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Audi says racing improves the clean diesel breed

There's an old line that "racing improves the breed" that goes back to the origins of the industry. Indeed, many innovations developed on the race track have made their way back to road going cars including rear view mirrors and fuel injection. Someday, there might even be an innovation in NASCAR, but that's another story. Over the last two decades, Audi has been particularly active in motorsports, first in rallying- where its Quattro all wheel drive was spawned - and later on race tracks - where it debuted gasoline direct injection on ... Read more →

AutoblogGreen movie review: Truth in 24 [w/VIDEO] Sam Abuelsamid

2008 marked the tenth year of Audi's Le Mans racing program and in that time the company has become one of the most successful manufacturers of all time in that category. To mark its tenth year - and ...

Audi R10 TDI not done yet; two will run in private hands in Europe Sam Abuelsamid

Following the close of the 2008 racing season, Audi announced that after three years competition in North America and Europe, the groundbreaking R10 TDI would be retired. At the time of the December ...

Audi pulls out of ALMS for 2009, will only run Sebring, Le Mans Sam Abuelsamid

When Audi announced its 2009 motorsports plans at the Essen Motor Show in Germany last week, one aspect was left out, the American Le Mans Series program. The debut of the new R15 TDI that will ...

Diesels are too fast for racing? Jeremy Korzeniewski

It seems that Audi and Peugeot's winning ways have not gone unnoticed by the powers-that-be in the assorted racing series in which they compete. Whenever a design does well in racing, you can ...

Audi R10 TDI clinches American Le Mans Series P1 championship 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Audi has clinched its third consecutive P1 class championship in the American Le Mans Series with the diesel-powered R10 TDI. The driver pairing of Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner came out on top after a disappointing race at the Detroit Grand Prix this weekend. Luhr spun into the wall on lap 13 and ...

Peugeots coming to Road Atlanta to resume ALMS diesel battle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last March, Peugeot brought its diesel-powered 908 HDi LMP1 prototype to Sebring for its first race outside of Europe as a warm up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Peugeot demonstrated some amazing speed compared to its German rival - the defending champion Audi R10 TDI - but wasn't quite robust ...

Spoiler Alert: Diesels take top six positions at Le Mans 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you have the 24 hours of Le Mans on your DVR and don't want to know which diesel crew landed at the top of the podium then don't follow the jump. If you want to know who covered the most distance today go right ahead. ...

Audi R10s to run on blended GTL/BTL diesel at Le Mans 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ever since the debut of the Audi R10 in 2006, the mighty diesel-powered sports cars have been running on a gas-to-liquid (GTL) diesel fuel supplied by Shell. For the 2008 running of the 24 hours of Le Mans coming up in a few weeks, Audi and Shell will try a new blend that combines the GTL fuel with ...

Audi R10 TDI to debut at Spa-Francorchamps running on GTL fuel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Two years after its racing debut at the 2006 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the Audi R10 TDI is making its first ever visit to the classic Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium. The R10s are running in the European Le Mans Series for the first time this year and Spa will be a whole new challenge for Audi. ...

Audi grabs second place in European Le Mans Series debut 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Since it's 2006 debut, the Audi R10 TDI has raced exclusively in the American Le Mans Series except for the annual June trek to France for the big all-day race. This past weekend a pair of R10s campaigned by the Joest team made their first run in the European Le Mans series with a second place ...

ALMS: Diesel power to the fore in St. Petersburg, E85 Vettes both finish 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After struggling somewhat in recent street races in the American Le Mans Series, the diesel-powered Audi R10 finally got back to the top of the podium on Saturday in St. Petersburg, FL. In spite of setting the fastest lap of the race early on, mechanical issues forced out the #1 Audi after 63 laps. ...

Take a look at Audi's current green efforts 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We'll relay the information in this article on Auto 123 in the ever-popular backwards-first method of news reporting. That article ends this way: "Further down the road, as oil reserves become exhausted, bigger and better solutions will be needed." While that may seem obvious, another point worth ...

Audi R10 TDi to stay in ALMS for the remainder of the 2007 season 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like Audi won't be running away from the American LeMans series just yet. Although, the Ingolstadt automaker has dominated the LMP1 class for several years now, the diesel powered R10 will run at least the rest of the 2007 series. Audi is still not happy about the current rules in ALMS ...

Twelve Hours of Sebring: Audi R10 Diesels win again! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the 2007 Audi R10 TDi For the second year in a row the Audi R10 TDi has won the Twelve Hours of Sebring in the hands of Marco Werner, Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro . The R10 ran six laps more then the second place Acura of Bryan Herta, Dario ...

Marco Werner, Audi R10 set new track speed record at Sebring 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Audi R10 TDI will be the car to beat this weekend for the 12 Hours of Sebring. Two R10s (driven by Marco Werner and defending champion Dindo Capello) will both start in the front row, thanks to some amazing driving during the qualifying rounds by Werner that beat the track record by nearly a ...

Peugeot 908 livery unveiled - View our gallery 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We have shown you the Peugeot 908 racecar a few times now, and even video of the machine on the racetrack. Now, we can show you the official livery of the vehicle. Interested? Check out the gallery, hosted over at Autoblog. The reason that this vehicle is here on the green side of things is the ...

New Audi R10 diesel racer unveiled; makes debut next week at Sebring 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Audi pulled the wraps off its revamped diesel-powered sports car this week. The new R10 TDI will make its first race appearance at the Sebring 12-hour race in Florida next week in preparation for the Le Mans 24-hour race later in the season. This year the diesel-powered cars must run with a smaller ...

Audi R10 diesels may quit American LeMans Series 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Audi's dominating R10 TDi racecars may leave the American LeMans series because of a rule change by the organizers. Although ALMS nominally uses the rules defined by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) for the 24 Hours of LeMans, they do occasionally tweak minimum weights, and air restrictor sizes ...

AutoBild drives the Audi R10 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hey Audi! Some of us here at AutoBlogGreen like to drive Insanely fast cars too! A lucky writer from the German magazine AutoBild recently got the chance to sample the undefeated Audi R10. Based on the rough translation courtesy of Google, apart from the fenders, sitting in the car feels like a ...

Audi R10 TDI gets Pioneering and Innovation Award from Autosport magazine 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The all-conquering Audi R10 TDI has been awarded the Pioneering and Innovation Award from the British racing magazine Autosport at their annual awards ceremony. The R10 was the first diesel-powered racer to win the 24 hours of Le Mans as well as going undefeated in the seven races it ran in the ...

Audi R10 diesel racer wins Petite LeMans and ALMS 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Audi continued its domination of endurance racing in 2006, by capturing the victory at the Petite LeMans race at Road Atlanta this past weekend. In seven races this year the R10 has not lost yet. The R10s won all three of the biggest endurance races of the year at LeMans, Sebring, and Petite ...


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