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Jan 11, 2008 | 07:31 PM

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R8 v12 TDI

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Jan 12, 2008 | 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by autoblog

The Detroit-bound car is said to make 500 horsepower and 737 lb-ft (1000 Nm) of torque while boasting fuel economy of over 23 US mpg (10 liters per 100 km). Zero-to-sixty reportedly takes 4.2 seconds and the car should have a top end of 300 km/h, or around 186 mph.

This appears to be the same engine that was poked around the Q7, so that would mean a 6L turbodiesel, up from the 5.5L variant in the LeMans series