# Audi Kills the r8 TDI **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 7, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445 "2009-05-07T13:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/1 "2009-05-07T13:45:06Z")
> **[All Torque, No Action: Audi reportedly cancels R8 TDI](https://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/07/all-torque-no-action-audi-reportedly-cancels-r8-tdi/)** > > Audi R8 TDI Le Mans concept – Click above for a hi-res image gallery > > > If anyone could have done a diesel supercar, it would have been Audi. After ![http://2teker.ws/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/audi-r8-burn-3.jpg](http://2teker.ws/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/audi-r8-burn-3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/2 "2009-05-07T14:14:15Z")
They accidentally the whole thing? Bummer… ---
**Author:** ![black02satsc2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/black02satsc2/32/5259_2.png) [@black02satsc2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/black02satsc2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/3 "2009-05-07T14:14:28Z")
wait, so is that a v12 tdi that got torched in that pic? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/4 "2009-05-07T14:38:37Z")
that stinks, would have been pretty cool ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/5 "2009-05-07T15:08:32Z")
> [@black02satsc2](#): > > wait, so is that a v12 tdi that got torched in that pic? Pretty sure that that was one of the V10 test mules ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/6 "2009-05-07T15:17:56Z")
wonder how much they want for it ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/7 "2009-05-07T15:21:32Z")
Is this the same one that got burned up during testing last year? X… ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/8 "2009-05-07T15:51:05Z")
this was actually a production standard R8… the R8 that burned up on the ring had NOTHING left when it was done ---
**Author:** ![fourseasonsandles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@fourseasonsandles](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fourseasonsandles)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/9 "2009-05-07T16:18:43Z")
> [@66impalass](#): > > Pretty sure that that was one of the V10 test mules This was my understanding as well… ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/10 "2009-05-07T17:35:37Z")
This made me laugh pretty hard… “…especially when the American market, which accounts for 1/3rd of R8 sales, is marred by diesel prices that are higher than gas.” ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-kills-the-r8-tdi/67445/11 "2009-05-07T18:05:35Z")
> [@fourseasonsandles](#): > > This was my understanding as well… He is right, that is a production car, the V10 test mule had a cage