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"Enough torque to change the rotation of the Earth" There i fixed it

Not surprised. These are the same people who took a V10, cut 2 cylinders off, called it a V8, and put it into a sports sedan, coupe, and supercar.

Two things about that car, 1; how quiet it was, in my entire career I had never heard the tyres working as hard as they did! 2; the gearbox was the Achilles heel on that car but the knew that and planned accordingly and when they changed the box during the race in 5mins! I remember watching those 19 people changing it in utter amazement!

I've just recently bought an Audi TT Quattro with the TDI engine, and It's incredible. The torque at low revs in 4th, 5th and 6th is staggering plus the fuel consumption, it just puts a smile on my face every time I drive it , not bad at all for a hairdressers car

I sense a good automotive story-telling channel, always loved listening to many different stories in this industry, u got yourself a new sub

What do you mean you ONLY have 430 subs??? This is top quality!!

The R10 never had an engine failure. Its competitor, the 908, broke down three engines in a single race (Le Mans 2010).

I'd been working decades as a german sales manager until today and always (!) had diesel cars. It's pure excitement and fun to drive a 3l Audi TDI with six cylinders on a german autobahn, trust me! 🤩

wtf i thought this was a big ass channel from the quality of video… good shit brother keep grinding!

Very nice! The editing is simple but effective. But it’s always nice to hear the story of how the Audi R10 TDI came to be, besides winning Le Mans.

Diesel engines don't get the love they so rightfully deserve: if an engine can benefit from 30% energy denser fuel and have huge amounts of low end torque, then it's clearly superior to gasoline engines. It's just plain and simple physics. I cannot comprehend why most people have difficulty understanding these facts.

The great Ulrich Baretsky was the engine guy. Legend.

I went to Sebring in '06 with my cousin's husband who had never been to any kind of race, and to him the 'noise' was unbearable, yet he marveled in wonder how the leading car and eventual winner - guess who - was almost silent...there were a couple Vipers chasing the equally loud ass factory Corvettes for the rest of us. 🏁

Something alot of people forget is that diesels have a huge market share in Europe and are still being developed by BMW and Mercedes especially. In the US diesel is for big trucks only, but like 40% of normal passanger cars in Europe are still diesel.

Other German engineers mocked the audi guys in testing by calling the audi car a "heating oil ferrari"

Yep, diesel was all the rage in Europe during that era as the auto builders had convinced the market that diesels were clean and healthy for everyone...and then the facts materialized. Still its nice that Audi beat a different path just to show it could be done.

The R8R is the reason I'm still an Audi fan to this day. I remember when the TDI R10 came out, I thought "they did what?" Looking forward to the follow up vid on the TDI Hybrid, origin of the E-tron badge.

I was lucky enough to see a pair of these cars race. They are hauling around the corner right in front of you, and you can just hear a little drivetrain whine. Meanwhile the other gasoline cars are 3/4 km away coming towards you and thats all you can hear.

I attended the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta for 5 of the annual event between 2007 & 2012. It was as amazing a weekend each time as could be. my recall of it yields the observation that the C6 Corvettes & the Panoz were the eye candy / what everyone was "Oooing" & looking at all weekend but there was an aura around the Audi teams & these Diesel powered beasts which was tangible. The 3-4 TDI cars were in a seemingly race of their own more than once. Simply dominating race cars , the vibe was who will win & which position did you get after the Audi team ,of course.... occasionally you get a car that is incomparable & for this window of time in history,these Audi were top racecar during turn of the millennium 2000s.

Bro continue this great series of videos

The quality of your videos are so good i only just realised your a small channel. Amazing videos man, keep up the good work

Bring back the TDI! I love my 2015, but would like to buy a new one.

Keywords: Fuel efficency and reliablitiy. It wasnt the fastest, but had to make much less pitstops.

I love your style of vids. Keep up the good work!

Loved the story. Please keep making videos!

the r10 diesel engine had twice as much torque as any petrol engine in its class and 5 times as much the f1 v10 of the time

Bro , ur gonna go big , 10/10 video

Speed, formerly speedvision, back when Rally racing was televised. Those were the days.

Your story telling with your audio quality make your videos really enjoyable, keep it up!

If I were an executive at Audi I would have produced an Audi R8 with a high performance turbodiesel powerplant. They missed.

I can’t wait to see how Audi manage to tackle Formula 1?! Just like Porsche, Audi loves a new challenge and loves dominating in whatever series they compete.

