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Re: Audi R8 V12 TDI Le Mans @ 2008 Geneva Auto Show - 03-04-2008, 08:12 AM








Last night Audi took the wraps off the newly red and newly named Audi R8 V12 TDI Le Mans. And we were there. We just failed to get a picture of the Diesel powered supercar. Well here it is in all its crimsom glory, sorry for the delay.

Mechanically the car's story is unchanged from its showing at the Detroit Auto Show three months ago. It's still powered by a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V12 diesel generating 500 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque. And the engine is still mated to a six-speed manual gearbox and Audi's now ubiquitous all-wheel drive system.

The diesel-powered supercar complies with Euro 6 emissions standards that take effect in 2014 thanks to the use of a 2,000-bar common-rail fuel system, piezo injectors, particulate filters in the exhaust and a urea injection system. Audi even parked a cutaway of the high-tech mill next to the newly red sports car for all the world to see its workings.

So far Audi says the R8 V12 TDI Le Mans is still just a concept, but the good money is on a production version in showrooms by the end of the decade.--Scott Oldham, Inside Line Editor in Chief

Straightline - Audi R8 V12 TDI Le Mans: 2008 Geneva Motor Show


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