View Full Version : Another R8 V12 TDI anouncment...
AndyBG
April 2nd, 2008, 14:02
AMS have this posted today...
http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/auto_-_produkte/hxcms_article_511220_13987.hbs
...any toughts ?
KresoF1
April 2nd, 2008, 14:08
...1900kg. And some members here claimed that it is marginally heavier then forthcoming V10 NA version...
Damienr8
April 2nd, 2008, 15:30
...1900kg. And some members here claimed that it is marginally heavier then forthcoming V10 NA version...
Supercar + 1900kg does not fit together (Save for the Veyron but then again the Veyron is pushing a 16cl quad turbo 1000+ hp engine). Hope this is never made.
Leadfoot
April 2nd, 2008, 21:42
...1900kg. And some members here claimed that it is marginally heavier then forthcoming V10 NA version...
I said a production version will weight closer to 1750~1800Kgs. The weight being quoted is for this concept. That was what I was told.
KresoF1
April 3rd, 2008, 10:15
Weight of production version with new 7Speed S-Tronic and all features a la B&O etc. will be 1975kg according to my source from quattro Gmbh...
roadrunner
April 3rd, 2008, 12:32
Weight of production version with new 7Speed S-Tronic and all features a la B&O etc. will be 1975kg according to my source from quattro Gmbh...
You don't mean the recently announed 7 speed S-Tronic, as this one would desintegrate :hihi: by the torque of the diesel (max. torque capacity: 550 Nm)...
JavierNuvolari
April 3rd, 2008, 14:22
1900kg?!...is simply too damn much. I hope they can get it down to about 1700kg
( a bit TOO optimistic right?).
Cheers all,
Javier
Leadfoot
April 4th, 2008, 13:37
Weight of production version with new 7Speed S-Tronic and all features a la B&O etc. will be 1975kg according to my source from quattro Gmbh...
Only time will tell.
Audiphile
April 25th, 2008, 23:03
I am not sure if everyone here has heard of the e-magazine "Winding Road", but they have an excellent feature on the R8 V12 TDI including a video. It is a must read. Anyway, the author states that the V12 TDI R8 is a personal project of Dr. Piech so all the rumors of the V12 being only a "show car" are incorrect. The car is expected to hit production in mid-2009 with the V12 TDI power plant and not the rumored V8 TDI or V10 TDI as discussed here. Piech won't have any of that! The question is how many are they going to build. The article states that Audi is looking at either 500 units at a price tag of 500,000 USD or 3000 units at a price tage of 200,000 USD. I assume the latter will be the case.
We will have to wait and see if the article is correct. Only time will tell. I think Audi is being coy about many of its production model plans right now.
AndyBG
April 26th, 2008, 00:45
Dr. Piech is huge diesel fan, his original plan was to see VW or any other VAG brand with diesel engine participating in F1...