R8 Official: Audi R8 V12 TDI Concept
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The Audi R8 is a mid-engine, 2-seater sports car, which uses Audi's trademark quattro permanent all-wheel drive system. It was introduced by the German car manufacturer Audi AG in 2006. Production ended in the first quarter of 2024. Production: June 2006 – March 2024
(45,949 Units), Model years: 2007–2024
Detroit 2008: Audi unleashes its diesel monster, the R8 V12 TD
Today Audi brought some more of its Le Mans-conquering technology to the street in the form of the new R8 V-12 TDI. The R8 V12 TDI is a concept that melds the 6.0L V-12 diesel from last years Q7 concept with the award winning R8 sports car. The concept engine shares a cylinder count with the race-winning R10, but it's actually a completely new engine with a 60-degree bank angle instead of the 90 degrees used on the race engine. While the 500 hp is only par for the course in its class, the 738 lb-ft of torque is enough to shred all four tires with ease. While the R8 V12 TDI storms to 62mph in 4.2 seconds and maxes out at 186mph, it also manages to get 23 MPG. The combination of a 29,000-psi direct-inject fuel injection system, particulate filters and urea injection allows this beast to pass 2014 EuroVI emissions standards, too.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/13/detroit-2008-audi-unleashes-its-diesel-monster-the-r8-v12-tdi/
Today Audi brought some more of its Le Mans-conquering technology to the street in the form of the new R8 V-12 TDI. The R8 V12 TDI is a concept that melds the 6.0L V-12 diesel from last years Q7 concept with the award winning R8 sports car. The concept engine shares a cylinder count with the race-winning R10, but it's actually a completely new engine with a 60-degree bank angle instead of the 90 degrees used on the race engine. While the 500 hp is only par for the course in its class, the 738 lb-ft of torque is enough to shred all four tires with ease. While the R8 V12 TDI storms to 62mph in 4.2 seconds and maxes out at 186mph, it also manages to get 23 MPG. The combination of a 29,000-psi direct-inject fuel injection system, particulate filters and urea injection allows this beast to pass 2014 EuroVI emissions standards, too.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/13/detroit-2008-audi-unleashes-its-diesel-monster-the-r8-v12-tdi/
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Audi R8 V-12 TDI Concept - Auto Shows
You torquing to me? Are you…torquing to me?!
Torque, as we all know, is a twisting force. It’s what gives us Indian burns, sort-of-dry dishrags, and long black streaks on industrial-park streets late at night. It’s also a hoot and a half, particularly when presented in quantities on level with a Caterpillar D11T bulldozer.
Audi’s 5.9-liter V-12 diesel promises 738 pound-feet of torque, or a little more than Superman would have needed had he used a car and a lonely Nevada two-lane to stop the earth’s rotation and spin us back in time. Wedge the V-12 in Audi’s R8 supercar, and we’re going a little weak in the neck.
Neither car nor engine is new, and we’ve had the opportunity to sample both. The R8 prevailed over Porsche’s vaunted 911 Turbo in a 2007 comparison test for its playful, predictable behavior, despite being slower than the Porsche. And the V-12 TDI—inspired by the diesel in Audi’s back-to-back Le Mans–winning R10 race car—made its debut at the 2007 Detroit auto show under the hood of a Q7 sport-ute, which we later drove and labeled “just mental.” We meant that in a really, really good way.
Searching for the Outer Limits of Too Fast
Audi claims sticking the 493-hp diesel V-12 in the R8 will result in a 0-to-60-mph time of 4.2 seconds and a top speed well over the 187 mph it claims for R8s equipped with the 4.2-liter gas V-8. We say poppycock. We recorded a 0-to-60 blast of four seconds flat in our first outing with the R8, and that car was down 73 horsepower on the diesel V-12, never mind the torque deficit of 421 pound-feet. Actually, do mind it, because it’s an improvement of 133 percent. How do you say “yee-ha” in German?
All that, and Audi claims this engine meets Euro 6 emissions standards not set to go into effect until 2014.
External cues that something is amiss with this R8 include more gape to the side blades—Audi’s term for those mismatched vertical panels aft of the doors—a glass roof with a NACA duct to help feed air to the big diesel, and all-LED headlights to better replicate daytime on those long Cannonballing nights.
