Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid revealed ahead of Geneva Motor Show

Celebrating 110 years after Ferdinand Porsche developed the world’s first car with hybrid drive, Porsche revealed today the 911 GT3 R, a new sports car with innovative hybrid drive that promises to open a new chapter in the history of the automaker.

The innovative hybrid technology installed in the new Porsche 911 GT3 R has been developed especially for racing (unofficially will come also on Porsche’s street cars) and features an electrical front axle drive with two electric motors developing 60 kW each supplementing the 480-bhp four-litre flat-six engine.
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HSCenterconsole - 2/11/2010 2:39:48 PM

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Wow, this is a hybrid I would actually want to drive.

Need4Speed - 2/11/2010 2:57:42 PM

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Well if it doesn't work...how will it be beneficial for advertising?....also, I'm quite sure the reason why they put it in the car in the first place is to vette out any performance issue and improve the technology.

I might add again, the fact that they put it in a car set to run in a 24 hour endurance race says that they are pretty confident that it should work...which should your skepticism to rest.

Joe_Limon - 2/11/2010 3:06:53 PM

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there is a large disparity between breaking and how well it will work. It could rob power and technically still make it through the endurance race.

Need4Speed - 2/12/2010 9:34:36 AM

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Joe-

No matter how good the design...everything has the potential to break...that doesn't mean the science or physics behind it wasn't any good. In the case of Porsche using this type of regenerative technology I'm quite sure the science is sound and the design thoroughly thought out. Porsche won't know how well this technology performs to its expectations if it doesn't push it to its limits. If it breaks then it breaks...if it robs power or causes any other issues...improve the design....as an Engineer you shouldn't be so easily defeated. I might add that I received a Degree in Electrical Engineering so I know how tenacious Engineers can be. No defeat too big...no success too small. I've seen it...I've been there.