Ten cars that combine speed and fuel-efficiency
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Both play important roles in how engineers develop increasingly efficient, fast automobiles.
Peter Schwarzenbauer, an Audi board member, claims Audi has improved fleet-wide fuel efficiency by thirty percent since 1995, due largely 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 ).