Bro 😮 I was literally just tapping next, next, next through random automotive videos on my phone cause nothing was grabbing my attention, but when this video started playing I don't know why, but you grabbed my attention. I wasn't even a quarter of the way through the video and I thought to myself, yup, this channel is getting a sub! Once it ended, I did exactly that, but when doing that, I was genuinely surprised. I was surprised at how few subs you have! Now I say that because you're narrating, editing, tone, information/substance etc. and just overall good quality content had me automatically assuming this channel was another big channel that I just hadn't heard of yet. Long story short, respect. You undoubtedly have exactly what you need for this recipe, and boy can you cook! 🙌🏻 I honestly feel that simplicity is key. However, I can fully understand how hard it would be keeping a video informative, engaging yet simple at the same time, nevertheless, I feel you've nailed it. But then again, what do I actually know about this stuff anyways 😜 lol my point is, don't stop, you're good at this, and I hope that, even in some small way, this comment indicates exactly that 😊

This video is INSANELY good, congratulations on being extremely talented in this world, I hope you get the appreciation and views you deserve this is amazing

Damn... Only 281 subs?! Make that 282... Keep up the good videos bro!

The first road race I went to was the 2006 Petit Le Mans. I was young, and didn't know much about cars or IMSA. Most cars sounded like angry bees, the Corvettes had roaring and throaty-sounding engines, Mercedes AMG GT cars had a smoother-sounding roar, and these Audi's sounded like a pleasant and quiet sigh / hum. They fascinated me, so I rooted for them. For the first few laps, I thought they might've been electric. I remember the announcers and fans held skepticism for the new turbo-diesel engine. I didn't know enough about engines to know what that meant, but I continued to cheer them on and was very happy when they won. I was also rooting for the Corvettes in GT-1, and they did okay, but they did not win their class. I also rooted for what I called the "DHL" cars for LMP2, which now I know were the Porsche RS Spyders from Penske. They won LMP2. Just going off of the sounds and sights of the cars, I was able to pick the winner for LMP1 and LMP2. :D I remember the Nissan Delta Wing was also being introduced, and I was disappointed that they didn't race it after hyping it up at their display.

your channels deserves more recognition! Keep up the great work!

I remember reading a report about he first TDI win and the journalist said it was almost comical that this car was beating the pack with almost double the range in between pitstops, while sounding like a Jetsons spaceship while doing so. 😂

This chanel needs more followers...The fact this video has more likes then you do followers is mind boggling to me man! Keep grinding 🤘

Subbed, keep this up and your gonna hit 100k subs in no time! glad to be apart of the first 1k

I enjoy every second of this video. Very great content and narration!

im sure that if this experiment failed, audi would keep trying remembering what was the root and still winning after some years

I'm impress by the quality of this video. Great story buddy. Keep it up!

Subbed. The vintage almost kind of feel on these videos are awesome. Music and background track is good, definitely dont go too loud with it tho! I love these videos youve got. I bet youll reach 100k subs some day

Quality video man. I could’ve sworn you had way more subs

The VW group at the time used the 1.9tdi in the Seat Ibiza in the VTCC.🙂

This is definitely one of the best videos I ever saw maybe the best. Love it keep making these times of videos cuz they are amazing.👏🏻

Aaaaah, Deutsche gründlichkeit at work. No one can't deny this.. Took an abo without doubt, great video.

You gained a sub with this one. You are criminally underrated

Top notch content. I thought you had atleast 200k subs

Hi, these are things that can only happen when people think outside the tracks, not to mention that the whole Audi chain of command also had to take chances, very well done indeed. It is however a pity that we see the exact opposite in the industry, where big companies are paying billions to buy little disruptive startups to In Fine close them because their product(s) were threatening their market… Excellent video that covers everything from end to end, which is important for people who are not specialists of car races. :)

Great video bro, subbed

Top quality content mate. Subbed.

How do you do your research? And where do you find the right clips? I'd love to know!

NO WAY YOUVE GOT LESS THAN 100K SUBS

I had already watched driver61's video on this story and I wished he'd have given some more information, so thank you for the good video

This channel is criminally underrated. You'll be big soon

I drive a 2015 jetta tdi and im proud of it🔥 stage 2 with 220 hp but 490nm ( 380 torque)

1.5k subs with quality like this is wild, love it bro. respectfully your voice isn't an ai right??😭😭😭

Lets thank the UKposts algorithm once again for showing this invredible Video. How is this channel sub 5k subs? (Btw I'd love a similar styled vid for the porsche 919)

great video. Thank you

And Audi road cars are like..... you know.

