flemming kleemann headquarters farum denmark products automobiles website kleemann kleemann a s is an after market tuning company for mercedes benz sports cars sedans and suvs headquartered in farum denmark . recently they have begun producing performance supercharging systems for audi bmw and porsche . kleemann s slogan is comfort power referring to its low boost high output engines that create substantially more power than standard mercedes models . kleemann vehicles also include structural and mechanical integrity improvements often lacking in tuned sports cars . its corporate logo is an abstract arrow which some corporate representatives refer to as the kleemann carrot . any vehicle on the mercedes lineup can be tuned in a number of ways from slk roadsters to g class wagons . customers can specify custom seats floormats and interior fabrics as well as carbon fiber body kits carbon front and rear splitters and carbon interior panelling . customers can order simple ecu upgrades that change transmission shift times and valve timing or they can more aggressively have the engine bored and supercharged install camshafts and high flow headers . kleemann also manufactures its own racing wheels racing lsds racing suspension components and multi piston brakes . kleemann can even install lamborghini style vertical doors on their modified vehicles . contents 1 history 2 records 3 innovations 4 vehicles 5 references 6 external links history edit kleemann was founded in 1985 near copenhagen . initially it was a two man operation but took on a third partner in 1994 . kleemann began marketing its supercharger performance systems in 1988 . records edit in 2002 danish race driver jason watt drove 338 km h 210 mph in a 607 hp 446 kw kleemann e 55k w210 model making it the world s fastest four door car . 1 less than a year later a kleemann tuned ml 55k clocked a remarkable 282 km h 175 mph on the nard ring in southern italy making it the world s fastest suv . however both records have since been broken by brabus in bottrop germany . innovations edit kleemann is credited with being the first company to combine a supercharger intake manifold and an intercooler into one single unit atop the engine block known as the kleemann kompressor . 2 this is markedly different from the kompressors or superchargers found on mercedes amg vehicles although amg has since begun manufacturing only twin turbo engines . kleemann also utilizes twin screw superchargers instead of roots type superchargers of conventionally belt driven boost systems . vehicles edit kleemann e 55k 3 kleemann cl 60 4 kleemann e5kcc 5 kleemann slk 55k s8 6 references edit kleemann world records archived may 3 2006 at the wayback machine . kleemann main site archived january 14 2006 at the wayback machine . kleemann world records archived may 3 2006 at the wayback machine . top speed 2004 kleemann cl 60 top speed kleemann cars 1 external links edit kleemann main page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kleemann & oldid 731304240 categories mercedes benzauto parts suppliersautomotive companies of denmarkautomotive motorsports and performance companiesauto tuning companieshidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages dansk edit links this page was last modified on 24 july 2016 at 13 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view