Past- A4, TT, S4
Present- R8 V10
larger air scoops on the side?? is that what gives it? Looks very good anyway
Could just be the V8 Body with a V10 engine. The only way to tell for sure would be a nice video clipOriginally Posted by RXBG
By the way RXBG, do you have your deposit down yet? or are you waiting for the V10?
Nice... really hope that's what it is!
looks like it. i hope it is. audi is really steppin up their game. bigger scoops + s5 side skirts. looks good.
Nice - but will the V10 in R8 crack 500bhp now that Gallardo Superlegga has 530bhp?
This is a R8 V12 TDI testmule IMHO.
The 5.2 V10 FSI don't need bigger side air intake, the V12 TDI does.
btw, i like the new side skirts very much.
Hans.
Nope, Audi is facing significant problems to coole the V10 in the R8.
At the moment, the V12 TDI does not fit in the R8....
Cheers,
Frederic
Frederic,
You are a very knowledgeable guy but can you explain why the Gallardo doesn't have a heat problem and the R8 does because I am at a lost to understand this unless the R8 is running turbos.
Search and you will find the truth.
The V12 TDI fit without a problem in the R8 engine room.
It's the biggets engine room Audi have.
But cooling the V12 TDI is other story because it can only be cooled by radiaters and not by frontal airflow.
Hans.
1000Nm is very nice for a 2.5tonne Q7 - but would be completely ridiculous for a R8
Yes, ridiciously fun!
Well the Veyron doesn't have any problem with over 1000Nm of torque, it is still able to leave the likes of the Enzo on a twisty road so why would the R8 has a problem. I personally think it would be a great idea to have a big powerful diesel in a supercar and who better than Audi to follow it through.
Just think of the look on Mr Ferrari 599's face as you puffed some diesel smoke in his eyes as you pulled away.
Search and you will find the truth.
Well, 600Nm/tonne in a R8 would really second to Veyron and third to none - no doubt fun, but unusable on the road: it would be Audi's very own Brabus monster then - severe rear bias in torque delivery and not at all built from onset like the 2.1tonne, no costs spared, Veyron to handle such forces. Even the Le Mans quattro prototype was not much lighter and had only had 750Nm...
Smoke? He wouldn't even be able so see the smoke.. you'd be loooong gone!Well the Veyron doesn't have any problem with over 1000Nm of torque, it is still able to leave the likes of the Enzo on a twisty road so why would the R8 has a problem. I personally think it would be a great idea to have a big powerful diesel in a supercar and who better than Audi to follow it through.
Just think of the look on Mr Ferrari 599's face as you puffed some diesel smoke in his eyes as you pulled away.
Agree on that one, I would love to see Audi taking that step and putting a diesel in a high performance car. They've conquered the racetracks, now it's time for the roads!
B/c the Diesel has a smaller powerband, it will need tall gears, so the 1000Nm at the crank won't be at the wheels.
Mazda MX-5 (Miata NB)
2 more pics.
Hans.
The Audiworld interview basically confirmed that the V12 TDI is too heavy for the R8. (300 or so more for the engine at least+likely a heavier gearbox and other stuff)
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