2014 Audi R18 e-tron: Audi’s Infamous Diesel-Hybrid Tested! – Ignition Ep. 125
On this episode of Ignition presented by Tire Rack, resident racer Randy Pobst tests the overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans: the infamous Audi R18 e-tron! Valued at $30 million and packing a monstrous diesel-hybrid powertrain, the e-tron is the ultimate embodiment of Audi’s racing experience and know how. Will Randy be able to tame the world’s most advanced prototype racecar? Stay tuned and find out!
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On this episode of Ignition presented by Tire Rack, resident racer Randy Pobst tests the overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans: the infamous Audi R18 e-tron! Valued at $30 million and packing a monstrous diesel-hybrid powertrain, the e-tron is the ultimate embodiment of Audi’s racing experience and know how. Will Randy be able to tame the world’s most advanced prototype racecar? Stay tuned and find out!
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Waiting for the first Redneck to tell us a Corvette is faster 🙂
These German crap cars have nothing on Ford Pintos, NOTHING
Who in the world dislikes this video?
/Drive and Drive+ better watch out… Bcuz Motor trend is here. And their
content in my opinion is better 😀
Finally motor trend has went with the 24fours e-tron
Instead of testing normal road supercars
Thumbs up for motor trend team and Carlos Lagos!!!
Not forgetting Randy Pobst
My cousin Ignatius love the R8 LMs Ultra….. No Doubt
Oh that fresh from the fight look!
I was expecting more racing footage, like Randy actually driving the R8 and
R18 for extended periods of time. Maybe some cinematic shots while he was
driving. This seemed like more of a focus on the documentation of the
experience (which was great as well)
Waiting for Evo’s review by Dickie Meaden…Randy just can’t deliver
emotions that do this car justice
My honda is faster
Interesting that it uses a rear-view camera instead of a mirror.
Poor randy have to drive a r8 before the e tron
Randy drives the R18 e-tron!
Is it true, that this car only does 4600 RPM??
The c7 zr1 corvette will destroy this shitty european prius when it is
released
-Dumb redneck who knows nothing about anything
You didnt tell us how the R18 drives. You only talked about the GT car and
then just said that the R18 does some things good, some in a frustrating
way. So….
Randy Pobst is the Hugh Hefner of cars… I still don’t understand why they
decided to use a diesel engine
As a Real Car Guy I don’t like this car as it’s not a Pure Driving Car. It
should have a manual transmission, a cart-sprung, solid rear axle, and a
big block, pushrod V8. I can’t believe Audi have got it so wrong, they must
be a bunch of really stupid faggots. They’re never going to win anything
with this car, it’s just too gay !!!!
Yep the Audi R18 E tron is great.But I thought the 3.7 V6 TDI got 510hp and
625lb/ft of torque?? The inlet is around 45.8mm which cost maybe 5% power
off. The turbo boost must set at 2 bar. It’s actually a RWD, the front
wheel will power up at 120+km/h and the fly wheels gain 500kj of energy and
spin at 45,000 rpm. The E motor will generate up to 200+hp in my memory. It
uses a system called MGC and it’ll recharge whenever the driver brakes. For
me, I think the 610hp TFSI V8 is better. 100 bar injection force and 8%
better in terms of fuel economy which gain 1 more lap per tank. Audi build
good race cars but can’t build good track cars 🙁 Actually, I think Audi’s
motors are far better than both Gallardo and Huracan V10. R8 should quit
using those V10s and start using there own TFSI.
Hello everyone! Here’s Ignition’s Episode 125! Watch Randy Pobst race the
$30,000,000 Audi R18 e-tron! It’s the 2014 Le Mans 24 hours winner!!! #Cars
#Racecars #Lemans #Prototype #Audi #Fast #Furious #Hybrid
This shit has nothing on GTR…
where is the 0-60, the figure 8 and all that stuff?
This is not a car for car guys, it’s a car for racers.
When you make a video about a car this technologically advanced it would
good to include include numbers on 0- 60, lateral g, top speed, drag
coefficient, etc.
I could watch Randy do his own show man, he’s so chill haha and you can see
he knows what he’s talking about when he’s driven the cars and it’s purely
from a track perspective. Which is great! It annoys me having all these
guys going on a track to drive a street car goin ooooh this cars 0.2
seconds quicker on the track and it goes sideways boss. Yea but 99.8% of
the people buying them will never see a track so er what’s it actually like
as car to drive on the road. Randy’s assestments on track are great because
it’s all about how it feels and the cars actual dynamics no BS based on
brand preference etc. Not sure where that rant came from lol
worth $30M but you still have to look through the windshield wiper…
Too bad FIA electronic equipments messed up one of Toyota’s LMP1 Toyota
TS040 Hybrid at 2014 Le Mans. Would have been a more interesting race
between Porsche, Audi, and Toyota.
Is it just me, or did the sound of the r18 in the first few minutes of
clips, not sound like an r18 at all?
if he audi is that good, than why isn’t in formula one ?
Wondered if it had air conditioning. Almost have to… 🙂 Great video.
C’mon, the Hellcat would smoke this diesel. 😉
btw Randy Pobst is Da Man!
The new ford gt will give this car a run for its money;)
Randy’s the man! But I want to see some Delta Wing!
From all the clips he did not seem to hit WOT. :(
“Tightened power train regulations”. Uh, the regulations were opened up for
2014, used to be limited by engine size, cylinder number and air intake,.
The only real regulation governing engine performance now is fuel flow.
when this was racing at le mans how many mpg was it getting around?
So this car is going to the museum after this, does it give a hint that
Audi is pulling out of lemans? Or because this is a 2014 car?
starting to really like the motortrend channel
Its a great car,and a LeMans winner,but anyone who would expect to see this
car bring $30M is a fool! LOL! If u look at current winning race car
results from Audi,etc,it would bring $3M-$5M.
How do you remove those racing wheels?
Could you guys pls test the Golf R?
excuse my amateur question, but why is this worth 30 million?!
The Cars Good and Everyone has a type he likes but damn being a BMW lover
the R8V10 is beautiful, so wicked, wont even comment on the etron
Sick. Wow. Car is amazing, the hosts were great, but most of all the
videographers and the editors AMAZING, great vid guys.
I find it laughable that Americans even think they can build race cars let
alone any car on level with Germans Japanese and other European
manufacturers.
Diesel are faster than you can realize. Lots of torque, Gale Banks can give
you knowledge on it along with Audi, Mercedes Benz. Alongside with Hybrid
technology that is probably the future of racing.
$30 million…I’d be scared to leave a fingerprint on it. Thanks for
giving us a taste of the experience, Randy!
That low revving torquey sound is deceiving! I prefer that over high
revving engines any day
Hold on… they tested the R18 in Misano??? D:
Nice ad for Audi.