Mass Produced Diesel Audis
Date: Aug 2nd, 2007 3:01:09 am - Subscribe
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Audi and diesel are two things that have been taking the motorsport scene by storm. With diesel racecars, Audi has taken back-to-back wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. If you know that already them you will not be surprised that the German automaker is now planning to mass produce ‘the world’s cleanest diesel engine’. The production of the said engines is slated for next year.
According to the press release, well, released by the company, there will be several models of the diesel engine. As can be expected from the makers of 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning diesel engines, the new powerplants will have plenty of power and torque. Not only that, with the call for cleaner cars and engines becoming more audible around the world, Audi has taken the time to design a diesel engine that will be cleaner than the rest.
In fact, tests have shown that the diesel engines will meet and even exceed the stringent European Union emission standards which are yet to be implemented. Audi, after all, has been known for being a step ahead of the emission standards set by the European Union. In the United States, these engines will no doubt meet the standards set by CARB.
According to Rupert Stadler, the chairman of the Audi board: “We intend to consolidate the status of the TDI as a highly efficient form of propulsion on a sustained basis. And in future we will be launching ‘e’ model variants designed for optimized fuel consumption in the high-volume model series - either in TDI guise or as petrol models with state-of-the-art TFSI technology.”
Imagine having the pulling power of a diesel engine and a very clean emission, with the new diesel engines from Audi, you don’t have to imagine anymore. I’ll bet that if you take one of those engines and put it on my friend’s Saturn, (my car's not good enough for an Audi and my friends’ Saturn seems to be lacking power), the power it cranks out would virtually melt the car’s Saturn brake pads for sure.
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