Diesel Wins at American LeMans
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1981 300SD TurboDiesel, 1982 300D TurboDiesel
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Check out article here.
http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=1872
http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=1872
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Technological marvel!!! It was almost unfair to the rest of the P1's. As the commentator stated, it will defintely change racing history. I'm sure Peugot is no too far behind.
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2005 E320 CDI, 1999 ML430
That was fun to watch. I Tivo’d all of the race coverage on Speed hoping to hear what the engine sounded like. It was surprised how quiet it was (so was everyone else). I heard the drivers had a difficult time adjusting to the lack of engine noise. It made it impossible for them to hear the shift points and they had to rely solely on the steering wheel shift lights. Not to mention that it didn’t have any traction control to help keep all of that torque from spinning the car out of the corners like a top. Good fun. What a car!