[s-cars] audi diesels

[Lino M. Valadas]

Stunk so badly. Not these days.

I just spent two weeks and 2000 kilometres in Europe with a 2006 BMW 530dx
and if I hadn't known I couldn't have told it was diesel. No stink.  But it
did go like it.though ;-)

Lino


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Forgie" <forgied at ae.ca>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>; "Tony Curran" <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] audi diesels


> From somewhere in Googleland, I pulled this, looking for the video (its
out
> there, I have watched it).
>
> "Jeremy Clarkson learns how to drive slowly in an Audi A8 powered by a
> 4.0 liter V8 turbodiesel engine. He puts the car through the challenge of
going from London to Edinburgh and back to London again on a single fuel
tank of 72 liters (19 gallons). That's 1287km (800 miles). And he manages to
do it. That's RM92 for 1297km of mileage.
>
> A little performance stats - this Audi A8 is a generation older than the
current version and it's 4.0 TDI twin turbo V8 engine makes 275hp at 3750rpm
and 650Nm of torque between 1800 and 2500rpm in classic diesel style. It can
do the 0-100km/h sprint in 6.7 seconds."
>
> Not bad.  Too bad diesel cars (and trucks) stink so badly./  Dave F.
>
> >>> "Tony Curran" <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> 09/22/06 06:16PM >>>
> There was a test drive on the UK show Top Gear of an A8 TDI from London to
> Edinburgh and back on one tank of diesel. Not sure how far that is.
>
> Tony
> 96 S6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Dave Forgie
> Sent: September 22, 2006 6:44 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] audi diesels
>
>
> On page 76 of the Feb. 94 issue of European Car, there is an article about
> the new Audi 100, 2.5 TD (not sure if is TDi - I will check at home
> tonight).
> The article head line is:
>
> World News:  World Record Audi - An Audi 100 with a 2.5 turbo diesel is
> driven 2800.4 km on one 80 L tank of fuel
>
> Dave F.
>
>
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