The Cayenne, introduced in 2002, shares its entire chassis with Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7, which is built at the Volkswagen Group factory in Bratislava.

* Audi Q7

* Nissan Armada * Toyota Sequoia * Audi Q7 * Ford Expedition * Lincoln Navigator * Lincoln Navigator L * Mercedes-Benz GL * Toyota Landcruiser * Lexus LX * Chevrolet Suburban * GMC Yukon XL * Cadillac Escalade * Cadillac Escalade ESV * Infiniti QX56 Buick Enclave

Its platform was developed by Porsche and is shared with the Volkswagen Touareg and the Audi Q7.

* 2008 Audi Q7 3. 0 TDi

The result of the joint project is that the Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7 share the Touareg's Volkswagen Group PL71 platform, although there are styling, equipment, and technical differences between those vehicles.

The manufacturing plant shares production with Touareg-cousins, the Porsche Cayenne, and the Audi Q7.

* Audi Q7

In a January 2011 comparison test by Car and Driver, the Land Rover LR4 came in fourth place out of five cars behind the Audi Q7, BMW X5, and Acura MDX.

* Audi Q7 6. 0 V12 diesel 4750 rpm

The Audi Q7 is a full-size luxury crossover SUV unveiled in September 2005 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Previewed by the Audi Pikes Peak quattro concept car, the Q7 is designed more for on-road use, and was not meant for serious off-road use where a transfer case is needed.

* Q7 offers a feature marketed as AMI, or Audi Music Interface, to allow user manipulation of an iPod or similar MP3-style player, which can play through the main sound system.

* Q7 was the first Audi model to offer Side Assist, a type of blind-spot detection and warning system.

The Torsen T-3 will be employed as the centre differential in all future non-Haldex Traction Audi models with quattro four-wheel drive, current applications: 2008 Audi S4 ( B7 ), Audi RS4 ( B7 ), and Audi Q7.

** Audi Q7

* Audi Q7

For Audi in their Audi S8 5. 2 FSI quattro, the V10 was a compromise between a V12 which would be too long and suffer more internal friction due to extra cylinders and values, and a V8 which would be more compact but have larger heavier pistons and produce lower revs.

Two class leading vehicles ran low CO2 or green engines during the 2008 season-the GT1 Chevrolet Corvette C6. R with an E85 cellulosic ethanol powered 7. 0 litre V8 and the LMP1 Audi R10 TDI with a 5. 5 litre turbodiesel V12.

While Lola has had limited success in the top class of the sport versus factory cars like the BMW V12 LMR and Audi R8, Lola has enjoyed periods of dominance in the second class ( formerly LMP675, now LMP2 ), including championship class victories in the American Le Mans Series, although this has been threatened in the ALMS LMP2 by works-supported entries from Acura and Porsche.

The advantage of the W12 engine is its compact packaging, allowing Audi to build a 12-cylinder sedan with all-wheel drive, whereas a conventional V12 engine could only have a rear-wheel drive configuration as it would have no space in the engine bay for a differential and other components required to power the front wheels.

After a race which saw the spectacular flights of the Mercedes-Benz CLR as well as leading cars of Toyota and BMW crashing out, the Audi R8R took 3rd and 4th behind the surviving # 15 BMW V12 LMR and the Japanese-driven Toyota.

Still the BMW V12 LMR could not match the Audi R8's might in the championship and lost almost every race against it.

* Volkswagen Group: The 6. 0 V12 TDI, 4. 2 TDI ( V8 ), 2. 7 and 3. 0 TDI ( V6 ), 1. 6, 2. 0 TDI ( L4 ) and 1. 2 TDI ( L3 ) engines featured on current Seat, Skoda, VW and Audi models use common rail, as opposed to the earlier unit injector engines.

For the E65 7-Series generation, the Alpina B7 was widely credited with being able to hold its own against top performing offerings from Mercedes ( including AMG ) such as the S600 and S63 AMG, Audi ( particularly quattro's Audi S8 ), the Bentley Flying Spur, and Jaguar XJ Supercharged, while BMW's own top-of-the-line V12 760Li was considered uncompetitive.

Mercedes ' major competitors, Audi R8R, BMW V12 LMR, Cadillac, Nissan R390 GT1 and Toyota GT-One, each entered two, three, or even four cars, making the 1999 Le Mans one of the toughest ever, particularly when additional competing smaller private teams like Panoz were considered.

* 2006: Audi R10 TDI won 12 hours running in Sebring and defeated all other engine concepts.

The Audi commercial depicts a man enjoying his Audi TDI, which is apparently painlessly compliant with environmental regulations.

The Audi R15 LMP1 Uses a TDI V10 Diesel Engine which made its debut in 2009 12 Hours of Sebring

File: Audi A8 III 4. 2 TDI quattro front 20100416. jpg | Presidential car

* 2010 Audi A3 2. 0 TDI ( North American debut )

* Audi R8 TDI

At the same time the 2. 0 TDI engine from the Audi range incorporating common rail injection technology superseded the existing 2. 0 TDI units.

A such-engined Audi 100 was the very first model to wear the now ubiquitous and hugely successful TDI label that changed the perception of diesel engines all over the world.

In 1999, Audi expanded the range with the introduction of more powerful versions: a 1. 8 Turbo rated, and a 1. 9 TDI diesel engine with Unit Injector " Pumpe Düse " ( PD ) technology and variable geometry turbocharger.

Audi A5 3. 0 TDI won Michelin Challenge Bibendum under the Prototypes category.

The all-new Audi R10 TDI won the 2006 edition of the race, the car's first ever run in competition.

2007 saw Audi again winning in the R10 TDI despite requiring more frequent refueling due to changes in American Le Mans series rules intended to even the field between gasoline and diesel powered engines.

An Audi R10 TDI | Audi R10 Turbocharged Direct Injection | TDI LMP race car, fueled on Shell V-Power Diesel

The fastest ever recorded lap was taken by Rinaldo Capello, in an Audi R10 TDI, in qualifying for the 2008 Grand Prix of Mosport, with a time of 1: 04. 094.

The white # 22 Martini-entered 917K ( chassis number 053 ) of Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep, equipped with a magnesium frame, set an overall distance record that stood until the 2010 win by the Audi R15 TDI of Romain Dumas, Mike Rockenfeller and Timo Bernhard when they set a distance record of at an average speed of 220. 2 km / h ( 137. 6 mph ).

McNish driving an Audi R10 TDI at the 2008 1000km of Silverstone

In 2006, he continued racing with the Audi factory team and was part of the driving line up which won the 12 Hours of Sebring in the new Audi R10 TDI diesel, setting pole position and breaking the lap record.