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beast5680:
would you believe it :shock:


Diesel drives McNish to pole


Allan McNish starts the Sebring 12 Hour race in Florida from pole position on Saturday after setting a new lap record in a diesel-powered car.

The 36-year-old Dumfries-born driver set a new record of one minute 45.828 seconds in the new Audi R10 TDI, at an average speed of almost 126mph, around the 3.7-mile Sebring track.

McNish became the first driver to claim pole position in a diesel-powered car and the Scotsman said: "It feels good to have made history. My Audi was very well balanced, the turbo diesel performed superbly while I drove probably my best-ever qualifying lap."

Edge:
Well done that man :D  :D  :D .

bullfrog:
These modern diesals are something else !
I would'nt mind one of those VW W10 lumps. Be a laugh in my rangie ! Might need to uprate the diffs and gearbox a bit :lol:

Evilgoat:
W12 Petrol is a Superb engine, having driven an A8 W12. Nice quite, well balanced and had that nice V8 burbling noise untill you put your foot on the gas...

Then Its howls like a banshee, I was impressed at the way it made 1 1/2 ton of luxury car move :)

VW Phaeton is the same engine too. I dont know it anything uses the W10 yet though.

Jas278:
Because I cant afford a Porchse I have always said , Ill get one when they do a diesel, I might have to change my excuse at the rate technology going............. :shock:

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