[Vwdiesel] Audi R10 Le Mans

[Razvan Florea]

PARIS - AUDI AG is once again one step ahead of the opposition: The inventor 
of 'TDI' will become the world's first automobile manufacturer to fight for 
overall victory with a diesel engine at the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 
all-new Audi R10, which was unveiled on Tuesday in Paris, is powered by a 
totally new 5.5-litre, twelve-cylinder bi-turbo TDI engine, which is 
extremely quiet and economical.

The Le Mans Prototype, with over 650 hp and more than 1,100 Newton metres 
torque, significantly exceeds the power produced by the majority of previous 
Audi racing cars - including that of its victorious R8 predecessor. Audi 
ventures into previously unexplored diesel-engine terrain with the V12 power 
plant manufactured completely from aluminium. As with the TFSI technology, 
which triumphed initially at Le Mans before being adopted for 
mass-production, Audi customers should benefit once again from the lessons 
learnt in motorsport.

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