The R10 TDI racing car, whose V12 diesel engine delivers more than 480 kW (650 hp), has won the Le Mans 24 Hours three times in a row starting in 2006. Its successor, the R15 TDI with a V10 diesel ...

Ride onboard the Audi R10 V12 TDI, an iconic Le Mans racecar powered by a 5.5L twin-turbo diesel V12. The sound is deep and mechanical, captured from within the cockpit. Built for endurance, the ...

The German automaker has announced that the V12 TDI Le Mans designated R8 will come powered by a six-liter V12 engine that represents the first such application in a high-performance, street-legal ...

But things were way different in 2008, when Audi introduced the big and brawny Q7 V12 TDI. At the time, it was the world’s only production passenger car featuring a V12 diesel engine, and it ...

Audi is taking TDI technology to a whole new level with the Audi Q7 V12 TDI quattro, the most powerful diesel-powered passenger vehicle in its class. The V12 engine under the hood generates 368 kW ...

The Q7 V12 TDI boasted a 0 to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) sprint of 5.5 seconds and had a limited top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph).

Audi has chosen a particularly compact 3.7 liter V6 TDI engine, which is about 25 per cent lighter than the V10 TDI power plant previously fitted to the older R15 TDI, and which leaves all options ...

Of course, the Q7 V12 TDI wasn't the fastest or most powerful SUV because it ran on diesel. The first X5 M arrived about two years after with 550 horsepower and a 0 to 62 mph time of 4.7 seconds.

The first TDI appeared in the 1989 Audi 100. It was an industry first – a 2.5-litre, electronically-controlled diesel engine with direct injection.