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Audi R10 TDI will drive through New York
City
• Audi Forum New York City is
officially opened
• Marco Werner in revolutionary diesel sportscar
• Emanuele Pirro drives Auto Union Type D
It remains unbeaten on the race
track, and now it conquers the streets of Manhattan: Le Mans
winner Marco Werner takes time out this coming Wednesday (11
October) between two American Le Mans Series races to drive the
Audi R10 TDI along Park Avenue in the American metropolis New
York. The revolutionary diesel race car is accompanied by a
police escort, the new Audi R8 sportscar, which celebrates its
US debut in New York, and a 1939 Auto Union Type D driven by
Audi driver Emanuele Pirro.
The reason for this extraordinary
Audi parade through Manhattan is the grand opening of the new
Audi Forum New York City at the corner of Park Avenue and 47th
Street by the Lord Mayor of New York City, Michael R. Bloomberg.
Photo: Audi
The Audi R10 TDI was in action
over the final weekend in September during the “Petit Le Mans”
at Road Atlanta (Georgia). Immediately after cruising through
Manhattan on Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, the powerful 650
hp diesel race car begins a 3,000 mile journey right across the
USA to California, where it will compete in the American Le Mans
Series finale on 21 October. Audi has won every individual title
with the R10 TDI before the last race in the most important
sportscar championship.
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