Green Options » lemans http://greenoptions.com/tag/lemans Posts tagged 'lemans' Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Audi TDI Place Second in European LeMans http://gas2.org/2008/04/08/audi-tdi-place-second-in-european-lemans/ http://gas2.org/2008/04/08/audi-tdi-place-second-in-european-lemans/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:12:54 +0000 Benjamin Jones http://gas2.org/2008/04/08/audi-tdi-place-second-in-european-lemans/

I’ve posted in the past about a possible hybrid LeMans car and performance diesels, but today there is some actual news on some non-gasoline race cars from Audi. As reported by AutoBlogGreen, Audi recently took second place in their first showing with the diesel-powered cars in the European LeMans (this is after having raced these cars since 2006 outside of Europe).

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According to AutoBlogGreen there is currently a bit of buzz surrounding the possibility that Toyota will enter a hybrid into the 2009 LeMans race. They’ve already missed the deadline if they wanted to enter a hybrid in 2008, but since they’re in it to win it, it appears that they will wait until 2009 in order to enter a vehicle with every chance of winning.

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