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GMPX
June 16th, 2009, 09:58 AM
You might have seen this over the last couple of days -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans

It was won by a Peugeot 5.5 litre twin-turbocharged diesel V12, with particulate filters!! 700 horsepower (520 kW) and 1,200 Nm (890 ft-lb) of torque.

A Corvette also won it's class, well done to them.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/PeugeotV12HDiFAP_3.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PeugeotV12HDiFAP_3.JPG