Last year in the Nürburgring 24 Hour race, Porsche's 911 GT3 R Hybrid held the lead for more than eight hours before problems unrelated to the hybrid system saw it relegated through the field. The organizer of the event thought the performance potential of the vehicle was so auspicious that for this year it crippled the rear-mounted petrol engine's performance to just 448 bhp.
So Porsche built a completely new vehicle to the same design around the new regulations, lowered the weight, upped the electrical drive to the front wheels to 200 bhp and set out to run the same lap times. Not only did it achieve the same lap times, it delivered even better fuel consumption, and four hours after the start of this year's race, it hit the lead once more ...
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The Audi Quattro Concept was first showed in the 2010 Paris Motor Show, also it really sparked the eye of numerous visitors. With favorable reaction in the public, word has it that Audi is seriously thinking about turning the idea model into reality to celebrate its original Quattro’s 30th anniversary.
Based on a report from the Inside Line, Audi will make a decision whether allow it the production of the Audi Quattro by this September in the course of the Frankfurt Motor Show.
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At its annual U.S. national dealer meeting held in Las Vegas at the end of June, Toyota confirmed the launch dates for its Prius family are still on track despite complications arising following the disasters that hit Japan on March 11, saying production is expected to return to normal levels in Japan after July.
The company also raised a few eyebrows with the announcement that the all-electric Scion iQ EV microcar that was on show in Geneva earlier this year is set to arrive in the U.S. sometime in 2012.
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