Diesel Gallardo!!!?

[rico]

In this week's Autocar.

Autocar said:

Lamborghini could be on the verge of a revolutionary supercar step. The Italian firm is testing a diesel Gallardo, with power coming from the 5.0litre 309bhp V10 VW engine

Unless the torque increase is worth it... then whats the point? Fuel economy... in a supercar?

[Davey S1]

It will be a sad day if that ever happens.

[steve f]

i think it would be great i would buy one

[dcw@pr]

rico said:

Unless the torque increase is worth it... then whats the point? Fuel economy... in a supercar?

Opening up the company car fleet market?

[Davey S1]

steve f said:

i think it would be great i would buy one

No you wouldnt.

[murph7355]

How cool would that sound. Not.

Parts sharing gone mad.

If it had been 1st April...

[robdickinson]

ooh , back to tractors!

Mind you, you wont notice the extra few llb's

[DustyC]

rico said:

Unless the torque increase is worth it... then whats the point? Fuel economy... in a supercar?

It won't be economic. My most un-economical car to date was a diesel (straight-6 4.0 Landcrusier weighing 2.7 tons when empty!).

I'd like to see the outcome. If I had loads of money to tinker with such experiments I'd give it a go.
So perhaps the point is just a bit of fun. Or perhaps its a publicity thing.

[Marki]

DustyC said:

Or perhaps its a publicity thing.

i think thats what this is all about , its just to showcase what is possible

[anniesdad]

Autocar said - "Supercar"......"diesel".

Does not compute.

PR and marketing, methinks, take some of the glory away from F430?

[Big T]

Waners.....If Lambo or should I say Audi go this way then my cash will be still staying with Ferrari...Supercar Diesel my arse.....T.

[BCA]

With a bit more development (more interesting end figures) I see no reason why it couldnt be amazing.

Was quite a fan of the Taurus Sports Diesel at Lemans last year - seemed to go well enough, just had a bit too much torque for the drivetrain. excellent stuff

Just give it time, it'll happen eventually.

[DustyC]

Big T said:

Waners.....If Lambo or should I say Audi go this way then my cash will be still staying with Ferrari...Supercar Diesel my arse.....T.

Why does it concern you so much what pump you use when filling up?

[Marki]

DustyC said:

Big T said: Waners.....If Lambo or should I say Audi go this way then my cash will be still staying with Ferrari...Supercar Diesel my arse.....T. Why does it concern you so much what pump you use when filling up?

Exactly it should be the end result that counts

[guydw]

can't say I'm that keen, but frankly, if it does the business, who cares ?

[dr.evil]

You will have plenty of torque using that V10 diesel but you will still need 200 horsepower for the 0-60 sprint That´s why the idea of a diesel-powered supercar is ridiculous

[DustyC]

Well the deisel LM car seemed plenty quick enough so I dont think a diesel supercar is ridiculous.

It sounded bloody good too.

[Thom]

A Lambo with a rev limiter operating at a whopping 4000 revs, now that would be fun ... NOT.

>> Edited by Thom on Friday 17th December 13:27

[DustyC]

Same engine, 500BHP
www.perkins.com/perkins/cda/articleDisplay/1,4094,7___32_____7_10022049,00.html

[DustyC]

Thom said:

A Lambo with a rev limiter operating at a whopping 4000 revs, now that would be fun ... NOT. >> Edited by Thom on Friday 17th December 13:27

600 BHP at 6000RPM on this diesel engine
www.algonet.se/~wip/lemans.htm