Originally, our sources reported that the R10 race car would not inspire Audi honchos to drop a 12-cylinder compression-ignition lump into the R8 supercar. Here’s hoping they were wrong and some serious arm-twisting has been going on at Audi.
Audi R8 V-12 TDI Concept - Auto Shows - Car and Driver January 2008
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You torquing to me? Are you…torquing to me?!
Torque, as we all know, is a twisting force. It’s what gives us Indian burns, sort-of-dry dishrags, and long black streaks on industrial-park streets late at night. It’s also a hoot and a half, particularly when presented in quantities on level with a Caterpillar D11T bulldozer.
Audi’s 5.9-liter V-12 diesel promises 738 pound-feet of torque, or a little more than Superman would have needed had he used a car and a lonely Nevada two-lane to stop the earth’s rotation and spin us back in time. Wedge the V-12 in Audi’s R8 supercar, and we’re going a little weak in the neck.
Neither car nor engine is new, and we’ve had the opportunity to sample both. The R8 prevailed over Porsche’s vaunted 911 Turbo in a 2007 comparison test for its playful, predictable behavior, despite being slower than the Porsche. And the V-12 TDI—inspired by the diesel in Audi’s back-to-back Le Mans–winning R10 race car—made its debut at the 2007 Detroit auto show under the hood of a Q7 sport-ute, which we later drove and labeled “just mental.” We meant that in a really, really good way.
Searching for the Outer Limits of Too Fast
Audi claims sticking the 493-hp diesel V-12 in the R8 will result in a 0-to-60-mph time of 4.2 seconds and a top speed well over the 187 mph it claims for R8s equipped with the 4.2-liter gas V-8. We say poppycock. We recorded a 0-to-60 blast of four seconds flat in our first outing with the R8, and that car was down 73 horsepower on the diesel V-12, never mind the torque deficit of 421 pound-feet. Actually, do mind it, because it’s an improvement of 133 percent. How do you say “yee-ha” in German?
All that, and Audi claims this engine meets Euro 6 emissions standards not set to go into effect until 2014.
External cues that something is amiss with this R8 include more gape to the side blades—Audi’s term for those mismatched vertical panels aft of the doors—a glass roof with a NACA duct to help feed air to the big diesel, and all-LED headlights to better replicate daytime on those long Cannonballing nights.
Originally, our sources reported that the R10 race car would not inspire Audi honchos to drop a 12-cylinder compression-ignition lump into the R8 supercar. Here’s hoping they were wrong and some serious arm-twisting has been going on at Audi.
Audi R8 V-12 TDI Concept - Auto Shows - Car and Driver January 2008
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Oh yes the interior is one of the best going, simply exquisite.
Just noticed the model patterned into the seats. How the carbon fiber, aluminum and leather all come together is just
perfect. I hope Audi's interior designers are paid accordingly.
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Interior is a masterpiece.
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The R8's interior always impresses and this one looks even more special.
Don't know about that exterior though - quite over the top yet lacking the design flair and passion of an Italian supercar. Admittedly it is dramatic so we'll wait and see what the production (if ever) version looks like.
Don't know about that exterior though - quite over the top yet lacking the design flair and passion of an Italian supercar. Admittedly it is dramatic so we'll wait and see what the production (if ever) version looks like.
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Epitome of interior craftsmanship absolutely divine.The exterior on the other hand is way overdone but i have to forgive it..it's a rare piece of engineering.
1000NM i wonder what tranny that car will if it went into production? with that amount of torque u have a very few options to go with.
1000NM i wonder what tranny that car will if it went into production? with that amount of torque u have a very few options to go with.
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Great looking car, absolutely love the interior and roof. That is absolutely sick. I wonder how this car will sound...
Am I the only one that noticed this?! Why is the "Reverse" graphics on the gear knob pointing to the rear of the car, while the H gate is to the front. That is hilarious if it's a mistake
compare it with a normal R8
Am I the only one that noticed this?! Why is the "Reverse" graphics on the gear knob pointing to the rear of the car, while the H gate is to the front. That is hilarious if it's a mistake
compare it with a normal R8
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