Audi R8 TDI Le Mans
In January this year, Audi revealed its stunning mid-engined Audi R8 V12 TDI concept car at the Detroit Auto Show; two months later, Audi are now set to reveal another spectacular Audi R8 concept car – this time it’s the Audi R8 TDI Le Mans at the Geneva International Motor Show! Technically, the Audi R8 TDI Le Mans is the same car as the Audi R8 V12 TDI revealed in Detroit, right down to the diesel powered V12 engine; but finished in Brilliant Red, the Audi R8 TDI Le Mans does have a lot more appeal!
The 60 degree twin-turbo V12 TDI engine is based on the engine in Audi’s two-time LeMans wining R10 sports prototype race car! For the Audi R8 TDI Le Mans the high performance V12 TDI engine has been enlarged to 6.0-liters (up from 5.5-liters in the Audi R10 sports prototype) and detuned for the road. Though the engine still produces a massive 500 horsepower and a peak torque of 737.56 lb-ft from only 1,750 rpm to 3,000 rpm! With that amount of torque, zero to 62 mph is reached in just 4.2 seconds before reaching an electronically limited top speed of over 185 mph!
The power is transferred to all four wheels via Audi’s quattro permanent all-wheel drive system and a compact six-speed manual transmission with a double-plate clutch. The quattro permanent all-wheel drive system distributes power variably between the front and rear wheels starting from a 40:60 ratio.
The Audi R8 TDI Le Mans twin-exhaust system features a special catalytic converter downstream of the oxidizing catalyst and the particulate filter and an additional tank containing an aqueous urea solution that is injected into the exhaust system. The hot exhaust gases break the solution down to form ammonia that splits the nitric oxides into nitrogen and water and enables the Audi R8 TDI Le Mans to meet the Euro 6 emissions standard that is likely to be introduced in 2014!
[Source: Audi]
Tags: Audi R8, Audi R8 TDI, Audi R8 TDI Le Mans, Audi R8 V12 TDI, concept cars, Detroit Auto Show, Geneva Motor Show, LeMans, Motor Shows, supercars
I wonder how much more this version will be over the normal R8. I certainly prefer that color scheme to the silver one.
Cozmo said this on March 26th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I love this car, I must say that the colour is great but this is one car that really looks hot in white.
Thrifty said this on October 21st, 2008 at 11:23 pm