|Shop: Concept-1
|In The Car Industry For: 15 Years
|Location: 18 Highfield Circle SE Calgary, AB
|Website: http://store.concept1.ca/store/
|Contact: info@concept1.ca
|Telephone: (403) 287-8549
|Crew: Ken (Owner), Curtis (Manager), Andrew (Service Manager), Aaron (Sales), Tracy (Sales), Matt (Technician), James (Technician), Louis (Technician)

With as many Japanese import tuning shops in the city, it is a lot harder to find ones for the Euro crowd. And even then, it gets segregated between the individual brands themselves. One of the big (if not the biggest) names in the Volkswagen/Audi/Porsche scene in Calgary is Concept-1.

Specializing in Volkswagens (air and water cooled) and Audi, and also dabbling in a bit of older Porsches, Concept-1 has a 6000 square foot main showroom and service facility in which to work on your vehicle with 5 hoists, and a 2WD dyno. Add to that a newly built second 6000 square foot warehouse behind the main building to house a few cars and stock tons of parts and accessories for your needs, and you see these guys are serious about helping you get what you need in a timely matter.

Concept-1 is an authorized dealer for KW suspension, FK, Brembo, and the newly announced/released Volkswagen Racing line. And also, by the time you read this, Concept-1 will be the master distributor for APR in Canada. But don’t think that those are the only brands that they carry, they can bring pretty much everything in.

In addition to satisfying your aftermarket tuning needs, they also stock many OEM VW/Audi parts, and do full maintenance an service on your vehicle, old or new, water or air-cooled. They can get hard to find/discontinued parts at great prices. They also do safety inspections on vehicles in case you find a used car that you want, but just aren’t sure and want someone to look it over.

Concept-1 also has a few shop/demo vehicles that they use to advertise their services and what they sell. Still on the fence about getting your 2.0T tuned? They’ve got a MK6 GTI that they can take you for a ride in to show you what the tuning does and how it feels. They also have a 2011 Touraeg test vehicle, as well as many older VWs that you will see in the pictures. And coming soon will be their 2012 APR Golf R which will boast over 500+ HP in a daily driven setup coming directly from APR.

So make sure you visit or call Concept-1 for all your Volkswagen/Audi needs. Their friendly and knowledgeable staff will be there and ready to give you a hand.

More pics can be found on our Flickr set: HERE