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The inventor of “TDI” will become the world’s first car manufacturer to fight for overall victory with a diesel engine in the famous Le Mans 24-hour race. The Audi R10 is powered by a 5.5-litre, twelve-cylinder biturbo TDI engine. The V12 power plant is manufactured completely from aluminium.
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red Audi R10 — First diesel heads for Le Mans. AutoTechnol 6, 28–31 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03246949
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03246949