Audi R10 - Diesel Le Mans Racer
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:29 pm
I know Audi talked about building a diesel Le Mans car, but I never thought they would actually do it. Well they've proved me wrong as they launched the R10 today. It's quite something:

Check the figures though:
5.5litre Twin-Turbo Diesel V12
650+bhp, 800+ lb ft torque
Granted thats not as impressive as the Veyron
but for a coal-burner it's impressive. Apparently it's more powerful that the previous petrol FSI R8, so Audi Motorsport had to reequip their engine dynos to cope with the torque!
http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en1/experi ... t/r10.html

Check the figures though:
5.5litre Twin-Turbo Diesel V12
650+bhp, 800+ lb ft torque
Granted thats not as impressive as the Veyron
http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en1/experi ... t/r10.html