There are good and bad sides to this equation. First of all you can’t really get in touch with them since they seem to have an website made out of alien drawings.

As if that wasn’t enough, they’re named like a German company, which is quite easily going to fall victim to confusion and other such problems.

Regardless of these tiny little niggles that would never stop a true petrolhead from getting the toys he wants, the F30 3 Series is actually pretty impressive.

It’s one of those “greatest hits” version of the F30 BMW 3 Series as it gets a bunch of upgrades from various manufacturers of good sounding names.

The rollers are 20 inch Hamann Anniversary EVO wheels or 20 inch limited edition BBS LM, both in a sharp looking black.

Whichever you chose they will be fitted with a set of lowered H&R springs and they’ll even allow you to have the M Sport package without any fuss.

What isn’t very impressive is the fact that the tuner went for the F30 328i. No tuner should ever pick the entry-level version in my mind.

Due to the pricing of cars in Japan, their upkeep and the fact that this package was designed with cost in mind, it seems that Studie AG have a better understanding of their market.

They probably don’t have the same sort of pointless preconceptions that I do.

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What is somewhat surprising is that in this case the very same name stands on the frontage of a dutch car tuner who’s just released something quite appealing.

An F30 BMW 3 Series tune-up is in their future plan. The project is currently called the “Sunset” edition so that means we have no idea what they want to do.

We can make a short list of the changes that were implemented so far and then let our imagination run wild with possible later packages.

The standard roller setup was changed with Baan Velgen opting for a set of 19 inch BBS CH-R, the matte black edition. The tires were naturally changed.

Apart from the new wheelsize, there’s a different footprint in store as well with the wheels pointing for 8.5 at the front and 9.5 at the rears.

Suspension setup also gets a bit of freshening up as the Dutch tuner fitted an Eibach kit, one that comes with the obligatory lowering springs.

Apparently in Holland the roads are not only flat, they’re also speed bump free. However, when it came to changing the body, things went a little downhill.

Baal Velgen Tuning have borrowed some of the carbon fiber aerodynamic parts included in the BMW Performance package. Decent effort from the Dutch but it could have used some performance tweaks as well.

That’s especially considering how the model they’ve chosen for display is a 328i.

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It may be a current entry level model and it may only be a four cylinder engine but thanks to BMW’s TwinPower Turbo technology it does itself proud.

With 245 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque available on tap, the newest of the 3 Series is no slouch. Still, Hartge went one up on that.

The German tuner doesn’t mess about with too many of the components in that engine but the results can’t be denied.

Having tweaked the ECU “properly” 45 more horsepower pop into view, thus giving the car 290 hp and 306 lb-ft of torque.

The figures seem a little tricky to understand which is why Hartge have very nicely provided a video meant to be a little more conclusive.

Since the new Hartge tweaks apply to BMW’s N20 engine rather than the F30 3 Series specifically, the kit is available in more than one car.

You can have the same powerplant in a 528i, 528i xDrive, Z4 sDrive28i, X1 xDrive28i and X3 xDrive28i. The same performance figures are available.

What you should take note of is the fact that the differences in acceleration, top speed and fuel consumption are pretty important between these models.

The only problem with this new launch is that while Hartge are pleased to tell us that the F30 BMW 328i conversion isn’t going to cost much, we’re not getting an actual figure to study.

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The AC Schnitzer ASC3 Turbo is based on the BMW 328i which starts out in life with the N20 2.0 liter turbocharged engine under the bonnet.

The famed German tuner wasn’t exactly happy with the sort of figures it produced, despite the countless “wows” it’s managed to get from the international media.

240 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque is for the weak, the first of the losers, the silver medal, whatever you may want to call it.

The AC Schnitzer ASC3 Turbo gets a sports exhaust system and a pretty devious ECU remap to bump those figures all the way to 295 horsepower and 302 lb-ft of torque.

The extra power may not give you a higher top speed than the electronically limited 155 of the standard car but the 0 to 62 time drops to just 5.7 seconds.

A sports suspension kit is fitted and there are all sizes of lightweight alloy wheels ranging between 18 and 20 inches in size available.

As far as the looks are concerned however, the German tuner has, thankfully, been a lot more restrained with the graphics package this time. Everything is nice and clean.

Inside the ASC3 Turbo F30 BMW 3 Series we find minute changes, just for the sake of it. Basically you get the same deal except there’s more aluminium trim to go around.

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