Posts Tagged ‘hybrid’
Posted on June 12th, 2010 by by Xander
Ferrari’s boss Luca di Montezemolo talked about Ferrari past, present and future at a conference in London and confirmed that there will be a “open 599″ that will be shown at the Pebble Beach Concours this August.He also added” “The roadster will have a very romantic name,” probably like the 575 Superamerica. The convertible [...]
Posted on May 31st, 2010 by by Xander
The new model from Vauxhall,the Ampera is almost here. In this picture we see the new higher powered version of the company’s innovative new hybrid.
This also means that it will get a more powerful battery and a larger petrol engine that we will see on the top spec version along with a sports makeover [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2010 by by Xander
Lexus are putting you in the middle of their add campaign for their new hybrid hatchback. Their new innovative Dark Ride video campaign allows you to get in the middle of Hollywood style, action packed movie by using state of the art technology.
You can chose to log in with your face book account and your [...]
Posted on March 6th, 2010 by by Xander
All that fuss from Geneva may be setteling down, but Citroen are not finished yet. After the mindblowing Survolt Concept , Citroen has come up with yet another ultimate concept car. The french manufacter has just teamed up with men’s magazine GQ in the quest to create the ultimate gentelman’s car.
Citroen’s designers and GQ’s editor [...]
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by by Xander
Even Ferrari is going green with this green coloured, eco friendly, F1 inspired 599 GTB hybrid. It is nicknamed HY-KERS and it boast a lot of green gadgets and technologies transferred from the Formula 1 cars.
The car is driven by a 6 litre, 620 bhp V12 petrol engine combined with a 100 bhp electric motor [...]
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by by Xander
The Carrera GT is about to get replaced, Porsche has just unveiled at Geneva the 918 Spyder. The hybrid supercar is capable of a top speed of 200mph while still being able to average almost 100mpg.
The 918 uses a mid-mounted 3.4 litre, 493 bhp V8 which is capable of rev-ing to 9200 rpm. In addition [...]
Posted on March 1st, 2010 by by Xander
BMW just announced another hybrid. After the 7 Series and X6 Hybrids, it’s time for the 5 series to shine, this time at the Geneva Motor Show.
The ActiveHybrid 5 Series Concept is equipped with the newest version of BMW’s modular hybrid powertrain, which consists of the same engine that powers the 535i: a 3.0 litre,300 [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2010 by by Xander
Even Lotus is going green! This teaser shot is their new hybrid concept called the Evora 414E. The uses the standard Evora chassis but the petrol engine has been replaced by a hybrid powertrain that consists of a 2 plug-in electric engines and a 1.2 litre extender engine.
Each of the 2 electric engines powers one [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2010 by by Xander
The new Vauxhall Ampera is on the road to Geneva, literaly. The concept that was unveiled at last year’s Geneva Motor Show will be leaving from the company’s headquarters in Russelheim, Germany and will drive to Geneva to take it’s place on the Vauxhall stand.
The Ampera is powered by a hybrid powertrain which consists of [...]
Posted on February 20th, 2010 by by Xander
Nissan’s luxury branch are going for another assault on the European market with an all new diesel – electric hybrid engine for next year’s models.
The 3.0litre 235bhp V6 was co-developed by Renault and Nissan and gives out 550Nm of torque and returns 34mpg without sacrificing the performance. The engine will be available on the FX,EX [...]