Comments on: Audi Diesel Wins Le Mans http://www.caradvice.com.au/340/audi-diesel-wins-le-mans/ Resource for Car Reviews, News, Advice, Road Tests, Green Cars, Hybrids Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim http://www.caradvice.com.au/340/audi-diesel-wins-le-mans/#comment-43853 Kim Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:44:21 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/340/audi-diesel-wins-le-mans/#comment-43853 Oooh, Aston were winning, until their car fell apart. Big deal! That's the point of Le Mans. It's an enduro race. The fact that an oil-burner won shows that the performance shortcomings of diesel have largely been addressed. I look forward to more diesel cars; torque matters more in most driving conditions than power; overcome the limitations on noise, pollutants, and rev-ranges, and diesels rock; torque with efficiency... who would have thought it? Oooh, Aston were winning, until their car fell apart. Big deal! That’s the point of Le Mans. It’s an enduro race.

The fact that an oil-burner won shows that the performance shortcomings of diesel have largely been addressed.

I look forward to more diesel cars; torque matters more in most driving conditions than power; overcome the limitations on noise, pollutants, and rev-ranges, and diesels rock; torque with efficiency… who would have thought it?

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