However, the strong blocks continue to see use in petrol-powered race engines.

Peugeot became the first manufacturer to fit rubber tires ( solid, rather than pneumatic ) to a petrol-powered car that year.

In this scheme, the owners of all private petrol-powered motor vehicles under, with the exception of motorcycles, were required to refrain from using their car on one day of the week, that day being designated by the owner.

The Ambassador Nova was launched in 1989 in two variants – a 55 bhp petrol-powered Deluxe version and a 37 bhp diesel-powered Diesel DX version.

Like its predecessor, the Tigra TwinTop was available with two petrol-powered engines.

John Froelich ( November 24, 1849 – May 24, 1933 ) was an American inventor who lived in Froelich, Iowa and, in 1892, developed the first stable gasoline / petrol-powered tractor with forward and reverse gears.

Nicknamed the " Puffing Billy ", Booth's first petrol-powered, horse-drawn vacuum cleaner relied upon air drawn by a piston pump through a cloth filter.

* Lambretta, a petrol-powered scooter made by Innocenti

CNG autos were distinguishable from the erstwhile petrol-powered autos by having a green and yellow livery as opposed to the earlier black and yellow.

From 1886 to 1927 the trams were powered by electricity from a third rail, and from then until 1969 the trams were petrol-powered.

Due to engine knocking ( detonation ), the compression ratio in a gasoline or petrol-powered engine will usually not be much higher than 10: 1, although some production automotive engines built for high-performance from 1955 – 1972 had compression ratios as high as 13. 0: 1, which could run safely on the high-octane leaded gasoline then available.

In 1892, John Froelich invented and built the first gasoline / petrol-powered tractor in Clayton County, Iowa, USA.

GM do Brasil specializes on SOHC, petrol-powered and FlexPower ( powered with ethanol and / or petrol, mixed in any percentage ) engines.

The surfaces are typically composed of thick, strong PVC or vinyl and nylon, and the castle is inflated using an electric or petrol-powered blower.

Land Rover also fitted the same engine to a special batch of Defenders built for the Italian Carabinieri, which operated an exclusively petrol-powered vehicle fleet.

Most readily available consumer units, commonly found online or at hardware stores, are electric-or petrol-powered.

* Audi R8 Le Mans Concept

In the 2012 film, The Avengers, Iron Man ( played by Robert Downey, Jr .) drove an exotic sportscar by Acura, made specifically for the film, rather than the Audi R8 he previously drove.

* Hardtops typically have a higher weight and center of gravity which reduces handling dynamics, so the Audi R8 Spyder, Porsche Boxster and 911 Cabriolet have retained soft-tops.

File: Audi R8 Spyder -- 2010 DC. jpg | Audi R8 Spyderwindows carefully hidden

** Tom Kristensen / Rinaldo Capello / Seiji Ara driving an Audi R8 with Audi Sport Japan Team Goh win the LMP1 class and overall victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

* 24 hours of Le Mans – Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen and Emanuele Pirro driving an Audi R8

* 24 hours of Le Mans won by the team of Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen, and Emanuele Pirro driving an Audi R8.

* Audi R8 TDI

It was also speculated that VW-Audi chairman Ferdinand Piëch wanted Audi's new Le Mans Prototype, the Audi R8 not to face competition from Porsche in 2004.

Other notable examples of tube-frame cars include the, Audi R8, Ferrari 360, Lamborghini Gallardo, and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

* Audi R8, a road car influenced by the RSQ's design and the production version of the Le Mans Quattro.

In the U. S. the M6 had one of the largest residual value drops at 19 %, as it had little if any changes since its 2006 introduction, its $ 102, 350 base price which put it in Porsche territory, and as it has lost attention to flashier models like the Audi R8 .|| 2, 418

It includes a V8 engine rated at with 6-speed transmission ( from previous A4 DTM car ), pneumatically operated using paddle shifters in the steering wheel, engine electronics ( Bosch MS 5. 1 ) and the central display from Audi R8 LMS, larger and wider tires from Hankook, 120-litre safety fuel tank inside carbon fiber cell, and a larger rear wing.

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.

As with its LMP2 program, the 2007 calendar year saw Lola introduce further upgrades with the debut of the B07 / 10, which saw action in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Charouz Racing and the Swiss Spirit team ( using the same engine as the Audi R8 ).

* Audi R8 Grand-Am

The Audi R8 and the Ferrari 458 Italia debuted in the 50th anniversary of the race in 2012.

** The overall and LMP1 class victores were won by JJ Lehto, Marco Werner, and Tom Kristensen in the # 3 Champion Racing Audi R8.

In recent years, six overall victories have been achieved by the Audi R8, one less than record seven wins of the Porsche 935.

Audi R8 winner 2000-2005

Important note: This 4WD system was used only on Volkswagen branded vehicles, and was never used on any Audi cars except Audi R8 model.

However Prost has also stated that he has no intention of racing at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race held annually near Le Mans, France due to concerns about the skill and experience of other drivers along the nature of the multiple class racing that occurs at Le Mans, a factor that was supported by Scotsman and two time LeMans winner Allan McNish's horror crash in the Audi R18 in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Both Audi and Peugeot compete in the endurance races of the Le Mans Series with race cars having diesel engines.

One example is the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( winner of race, the first ever hybrid / 4WD to win Le Mans ), utilizing an electric motor in the front axle while combining the engine motor in the rear.

This version of the Audi A2 won the " Nordic Eco Run " fuel economy race in 2003, with a consumption of.

Codenamed R17, the Audi A5 DTM is a race car designed for the DTM beginning in year 2012, replacing the Audi A4 DTM.

The Audi A4 was the first model in the Volkswagen Group to feature the new 1. 8 litre 20v engine with five valves per cylinder, based on the unit Audi Sport had developed for their Supertouring race car.

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

In 2009, the Win and You're In races are: the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes, a group one race at Curragh Racecourse, the Beverly D. Stakes, a grade one race at Arlington Park, the John C. Mabee Handicap, a grade one race at Del Mar, the First Lady Stakes, a grade one race at Keeneland and the Yellow Ribbon Stakes a grade one race at Santa Anita Park.

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

The lap record was set in the race for that meeting with Capello's Audi Sport North America team mate Marco Werner lapping in a time of 1: 05. 823.

The factory never intended to race the F40, but the car saw competition as early as 1989 when it debuted in the Laguna Seca round of the IMSA, appearing in the GTO category, with a LM evolution model driven by Jean Alesi, finishing third to the two faster spaceframed four wheel drive Audi 90 and beating a host of other factory backed spaceframe specials that dominated the races.

At the 2011 Le Man McNish destroyed the car in a spectacular crash early in the race and ended the race for Audi # 3.

The Audi R8 is a sports-prototype race car introduced in 2000 for sports car racing as a redevelopment of their Audi R8R ( open top LMP ) and Audi R8C ( closed top LMGTP ) used in 1999.