Friday, July 23, 2010
The world's first diesel sports car sold in 10 thousand pieces
German automaker Audi has released ten thousand car TT with two-liter diesel engine TDI. Recall at the market car appeared in 2008.
Audi TT Coupe 2,0 TDI quattro and Audi TT Roadster 2,0 TDI quattro - the world's first serial sports cars with diesel engines. Cars equipped with two-liter four-cylinder power unit with capacity of 170 hp of torque, equal to 350 Nm Engine TDI, mounted on the coupe Audi TT, consumes 5.3 liters of fuel per 100 km - the lowest in the segment of sports cars.
Their high performance diesel Audi TT largely due to the bodywork. This latest technology, Audi Space Frame (ASF) combines lightweight aluminum parts in the front and pressed steel rear. This combination of materials provides optimal weight distribution and reduces the total mass of the structure. Body Car Audi TT Coupe weighs only 206 kg.
Now the Audi TT is installed an improved version of the engine 2,0 TDI, which accelerates the coupé to 100 km / h in 7,5 seconds. and allows him to develop a maximum speed of 226 km / h.