Good Video What's funny is about the same time as Audi taking a TDI to LeMans I was swapping a TDI into a corrado to replace a VR6. What would be ideal would be diesel plug in hybrids but sadly diesel....

निरंतर दबाव प्रक्रिया आधारित अंतर दहन यंत्र ने बहुत प्रभावित किया, किंतु VW के बाद का डीज़लगेट कांड ने प्रगती पर विराम लगा दिया और डीज़ल फिर से बदनाम होगये ; वैसे गहन शोध, स्पष्ट अवलोकन, प्रज्ञावान विश्लेषण और बहुत सुंदर प्रस्तुति 👏👏👌👌👌।

This chanel needs so many more subs definitely deserves it ive seen all your vids great work

Why do I feel like James Spader is narrating this video?

And then with all this proven performance they put it in one car.... the Audi Q7 lmao. i would kill for that Q7 here in the states tho.

Top quality video ❤❤❤

Good video, I'ma subscribe

Hey man! How do i contact you.

I had 2 vw tdi powered cars. An 02 jetta automatic and an 03 golf 5 speed. Now direct injection and smaller turbo charged engines are mainstream with gasoline. I have a 2021 1500 silverado with 2.7 turbo 4 cylinder and a 2017 vw jetta 1.4 tsi turbo charged direct injection engine. Tourque is in by 1500 rpms and there is plenty of power for highways. Jetta will get 52 mpg when cruising. My truck about 24 mpg on 93 octane.

Had two golf tdi back in the day .left many a boy racer in its wake in their petrol powered car...

JCB hold the land speed record for a diesel powered vehicle at 328.7 mph ( or they did when I worked there Some years ago )

The Bentley that won in 2003 was essentially an Audi R8R to commemorate Bentley's 100th anniversary. Bentley is also an Audi subsidiary...

@MotorLegends. The Daytona 24 Hours is driven during more hours of darkness than the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Kobe Bryant mastered the travel

*_"Win on Sunday - Sell on Monday"_*

Under 1k sub crew here.

Imagine 2 hr LeMans Hypercar races on F1 tracks.

1.9 TDI Power. We know now where it comes from 😂😅❤

wait this is a 137 sub channel?? how??

I didn't enjoy this era of endurance racing. I can respect this car more now with age, but it was a channel changer more than a "pin up".

Easy, all the rules for these car. Exactly like Dakar this year.

At 1.8k now... 10k anytime soon

Well done, high level video👍 Also, impressive car. To me diesel will always be truck, ship, train engine no matter what they achieve with it. The sound it makes, seems unnatural, it smells wrong etc. Purely subjective opinion, I know.

I HATED these at the time. Major respect now in retrospect

It was 2006, why every footage looks like VHS? XD

bro the music way to loud but cool vid

Not everyone. the Porsche RS Spyder outran them on some U.S. circuits.

I was there.

To be fair this was my idea 1st, i just didn't end up actually doing it,,

This script is like bing stopped by a lonely bard who says: psst hey I have a story for you and then commences a yapathon for 15 minutes….

Razer thin.... Like politicians and criminals!

now let the others use a 5.5 V12 Turbo Petrol

Nice vib buuuuuuuuuuut you failed to mention the FIA new rule changes allowing the oil burner to get more legacy in motor size than gasoline vehicles...also the oil burners could have turbochargers...while natural aspirated gasoline powered cars were restricted in engine size...so gas was needed and like the killer b valley cars..f1 turbo 70s n 80s..group c....RULE Changes made it advantages for certain veh types. Audi isn't dumb..they found a loophole and raped it with brilliance

Its a aluminum silicon cylinder

What's shocking is early 2000's video looked so awful.

And then, instead of embracing new innovation, the governing body (ACO) decided to regulate the diesel engines out of the sport.

Because the rules allowed much bigger engine displacement for Diesels. It was a disgrace, completely shamefully to allow those oil burner engines, the worse for human health, to be able to compete with such an advantage. The powerful VAG group can open many doors. So many that it survived the Diesel gate as if meant nothing.

I like how even when humans win so ething it can still be referred to as destroyed because we are the worst thing yet to happen. Motorsports would be a lot cooler if the fans had to suck on tail pipes.