The Reel Blog » Audi Cars http://www.thereelblog.09niche.com The Reel Blog. The Reel Blog is a blog network with many different articles in all different categories Mon, 31 May 2010 14:36:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 10 vehicles that mix speed and fuel-efficiency http://www.thereelblog.09niche.com/10-vehicles-that-mix-speed-and-fuel-efficiency/ http://www.thereelblog.09niche.com/10-vehicles-that-mix-speed-and-fuel-efficiency/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:42:12 +0000 admin http://www.thereelblog.09niche.com/?p=678 Both play important roles in how engineers develop increasingly efficient, quick cars.

Peter Schwarzenbauer, an Audi board member, announces Audi has improved fleet-wide fuel efficiency by 30 percent since 1995, due mostly to integration of diesel engines like the one developed in the super-fast R15 TDI race car (600 horsepower, 800 foot-pounds of torque and a top speed of 205 mph ).

The $114,200 Audi R8, No. Nine on our list, has profited from similar innovation. It uses direct injection in its 4.2L V8 engine to gain a combined 15.5 mpg and a 0 to 60 acceleration of 4.4 seconds.

Rob Moran, a speaker for Mercedes-Benz, says engineers at the company’s high-performance arm, AMG, focus on using differently tuned transmission modes and start-stop functions to make automobiles like the SLK55 AMG (No.

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