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Le Mans update
The Audi Le Mans quattro (Cover Story, Feb. 16) is still officially a concept, but if it is made, the production version should have V8 power instead of the concept's 610-hp 5.0-liter V10. The 4.2-liter V8 would also get a version of Audi's direct injection, which the company calls Fuel Stratified Injection. While the Le Mans quattro shares many components with the V10-powered Lamborghini Gallardo, it would not share the Gallardo's price; word is the Audi would be positioned somewhere well below the Gallardo.
The first FSI Audi engine to arrive on our shores will be the 3.2-liter V6 in the next A6 (AW, Feb. 23) in November and in the 2.4-liter A4 due here in the first quarter of 2005. All U.S. Audis will have FSI engines within five years. The target is a 15 percent improvement in fuel efficiency and performance. Other technology coming to America will include the configurable dash readout from the Le Mans quattro, which will debut in the next A6, as ...
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- Magazine article from: AutoWeek February 16, 2004 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire February 13, 2004 700+ words
...announcement that the sensational Le Mans Quattro concept is bound for Australia...February 27 to March 8. Having the Le Mans as well is a real coup for Audi...of the show's highlights. The Le Mans' stunning sporting appearance stems...
- FOUR Times the Fun (part 2 of 2); Le Mans quattro is like a German Gallardo,...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek February 16, 2004 700+ words
...Track Mode display had us circulating Le Mans, approaching White House corner. It...elements of the final three. With the Le Mans, four people did sketches, three of...size clay. One of those became the Le Mans. You can see the other as Will Smith...
- AUDI LE MANS QUATTRO.
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek February 16, 2004 700+ words
BASE PRICE: $80,000 to $120,000 POWERTRAIN: 5.0-liter, 610-hp, 553-lb-ft V10; awd, six-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT: 3366 pounds 0 TO 60 MPH: 3.7 seconds (mfr.)
- Purasangre: en Audi, R8 son ya siglas de leyenda: las llevaba el coche con el...
- Magazine article from: Epoca Cerezo, Félix October 6, 2006 700+ words
...victoria del Audi R8 de competicin en Las 24 Horas de Le Mans, xito que se repetira luego otras cuatro veces con el...cuando sta decidi que fabricara en serie el prototipo Le Mans Quattro de 2003, el nombre cayera por peso: Audi R8. Y el...
- LE MANS LOWDOWN; The 2007 French enduro looks like another classic.(Peugeot...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Watkins, Gary June 11, 2007 700+ words
...beat Audi in the turbodiesel battle for Le Mans supremacy? Over one lap, probably...Peugeot has modest expectations for its Le Mans return after a 13-year absence. At...racing-and winning-in the European Le Mans Series in April, Peugeot Sport team manager...
- Le Mans legends line up for race.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 13, 2005 700+ words
...them The line-up of cars for this year's Le Mans Legend, the historic support race at the Le Mans 24 Hours event in June, is looking exceptional...the basis of provenance. Cars with genuine Le Mans history, or sister cars of the same specification...
- Back to Le Mans.
- Newspaper article from: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 4, 2002 700+ words
...can a car manufacturer win again in Le Mans? This was the question in the minds of motor sports fans in Le Mans, France last June when Bentley Motor...another reason: its glorious history at Le Mans in the 1920s. The first British car...
- Test Drive Le Mans Gets the Green Light to Head to Stores This Week for the...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 4, 2000 700+ words
...Hour racing simulation, Test Drive(R) Le Mans(R), will begin shipping to stores...PlayStation(R) Game Console. Test Drive Le Mans is currently available for the personal...R) Color in June 2000. "Test Drive Le Mans is a game of endurance and skill," said...
- Infogrames, Inc. Races Its Award-Winning Le Mans Series to Stores With Le Mans...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 21, 2001 700+ words
...Melbourne House Continues to Create Le Mans Racing Excellence With Its Latest Installment...ultimate 24-hour endurance racing title, Le Mans 24 Hours(R) for PlayStation(R) 2...real-world racing teams from the 2000 Le Mans race, fully animated pit crews and drivers...
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