Sunday, September 25, 2011

Three liters of diesel

Anan'ev Audi has once again expands the range of powertrains flagship sedan Audi A8: from now on will install eight turbo three-liter one. Junior diesel develops 233 hp and 450 lb-ft more than the base gasoline engine of the same volume (220 hp and 300 lb-ft)! True, the dynamic characteristics of three-liter cars are very close: all-wheel drive Audi A8 3.0 TDI to 100 km / h sprints in 7.8 sec (only one-tenth of a second faster than the petrol version) and reaches a top speed of 240 km / h. The three-liter turbo diesel engine performs advanced European emission standard Euro 4, and without the use of particulate filters are used in the engine-speed jets with piezoelectric, which develop pressures up to 2000 bar. In Europe, sales of Audi A8 3.0 TDI diesel cars has already started more gasoline to the engine modifications the same amount of approximately $ 2,000. And if gasoline cars can be purchased as a short-or long wheelbase and a variant, while diesel versions are available only with a short base. And in our country, three-liter diesel cars have not yet supplied the Russians have little interest in even more powerful versions Audi A8 4.0 TDI.

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