Audi Wins 12 Hours of Sebring with R10 TDI Diesel

porsche had sssssoooooooo many electrical issues.

— EvoAudi (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 1:00:14 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -7   

But can it tow an A380?

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 2:50:37 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -23   

The highways are littered with R10's towing caravans.

— BMfan (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 5:12:26 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Fabulous... what a marvel.

Audi is just unstoppable.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 10:24:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -8   

Whats a pity is that BMW and MB doesn't match Audi in reliability. Look at all the past reports as MB and BMW have continued to decline over the years while Audi continues to move forward.

— Jonesee (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 12:26:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -6   

I don't know anything about LeMans, but I can see that an Acura that races in a different class almost did as well as the TDI.

It shows you know less about F1 than I do. Toyota was only 1 point behind BMW in F1 last year. We'll see what happens in today's race. btw, where was Audi in F1 last year? Same reasoning you use with hybrids in LeMans.

LeMans is probably as prestigious as Nascar. If you don't follow it, you don't care.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 1:15:10 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -16   

Stop it. Please stop it. Give credit where credit is due, even if it means that Audi is more successful in Le Mans than BMW was.

— Willis (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 2:12:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 10   

they left when Audi entered and BMW knew they couldn't win. Just like they do every other race

— IamEvilHomer (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 3:48:12 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 10   

Audi has been doing this for years. Remember this current news?


From speedarena.com

Car Features
Auto Union Type D Christie's Auction Update
By Source: Christie's
Mar 4, 2007, 20:24



In a joint effort with Audi Tradition over the past three weeks, we have completed considerable additional research on the race history of the 1939 Auto Union D Type V12 Grand Prix Racing car originally scheduled for sale at Retromobile in Paris on February 17. Our joint research confirms that the car's chassis is frame 19, and not 21, the chassis of the 1939 French Grand Prix winner.

Regarding racing history, Audi has confirmed that chassis 19 is a genuine 1939 D Type chassis and that it was first raced by Rudolf Hasse in the Eifelrennen on the 20th May 1939 at the Nurburgring, in which Hasse finished in 5th place. It was next raced at the 1939 French Grand Prix in the hands of legendary Auto Union pilot Hans Stuck, who brought the car home in 6th place, behind the company's 1st and 2nd finishers. Audi has kindly been able to support these race results with extensive documentation.

During our now completed verification process, no alteration has been made to the car itself which we believe to be the only Auto Union to which Grand Prix racing results can be attributed.

Christie's was delighted at the response and interest that the car received in the run up to and while on view at its highly successful Eu7.2m auction in Paris. Based on our now completed research, we are accepting sealed tender bids for a period of one week today and invite prospective bidders to contact Christie's London office directly to receive applications for this tender.

© Copyright 2002 Speed Arena

— IamEvilHomer (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 3:50:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 11   

sailor- th R8 in 99 was not the same as the one in 2000, after Audi lost in 99 they made a new R8, thats the one that won in 2000,2001,2002,2004, and 2005. Not sure if thats what you were saying but wanted to point that out.

— jmrA480 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 5:22:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 8   

TheSailor - yes but they knew about the new car and times and didn't want to loose

Just give Audi their props and I will watch BMW dominate ( i meen loose ) in F1 another year

— IamEvilHomer (View Profile)

Posted on 3/19/2007 4:04:31 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Audi races to build better cars F1 dosen't do anything for that.

i am sure if Audi enters F1 we will hear about F1 being a washed up race.

For years I heard BMW fans say Quattro and Turbos are not for real sports cars now BMW has AWD and turbo cars they are the greatest cars.

BMW Audi is waiting for you to compete in ALMS or France where are you?

— IamEvilHomer (View Profile)

Posted on 3/19/2007 10:55:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Sailor,
Oh please, last year was BMW's first year with Sauber. BMW has never been in F1 before? Did BMW team up with someone else this year to retain their rookie status? What a sorry excuse.

News to you, the TDI is already on the market. Your FSI argument is more legit.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 5:27:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -10   

Audi has great racing heritage! Not many car companies can match it! Check this link and you'll see what audi has done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2yPEB1GVRo

— AUTO_UNION (View Profile)

Posted on 3/18/2007 5:27:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

AUDI BEATS ITSELF!!! GREAT NEWS.

Check out the competition in the LMP class:

http://www.americanlemans.com/drivers_and_teams/Teams.aspx?CARCLASS=4

Is this for real?

— CPILLAR (View Profile)

Posted on 3/19/2007 9:07:03 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

All racing is tough - who are you kidding - especially endurance racing. If BMW or Toyota were in LeMans and dominating you wouldn't see any controversy with it. The truth is that others have competed but just haven't stayed. In F1 Ferrari runs the show even though they are much smaller than the others - so what does that say??? If LeMans wasn't useful to BMW before - they sure learn from it even though they don't race. Just recently we have seen that TFSI of the previous R8 race car made it into production Audi's. All of a sudden every manufacturer wants to have direct injection engines. Yet and still only BMW could DUPLICATE AUDI by putting turbo with the direct injection in (335 and 535 came well after the 2.0TFSI). Funny how BMW used to say turbos were no good. It seems that just because they left LeMans it doesn't mean they weren't watching it. Now after the R10 I'm willing say that in the next few years - mainly outside the U.S. you will see high performance diesel cars - of course after Audi produces the first ones.

— truecarlover (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2007 9:19:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Mr. Sailor - I posted this in another forum to a BMW booster (which by the way is my third favorite car company). Please respond intelligently sir:

Audi must be learning something in racing because the M5 has been beaten by the S6/RS4 in every comparison I've seen so far (Motor Trend-Car and Drvier-Edmunds) and now comes a daily drivers log (as opposed to track testing where the S6 again compares favorably to the M5. So what's the answer to this (after you read the link?)

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/FREE/70309008/1005

— truecarlover (View Profile)

Posted on 3/21/2007 7:07:18 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Mr. Sailor - BMW is actually my third favorite car company after Porsche and Audi. My favorite car is actually the last generation 5 series. I tend to stick up for Audi the most because they are the underdogs. I agree that it is ridiculous that Audi scared off BMW - but I equally think its ridiculous to say that Audi stole the R8 design from anyone. In case no one noticed in this industry all car companies learn from one another whether they admit it or not. Audi had to have studied the competion in LeMans before they entered - that is call "having sense" - and likewise BMW learned from Audi's 2.0TFSI how to develop their own 3.0L direction. As I said in another post - you could say the same thing about the new M3 engine compared with the RS4 (high-rev concept).

— truecarlover (View Profile)

Posted on 3/25/2007 4:48:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1