The only VW sponsered APR vehicle I know is
GTI V50 limited edition sold in Singapore only, came with Stage 1 mod STOCK.
Dealer tuned vehicles are not VW sponsored/acknowledged.
Sure, harddriven might be making wild conjectures and claims supported only by publicist data, but no one yet has been able to disprove his claim by siting any scientific technical data. Or to disprove the claims cited by his source.
"lol c&d quote" or "wikipediarofl" is the weakest form of support to strengthen your argument.
And saying 'believe' APR based their statement is as good as saying you been successfully marketed by APR. I know I am.
At the end, harddriven might make wild claims from non concrete data, but no one has been able to validate his claim yet. Not APR, not the fanboiz, not VW.