New Audi R8 Diesel
June 19, 2007
As we all know Audi has released the R8 sports car into this world to compete with the Porsche and other high end sports car manufactures. However whats new is that the R8 will receive a Diesel engine in the near future. Audi has dominated the world of motor sports with their diesel engines, most recently with there overall victory at the 24 hours of Le Mans. Therefore its no surprise that their newest sports car will also receive a diesel power plant in addition to their current gasoline based V8 in the R8. While displacement and size is not currently known there are plenty of diesel power plants from Audi’s other vehicles, such as a 3.0L V6, a V12 (shown in the Q7), and a 4.2L V8. However currently the most probable engine of choice will be the 4.2L V8 for the new diesel R8. The 4.2L V8 will put out 322hp/560lb-ft V8 and has the ability for a 0-60 time of five seconds and top end of 160mph all while managing to get 25mpgPhotos -
AutoExpress has the details on the R8 diesel – Autoblog
June 19th, 2007 | Tim Zastrow | 
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