Line, Sonata N line, Kona N Line and Tucson N Line are available. Hyundai i10 N Line is now available for sale in India.

Ford RS

Ford Focus RS

Ford offers ST and RS badge performance vehicles. RS vehicles are manufactured in Germany. RS cars are more expensive than ST badges. RS vehicles are all wheel drive, have a more advanced suspension system and more power to weight ratio. RS is faster than ST whereas the fuel economy is better in ST. ST models are front wheel drive vehicles.

Volkswagen GTI

Volkswagen Golf GTI

MK7 has more power than it ever had in previous generations. Car is powered by a 2 Litre turbo engine that generates massive 245 horsepower. One of the most modern hot hatches today is the Seventh Generation Volkswagen Golf GTI, widely regarded as the root of the hot hatch house. Volkswagen Golf has 40 years of GTI history. It is a heritage car which was launched in the year 1976. Since the launch of MK1, the Golf GTI has been on the wish list of nuclear families. It was a car that every family had loved in the 70s who couldn’t afford to own luxury cars. All Golf GTI have classic golf ball gear shifter, Scottish checked pattern seats and GTI badge on steering wheel.