Audi R10 - a V12 TDI for LeMans

With the sports prototype Audi R10, Audi will fight as the world’s first
automobile manufacturer for overall victory with a diesel engine in Le Mans.

V12 TDI engine with a cubic capacity of 5.5 litres – the maximum permitted at Le Mans
Audi ventures into previously unexplored diesel-engine terrain with power exceeding 650 hp
and torque of more than 1100 Newton metres from the V12 power plant.

Do you think that a car with diesel-engine has any chnces to win the Le Mans run??

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damn nice.. I love german cars

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Originally posted by kloff

damn nice.. I love german cars

yeah, I love them too, especially Audi, but what do you think about the engine??

Head of Engine Technology at Audi Sport Ulrich Baretzky explains:
“This engine is the specifically most powerful diesel there is in the world and,
up until now, the biggest challenge that Audi Sport has ever faced in its long history.”

wow thats simply incredible, they could revolutionize diesels....those numbers are a joke compared to other diesels though, shall be interesting atleast

well, it's won it's first race, the sepang 12 hour, starting from the pit lane!!