Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Porsche announced 900 potential customers for upcoming 918 Spyder hybridconcept car

Porsche the German luxury car manufacturer revealed two seater 918 Spyder hybrid at the Geneva auto show. Porsche announced that is has more than 900 potential customers for the upcoming 918 Spyder hybrid.
Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid concept car
The hybrid drivetrain on the 918 Spyder features a V8 engine system with 368 kW or 500 PS / 493 HP coupled to three electric motors totaling 160 kW or 218 PS / 215 HP. Doing the math on that gets you 528 kW or 718 PS / 708 HP. The 0 to 100 km/h sprint comes in at 3.2 seconds and top speed is 320 km/h or 198 mph.

The Porsche 918 Spyder car inspiring feature of the car are consumption and emissions numbers 918 Spyder hybrid, Porsche claims, will have a remarkable fuel economy rating of 3 liters/100 km or 78.4 mpg-US and a CO2 emission rate of only 70 g/km.

"I'm confident that we will soon reach the threshold of 1,000 potential customers. We need 1,000 seriously interested people to make a sound business case" said in a report by Wolfgang Duerheimer, head of development at Porsche.

Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid concept carPorsche 918 Spyder hybrid concept car

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