This is the new Audi R18 e-tron quattro

Posted on 25-03-2014 at 15:58 by ricardo – 22 Comments”

Do you vierpuntsgordel, because the new dieselhybride from Ingolstadt is here.

The LMP1 racer was in december all the world, now that he has his racelivery. Audi has a mix of white, silver, red, and black on the Audi thrown in. Accordance’s head of design Dirk van Braeckel have the colours have a symbolic value. Silver is for the racers of the past, white is right for lightness and represents the hybrid system. Do you? We also do not.

The previous R18, Audi was powered by a 3.7-liter V6 TDI, for model year 2014 are the cylinder opgeboord to 4 litres. This zelfontbrander is supported by an ERS-K (Energy Recovery System Kinetic) hybrid system that gets energy from the turbohitte and during braking. This is stored in a vliegwielsysteem and can with a single press of the controller will be delivered to the front wheels. The racer is also 10 inches shorter and 2 inches higher than its predecessor.

Audi’s official factory driver Tom Kristensen showed the car not as a first on the Le Mans circuit, the team of the German decided to put the driver first, the public traffic. He drove from the Saint-Julien du Mans cathedral to the circuit. The R18 e-tron quattro for the first time, in action on 28 march, during a test session for the FIA World Endurance Championship. The first race is at Silverstone, where the VAG-daughter, on 20 april to record against that other VAG-daughter: Porsche.

Gallery: Audi R18 e-tron quattro livery

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