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AUDI AND BOSCH: PARTNERS IN LE MANS
13 December 2005 - Bosch
Diesel engineering for endurance classic
. Specifically tuned Bosch Common Rail system · Excellent power and torque · Bosch Diesel also at the Dakar Rally 2006 Bosch is a key partner of Audi in the development of the new diesel-
powered racing car R10 for Le Mans. The globally active supplier fits the
state-of-the-art Common Rail technology to the race engines. Diesel
engines are already offering high power and great fuel economy in
millions of mass produced vehicles. Audi is now taking advantage of this
performance for motor sports - it is expected to provide the decisive
edge in racing. Bosch supplies the complete Common Rail system for the R10. High
pressure pumps and piezo-inline injectors were specifically tuned to
racing conditions by the Bosch Motorsport service, which also designed
new control units for this purpose. ''We are looking forward to continue
our successful partnership with Audi in this project'', states Ulrich
Dohle, President of the Division Diesel Systems of Bosch. ''The Common
Rail injection technology from Bosch has turned diesel vehicles into
clean and economic sprinters. Now diesel-powered cars can also
demonstrate their performance potential on the race track with Audi and
Bosch.'' The excellent team work with Audi already paid off in the last
few years: Le Mans racing cars from Audi equipped with Bosch gasoline
direct injection systems were winners in the years 2005, 2004, 2002 and
2001, those of the corporate subsidiary Bentley in 2003. Diesel engines are powerful and offer excellent fuel economy. This is a
special advantage in endurance races like the 24 hours of Le Mans. The
first racing appearance of the new diesel-powered racing car is planned
for March of 2006 in the American Le Mans series in Sebring/USA. Audi won
the last six of these races. DIESEL ENDORSEMENT IN MOTOR SPORTS
Bosch is also active with diesel technology in one other racing event:
the Group supplies the injection technology for the TDI engine of the
Race Touareg 2 by Volkswagen, which will participate in the Dakar Rally
in 2006. Bosch has combined all its activities in motor sports in a separate unit
- Bosch Motorsport. It is part of Bosch Engineering GmbH, which
specializes in engineering services. These activities have a proud and
longstanding tradition: as early as in 1903, Bosch technology helped
motor race drivers to victory for the first time. The Bosch Group is a leading global manufacturer of automotive and
industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology. In fiscal
2004, some 242 000 associates generated sales of 40 billion euros. Set up
in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as ''Workshop for
Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering,'' the Bosch Group today
comprises a manufacturing, sales, and after-sales service network of some
260 subsidiaries and more than 10 000 service centers in over 130
countries. The special ownership structure of the Bosch Group guarantees its
financial independence and entrepreneurial freedom. It makes it possible
for the company to undertake significant up-front investments in the
safeguarding of its future, as well as to do justice to its social
responsibility in a manner reflective of the spirit and will of its
founder. 92 % of the shares of Robert Bosch GmbH are held by the
charitable foundation Robert Bosch Stiftung. The entrepreneurial
ownership functions are carried out by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG.
www.bosch-presse.de
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