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Diesel engines may be more efficient than the gasoline-powered competition, but good old fashioned petrol power has always held a huge advantage when it comes to aural bliss. The engine audio emanating from the Audi R8 V12 TDI LeMans still struggles in comparison to the best gasoline offerings out there, but man does it sound cool. At idle the R8's oil burning, twin-turbo V12 sounds like a Super Duty on speed, but on acceleration the 500-hp powerplant comes alive. When the TDI R8 is cruising at high speeds, its recorded sound is a lot like a speeding jet. Hit the link below to hear the R8 V12 TDI LeMans for yourself. You may never be able to buy an Audi with this most impressive engine, but at least you can hear it.
[Source: Spiegel via German Car Blog]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gregg @ Apr 4th 2008 11:22AM
Sounds a bit like a blender with some ice chips in it. But for sure it sure is the best sound I've heard from any diesel.
Quattrofan @ Apr 4th 2008 11:38AM
WOW. I am searching for words but only "buttery" comes to mind. That thing sounds crazy smooth.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 4th 2008 11:44AM
The "jet sounds" are the air flowing over the car as it passes by. Anything traveling that fast would sound like that, even if it were being towed and had no motor.
The actual engine sounds pretty much like a UPS truck. This isn't impressive at all.
Eric Biran @ Apr 4th 2008 4:41PM
My thoughts exactly. Only maybe if that UPS truck was being chased by every cop in the county and the Mexican border was only a mile away.
rndmnme @ Apr 4th 2008 12:05PM
...and I thought my MZR motor sounded like a diesel.
That thing just doesn't do it for me AT all.
Doug Danzeisen @ Apr 4th 2008 12:07PM
I like it!!-Gregg's right, best diesel sound---yet
Toy Yoda @ Apr 4th 2008 12:19PM
yeah, but what engine sound "does it" for anyone anyways? I don't get particularly excited by any motor noise. Now, Monica Bellucci moaning noises is what excites me. :)
Rob Thomas @ Apr 4th 2008 4:53PM
"Toy Yoda", your on the wrong website my friend. All the other fellow readers hear lust for cars and women equally. I know few things in the world that can make the hair on the back of my neck stand on end as the new AM Vantage V8 does...
User @ Apr 5th 2008 1:39PM
I much prefer the noise of the A5...
Toy Yoda, maybe you have to get out there and listen to these engines while they're propelling you around the track. A car's noise is the only sound in the world that makes me go "whaoooooooooooo."
tanooki2003 @ Apr 4th 2008 12:20PM
You know the more I see this car and hear the V12, the more of interest this car is becoming to me.
BWright @ Apr 4th 2008 12:20PM
Can someone plese post the link to the sound. I can not find it o this page..
Thanks
why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 4th 2008 12:26PM
Can't. It's some flash thing or something. In the box that says "soundcheck: Audi R8 TDI". It's pretty obvious, it has a play button.
Note that you need to check each of the 4 words on the right side of the box before play to hear the different 4 sounds. Only "Vorbeifahren" has the engine at song, the rest are just starting and revving it.
GTX141 @ Apr 4th 2008 1:06PM
That actually sounds pretty bad ass under load.
That idle, not surprisingly, sounds like the R10 when they're idling in their garage area.
Kinda hard to tell in this vid, but it does sound very similar
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kv6Lx5eoBIE
MikeW @ Apr 4th 2008 1:53PM
How can you tell a diesel's sound by just revving it?
You need to put some load on it, get those turbos spinning.
e90+335i @ Apr 4th 2008 2:39PM
new engines are always nice
but what's with the new styling
looks pretty terrible imo
Cole @ Apr 4th 2008 3:02PM
Try this. Find yourself a TDI VW 1999 or newer. Toss a P-Flo on it and a TT Tuning TDI exhaust. Turn key... press gas. Marvel at how b@d@$$ 47 mpg sounds...
That soundclip was uber-lame...
Mobius_1 @ Apr 4th 2008 10:54PM
I want a car that looks like an Aston, growls like an Aston and "teleports" like a GT-R