Hybrid cars are going to become more prevalent in the coming years, and thats why this Porsche 918 Spyder Concept is just amazing.
Specs:
500 horsepower
mid-mounted hybrid V8
Carrera GT fused with a 914 and Jaguar XJ 220
Performance does not suffer at all from that ridiculous gas mileage: 0-60 in 3.2 secs. with a top speed of 198 mph and maybe the most important of all, a Ring lap time of under 7:30. Of course you have to take all this with a grain of salt considering this is all just estimated.
Its been reported that Porsche plans on sending a Porsche 911 racing car to both Geneva and the Nurburgring 24 hour race.
The key here is that in the press release from Porsche they stated that “the focus is not on… winning the race.”. Then what is the real point here?
The Porsche 911 GT3 R is a racing car which is supposed to aim at winning every race they enter. However, its like this is just a publicity stunt from Porsche that seems to be a little misguided.
Like all 911s, the hybrid GT3 R sports a horizontally opposed six-cylinder mounted behind, and driving, the rear wheels. Unlike all 911s, however, it has electrically powered front wheels. Two electric motors live underneath the hybrid GT3’s nose; they are paired with a 40,000-rpm “electric flywheel power generator” mounted inside the cockpit. Surprisingly, there is no large battery pack. The hybrid system can be used, at the driver’s discretion, to provide extra power or fuel efficiency on demand.
Love it or hate it, the 911 GTR 3 Hybrid with two electric engines complementing a high-powered flat-six will be wooing visitors to the Geneva Auto Show in March. Below, a new promo video for the hybrid supercar.
Its been announced that Porsche is trying to cancel their Manga production contract for the Boxster and Cayman. The new Porsche contract was written up in 2008 and the cancelation seems to have occured because Porsche is being added to the Volkswagen portfolio. Volkswagen has purchased the remains of Karmann, the Boxster and Cayman are now expected be built at the coachbuilder’s factory in Osnabrueck, Germany.
Magna claims it has already invested a significant amount of money on development to prepare for production. As a result Magna is seeking €400 million in compensation from Porsche. There’s no word from Stuttgart on its plans to repay Magna, but with VW’s legal arm exercised and ready to go, the battle is sure to be drawn out over the coming months and years.
