Porsche Approves Further Development of 911 GT3 R Hybrid Racer

So far, Porsche has manufactured two hybrid versions of its 911 GT3 R racer. The first one was revealed at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and it featured two electric motors powered not by a battery pack, as in most hybrids, but by an electric flywheel generator located in the passenger’s seat.

In typical Porsche fashion, the “Version 2.0” of the GT3 R Hybrid was a careful evolution of the previous model, with more power and better fuel consumption while also featuring subtle changes to the cockpit to ensure less driver fatigue in endurance racers.

Last Saturday, during the “Night of Champions” celebrations held by Porsche, Wolfgang Hatz, board member for Research and Development, confirmed that the company has approved the further development of the hybrid racer in 2012.

“There is no way around the hybrid technology in motorsport”, said Hatz. “With the 911 GT3 R Hybrid project we have shown you how we can test important future technologies on the race track and pave the way for motorsport success in the future. We will continue to determinedly blaze this trail and further develop the hybrid technology.”

This ties in perfectly with Porsche’s CEO Matthias Muller statement after the launch of the brand-new 911 at the IAA that a hybrid version of the production model “is under discussion”.

Furthermore, Porsche itself describes the 911 GT3 R Hybrid as a “rolling race laboratory” which will help it gain experience under the harsh conditions of races such as the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and thus improve its hybrid technology.

In the same event, Porsche unveiled the 911 GT3 RSR for the 2012 season. The updated GT racer, which is now 5 cm wider at the rear and with almost an extra 15 cm on the front fenders, will enter the FIA World Endurance Championship, the American Le Mans Series, the Le Mans Series, the International GT Open and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Porsche 918 RSR Coupe Concept at Detroit Show

Porsche's gain to the Detroit Show after a four year-absence is noticeable with the arrival of a new sporting strategy using the businesses 918 Spyder from last seasons Geneva Beauty salon. The 918 RSR is a two-seat mid-engined car, and according to Mercedes, it shows what happens when the technologies installed in the 911 GT3 R Cross battle car and the design of the 918 Spyder strategy are bundled together.

The motor racing edition of the 918 Spyder strategy car gets a V8 engine using the RS Spyder battle car 3.4-liter unit updated to produce 563HP at 10,300 rpm, and is joined to a six-speed sporting indication with move paddles that for the raise wheels.

A set of electrics search engines installed on the two entry wheels each make contributions 75 kW (102 hp), or a complete of 204HP, training the bundled result to 767HP. The In german producer information that the extra energy from the energy search engines is available for around eight mere seconds when the system has been fully energized.

As with the 911 GT3 R hybrid sporting car, the additional energy from the energy search engines, which is created during stopping, is placed in an much better flywheel accumulator.

In the 918 RSR study, the two energy search engines also offer a twisting vectoring purpose with adjustable twisting syndication to the entry axle, which raises rate and helps guiding effect.

Aside from the car settings with the set top and the element opportunities which open at an position up, the 918 RSR also features an included air consumption in the top between the side opportunities, a special aero program that features air splitters within the entry lip and a huge raise side, plus smooth wheels on 19-inch wheels with one center lock nut.

The internal of the road-spec 918 Spyder has also been improved and comes with 1 figure-hugging container hold, while the person hold has been changed by flywheel accumulator.

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Racer Peugeot 908 Hybrid4 Undergoes Its Maiden Test Track

Geneva Motor Show in March this year, Peugeot has announced a new version of the 908 LMP1 class endurance runner HYbrid4 and called his name, uses a hybrid power train.

Peugeot does not enter its new diesel-electric endurance runner in the last 24 hours of Le Mans, or any other event to date for that matter, relying instead on existing diesel 908HDi. The reason is that the new model was still in the early stages of development and is scheduled to compete in 2012.

Shakedown test came just a month ago, on September 16 and have been kept secret. Now, Peugeot has decided to test the 908 HYbrid4 is outside of the Estoril circuit in Portugal. Drivers of the French company Alexander Wurz, Nicolas Minas Sian and Stephan Monsaraz completed more than 300 km (186.5 miles) with the disorder.

Peugeot Sport Technical Director Bruno famine, however, admitted that the distance could not be compared to a real endurance race:. "Our goal was not to put many miles on the clock, but to ensure that all key functions performed, it was important to analyze the data from each race to make sure we understand the results before proceeding to the next step . "

After Formula 1, endurance race next in line to adopt hybrid technology, Toyota has recently announced its own hybrid LMP1 Le Mans races. In addition, Porsche race was a 911 GT3 R hybrid in both years.

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New 911 Takes Center Stage at Porsche's Frankfurt Motor Show Stand

While Porsche brought along a variety of cars to the 2011 edition of Frankfurt Motor Show such as the 500-horsepower strong 911 GT3 RS 4.0, the Cayman S Black Edition and Panamera V6 Diesel, the model that is receiving all the attention is of course the brand new 911.

Codenamed 991, the latest generation of the world's longest running sports car series looks a lot like the outgoing model though it does get a modified rear end design featuring newly shaped tail lamps. But then again, evolution is the name of the game when it comes to Porsche and its 911 series.

Bypassing the exterior styling, the latest 911 also features a revamped interior heavily inspired from the Panamera, as well as a new chassis with a 100mm longer wheelbase than the soon to be phased out 997.

The 991 has already launched in Europe where it is currently available in two forms, the basic Carrera with a 350HP 3.4-liter flat-six, and the Carrera S with a 400HP 3.8-liter flat-six.

 

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