Meet The Latest In Diesel Endurance Racing ? Audi?s Upcoming R18

Closed cockpit LMP1 sports car w/ a downsized 3.7L is being readied for action. The menacing Audi R18 with its LED?s ablaze. Audi aims to continue its victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours with a completely new LMP1 sports car currently in fast track development. Since its debut in 1999, Audi has won the world?s most important endurance race nine times with the R8, R10 TDI and R15 TDI models. In doing so, Audi has equaled the feat in the race?s roll of honor with Ferrari. With the new R18, which was presented at the Audi Sportpark in Ingolstadt earlier today, Audi is aiming for its tenth Le Mans win in 2011.