Seen a couple of Touareg's on the continent, with R5 TDI badging.
Heard of a V5, but what on earth is an R5?! Do VW do a 5-cylinder diesel?
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Half a V-10 ?
I thought the older VR5 was a 'nearly-inline' engine - i.e. a narrow angle (single block) V5, whereas I think this R5 is a straight / in-line 5 cylinder engine.
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It is indeed a 2.5l 5 cylinder diesel. It's probably a straight 5 cylinder and not a V5 because they refer to the 3.0 diesel as a V6 so the R5 almost certainly is a straight 5.
Not sure if it's badged R5 in the UK but it is one of the engines available.
Edited by rtj70 on 09/11/2007 at 16:04
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Configuration 2460 cc water cooled in line five-cylinder
Cylinders Bore × stroke 81 x 95.5 (0,85 ratio), 492 cc/cylinder
Head single overhead cam, two valves per cylinder, 18.0:1 Compression ratio
Fuel system Unit injector pump direct injection diesel
Aspiration variable turbine geometry turbocharger with intercooler
Output
128 kW (174 hp) @ 3500 rpm, 400 N·m @ 2000 rpm
96 kW (131 hp) also in the Multivan
Tuned
158 kW (215 hp), 468 N·m
Available on VW Touareg,
www.madabout-kitcars.com/kitcar/kb.php?aid=240
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Don't know about an R5 TDI, but parked round the corner from my place last week was a shiny black Touareg with German plates and W12 badging. Presumably this is the Phaeton engine? Don't think it's available here so haven't bothered dreaming about it (lhd only)
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Presumably the R stands for Reihenmotor, i.e., in line engine, rather than V configuration.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reihenmotor
The R5 is available in Australia and has 174hp and is a 2.5 litre, 5-cylinder engine - I'm not sure if the 2.5 diesel we had here was a 5-cylinder but I suspect it was.
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Most VW vans are 2.5 5-cyl diesels in various states of tune.
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R5 or Reihenmotor 5 is typical German efficiency and accuracy then: "Says what it means on the tin"
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I had a look through Audi driver mag today whilst in WHSmith and this engine was mentioned. It is one half of the V10 diesel. VAG are also to introduce a petrol 5 cylinder which is half the V10 engine from RS 6 and Lamborghini and soon to be in the R8.
The writer of the article had been to Germany to meet Audi designers and suggested a V10 turbo could see 550bhp , all the guy did was point to the sky as if to suggest "been there, done that and gone further"!
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There may be a V5 diesel in VW somewhere but the R5 is an inline 5-cylinder engine.
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