Right Lane Cruiser
03-24-2009, 08:45 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/European_Union_Flag.jpg "We will be back in 2011 with the new car and we are working hard on that already." (http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/peugeot-confirm.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Peugoet_908_leading_the_Audi_R15.jpgTony Borroz - Wired (http://blog.wired.com) - Mar. 24, 2009
Hold on to your hats, folks!! --Ed.
Peugeot and Audi have gone blow-for-blow for diesel dominance of endurance racing, and the French automaker hopes to do the Germans one better in the alt-fuel game by bringing a diesel-electric hybrid to Le Mans in 2011.
Audi has held the upper hand when it comes to diesels, and Peugeot fell to the R-15 at last weekend's Sebring 12-hour enduro. But whatever gauntlet the Germans might have thrown down with their TDI racers has been well and truly picked up by the French.
We told you about Peugeot's experiments with a hybrid version of its 908 HDi diesel racer back in September. Racecar Engineering now confirms Peugeot Sport plans to bring a diesel-electric to the 2011 running of the classic 24 hour endurance race.
Work is well underway on LMP1 car, with the team's engineers scrapping further development of the 908 hybrid so they can focus on the next car, dubbed the 909 HY. That makes sense, given that driver Sébastien Bourdais dubbed the 908 diesel "old technology" at Sebring. Peugeot plans on running the 908 at Le Mans this year in hope of... http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/peugeot-confirm.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Peugoet_908_leading_the_Audi_R15.jpgTony Borroz - Wired (http://blog.wired.com) - Mar. 24, 2009
Hold on to your hats, folks!! --Ed.
Peugeot and Audi have gone blow-for-blow for diesel dominance of endurance racing, and the French automaker hopes to do the Germans one better in the alt-fuel game by bringing a diesel-electric hybrid to Le Mans in 2011.
Audi has held the upper hand when it comes to diesels, and Peugeot fell to the R-15 at last weekend's Sebring 12-hour enduro. But whatever gauntlet the Germans might have thrown down with their TDI racers has been well and truly picked up by the French.
We told you about Peugeot's experiments with a hybrid version of its 908 HDi diesel racer back in September. Racecar Engineering now confirms Peugeot Sport plans to bring a diesel-electric to the 2011 running of the classic 24 hour endurance race.
Work is well underway on LMP1 car, with the team's engineers scrapping further development of the 908 hybrid so they can focus on the next car, dubbed the 909 HY. That makes sense, given that driver Sébastien Bourdais dubbed the 908 diesel "old technology" at Sebring. Peugeot plans on running the 908 at Le Mans this year in hope of... http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/peugeot-confirm.html