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R10 at Le Mans

Post by CliveH » Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:07 am

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=14188

so is there any truth in the rumours of a forthcoming DS4...?
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Post by Scotty » Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:00 am

If they pull it off. Currently 1st & 3rd (8:00am) then I can see a lot of diesels coming. i.e. S variants and also diesel TT's etc
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Post by CliveH » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:48 pm

Well, that's where they ended up too - 1st & 3rd!
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Post by Scotty » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:43 pm

Expect a load of diesel Audis now!
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RE: R10 at Le Mans

Post by harry » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:48 pm

there goes the environment!
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Post by Paulm » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:49 pm

Harry, I do like your slant on things :lol:
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Post by derdle » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:29 am

there goes the environment
Harry, I do like your slant on things
Many German cities have banned diesel vehicles altogether!

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Post by Taipan » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:59 am

I think this is brilliant (no no, I won't sing the "I told you so... lai lai lai" part 8) ) and deffo an historic milestone in endurance racing.

Perfect timing with the US new legislation forcing gas stations to offer low-sulfur diesel (ie. the one sold in Europe) as opposed to their high-sulfur version, which gave such a bad image of diesel to US drivers.

From a US Gov site :
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/diesel.shtml

And some sales stats about diesel cars in the US and Global.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/05 ... f_vw_.html

@ Paul : could you provide a link about those german cities's ban of diesel vehicles please ?

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Post by derdle » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:10 am

@ Paul : could you provide a link about those german cities's ban of diesel vehicles please ?
No link I'm afraid, it's just knowledge gained whilst visiting friends in Germany last year.

I believe Munich is one such City.

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Post by fatcat » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:12 am

Anyone remember my Oettinger Tdi Quattro at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit a couple of years ago.......... well, I told you so.... :shock:
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Post by johneroberts » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:08 am

is that the one that ended up in the kitty litter at Spa?
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Post by DavidT » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:06 am

Ha ha, I was telling friends about your performance on the Autoroute Peter.

The main reason Audi have gone diesel is the US market - i.e. virtually untapped as yet.
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