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Word has it Audi is hard at work on a new diesel-electric supercar. Auto Expressreports [Wolfgang Durheimer](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/wolfgang durheimer/), head of technical development for the company, is planning a road vehicle that will make the most of the lessons learned from the automaker’s [24 Hours of Le Mans](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/24 hours of le mans/) efforts. Durheimer says the supercar will be very different from the current R8 and will offer buyers state-of-the-art technology. Specifically, the as-yet-unnamed model will be able to best the current [McLaren P1](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mclaren p1/) around a race track. Details are, of course, scarce, though the company’s recent past could point to what we can expect to see from such a machine.
The Audi R8 TDI LeMans Concept from the 2008 [Detroit Auto Show](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/detroit auto show/) promised the world an R8 with a V12 TDI diesel behind the front seats. With 500 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque, the machine would undoubtedly have been a blast to drive, but Audi shuttered any thought of a production model a year later. Odds are a modern interpretation of that machine would feature a smaller displacement diesel engine paired with a hybrid system for additional thrust.Audi boss talks about possible diesel-electric LeMans-inspired supercar originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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