110 years after Ferdinand Porsche himself set up a first hybrid car in the world, Lohner Porsche Semper Vivus, the German company has developed a hybrid model again, in which it will take part in the race the 24 Hours Nurburgring in May. Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid will make its debut to a wide audience of the exhibition in Geneva in March, he was part of the “Porsche Intelligent Performance”, aiming to become racing cars of the Germans even more effective. The car is equipped with 4.0-liter six-cylinder engine with a power 480k.s. and two electric motors, each generating at 81.5 h.p. further. Necessary for their energy is not supplied by the batteries of a flywheel that rotates with 40 000 rev/min and collects kinetic energy from the brakes. From Porsche indicate that this energy can be used both to assist the internal combustion engine, supplying additional 163 ., which is extremely useful in overtaking and reduce fuel consumption.
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By Audi confirmed that the new concept of e-Tron, out now in Detroit, will have a serial version, which will most likely be called R4, in addition, the vehicle will be used as a basis for future models of the VW Group. Also showed that “electrical” Audi plans are not limited to sports cars of the brand. E-Tron designation will be used for conceptual development, and based on other models, among which will surely have A1 and A8. R4 production is expected to be available in 2012. and yet again have electric modification. Besides, the model will also be offered with turbo-agents with working volumes of 2.0 and 2.5 liters. The e-Tron Detroit is greater dimensions than those of TT and less than a R8, but it implies that the price of the serial version will be lower than that of TT, while speculating about EUR 30 000. Also showed that the production model will have metal panels on the body, rather than carbon, such as in the concept.
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Although models of Ferrari in no case can be called ecological or economical, the Italian manufacturer of sports cars will also endeavor to protect the environment. At the beginning of the year by Ferrari announced that foto-voltanic system installed at the factory in Maranello, which is emitted from the factory reduce CO2 emissions by 25 – 30% for 2009. But last week’s edition Quattroruote disseminate information that the company prepare and hybrid model. According to the Italian magazine, the vehicle will be based on the 599 GTB Fiorano and will debut at the exhibition in Geneva in March. It was clear that the hybrid model will be equipped with the familiar to us by car in a Formula1 system kinetic energy recovery (KERS). The system will consist of an electric motor and lithium-ion batteries located at the rear of the car, as preliminary data on fuel consumption it will be reduced by about 35%. Hybrid will be equipped with a system for regenerating energy from the brakes.
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Since Lexus has finally revealed details of its first hatchback, which concept will debut at next week’s tentative exhibition in Frankfurt, in parallel, spread and high resolution photos of the car. Dimensions of the LF-Ch are 4,300 mm length, 1,790 mm width and 1,400 mm height and the distance between the two axes is 2,600 mm. The dimensions of the concept are very similar to those of Audi A3 (4,292 mm Length, 1,765 mm Width, 1,423 mm height and 2,578 mm Wheelbase). Lexus LF-Ch has been the so-called L-finesse design, as well as other new models the company characterized by the most elegant and refined look. The interior of the concept in high-tech style, its equipment includes integrated innovation system Remote Touch, which gives the driver access to all functions of the car and made dozens of extra buttons.
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BMW will use the vehicle exhibition in Frankfurt in September, to provide the serial versions of the X6 ActiveHybrid 7-Series ActiveHybrid, which, according to BMW are between 10 and 15 percent more economical and environmental equivalent of the petrol models. Both cars use a hybrid system, including 4.4-liter petrol engine with a power 407 h.p. and maximum torque 600Nm. and electric motor generating 20 h.p. power and reaching 210Nm. torque. From BMW has prepared for the Frankfurt concept of eco-sports car that bears the name EfficientDynamics Vision is constructed mainly of lightweight materials such as aluminum and Carbonia, and a propulsion system is a hybrid. From BMW also announced that this year marks the first time three of the group (BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce) will share a common roof of the exhibition.
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