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Audi A3 TDI Clubsport Quattro
Audi unveiled another entry in the performance diesel segment it dominates today, showing off a conceptual version of its A3 known as the TDI clubsport quattro. The racy new A3 joins the diesel-burning Audi TT, and of course the wicked R8 TDI Le Mans, offering the thrill of racing power created with the torque-filled goodness of diesel power.
The pert A3 TDI certainly looks the part of a motorsports contender. The car has been presented in a red and white racing-style livery, with simply massive 20 inch alloy wheels, and a rear wing that looks as if it had been snatched straight from a DTM parts bin.
The 2.0-liter TDI punches out a more than respectable 224 horsepower and a deeply-moving 332 pound-feet of torque. Those numbers may make a 0-62 mph sprint of 6.6 seconds sound a little measly, but a top end of almost 150 mph, and gobs of speed in the mid-range surely make up for being a little slow off of the line.
The pert A3 TDI certainly looks the part of a motorsports contender. The car has been presented in a red and white racing-style livery, with simply massive 20 inch alloy wheels, and a rear wing that looks as if it had been snatched straight from a DTM parts bin.
The 2.0-liter TDI punches out a more than respectable 224 horsepower and a deeply-moving 332 pound-feet of torque. Those numbers may make a 0-62 mph sprint of 6.6 seconds sound a little measly, but a top end of almost 150 mph, and gobs of speed in the mid-range surely make up for being a little slow off of the line.
If it's smoken it ain't broken
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