Audi Q7 V12 TDI

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Audi Q7 V12 TDI

THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL DIESEL PASSENGER CAR

Audi is proud to present a world first – the first twelve-cylinder diesel engine in a series passenger car. This six-liter V12 makes its debut in the Audi Q7. It produces a colossal 500 hp and 738 ft.-lbs. of torque. With this engine Audi has opened a new chapter in diesel history.

The V12 TDI is reminiscent of the engine featured in the new R10 Le Mans racing car – it catapults the driving performance of the Audi Q7 into the echelons of top-class sports cars. The car sprints from 0 to 62 mph in just 5.5 seconds, and has an electronically governed top speed of 155 mph. Maximum torque is available from just 1,750 rpm. The high-tech diesel engine, with the world’s first 29,000 psi Bosch Common Rail system, provides the high-performance Audi SUV with superior power reserves in any situation. The impressive sound of the new Audi is provided by the ultra-modern piezo-injection system. The V12 TDI transmits this power through a new six-speed tiptronic gearbox to the quattro permanent four-wheel drive system.

Although the V12 TDI belongs to the Audi V-engine family, this model features a special cylinder angle of 60° – perfect for this engine type. Apart from the light and highly durable crankcase, a further highlight is the new chain drive assembly. This includes the two newly developed high-pressure pumps in the common rail injection system.

Up to 29,000 psi of pressure is kept within the twelve piezo injectors – a further technological breakthrough. Both performance and efficiency are optimised by this high injection pressure, and the running smoothness also remains excellent. Exhaust emissions are also low. The twin-turbo V12 TDI conforms to the Euro 5 emissions class which should come into force in 2010. Fuel consumption is nearly 20 mpg. With the high-tech twelve-cylinder engine using TDI technology, the diesel pioneers at Audi have opened new horizons in motoring.

[6'bore]

Very, very impressive engine. Yet still very, very pointless.

[coolieman1220]

now scale it down use it in more cars and bring it to the US

[johnnyperl]

Originally Posted by coolieman1220

now scale it down use it in more cars and bring it to the US

They are early next year: 3.0 V6 TDi

[baddabang]

Somehow I can see this being marketed as a Lamborghini SUV.

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Originally Posted by baddabang

Somehow I can see this being marketed as a Lamborghini SUV.

With a diesel? Get lost!

[pimento]

How's about a diesel Murci?

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Originally Posted by pimento

How's about a diesel Murci?

Don't make me come over there.

[pimento]

Has there been a diesel supercar yet? Audi could make an R8 with this in and call it the R10, another link to the LeMans racers.

[jorismo]

There have been some superdiesels, but I don't think that anyone has ever placed them in a supercar...

[KM2]

I heard from a little bird that Porsche tried making a diesel 911 (I think it was a 996) as a prototype. Supposedly in the end the car was massively fast and all but the fuel consumption simply wasn't any better, so they just dropped it. :\

[dydzi]

Originally Posted by baddabang

Somehow I can see this being marketed as a Lamborghini SUV.

as i've been talking personally with a lambo representative recently he unofficialy guaranteed me that there are absolutely no plans to make a lambo suv, as well as a gallardo diesel (there were also some rumours about this one)

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