Bristol luxury car maker will reveal an hybrid supercar

The British brand with almost 68 years of history will join forces with Frazer-Nash to create an hybrid supercar and will reveal it later this year. The new supercar will use a rotary engine as a generator to charge the lithium ion batteries, batteries that will power the four electric motors, each connected to a wheel.

In 2009 Frazer-Nash showed the Namir concept, a car that had the same operating principle that the Bristol car will have, but that time they joined Italdesign to create the concept that is pictured above and below. It had four electric motors with digital differentials to deploy torque intelligently, with a 813cc wankel engine and lithium ion batteries.

Will it ever get to be produced? We don't know, but it seems they are focused on that.

source: autocar

W Motors Lykan Hypersport had its premiere at the Qatar Motor Show.

W Motors, the company from Beirut, has revealed their new supercar at the Qatar Motor Show. The vehicle is equipped with a twin-turbocharged flat-six engine producing 750hp (552kW) and 998Nm (737lb/ft) of torque, allegedly supplied by German tuning company RUF.

The Lebanese car company describe the Lykan as the “most exclusive, luxurious and technologically advanced high-performance sports cars “. I don't know about that, but i know its fast, really fast. It will a top speed of 394km/h (245mph) and reach 100km/h (62mph) is just 2.8 seconds.

The price? Around 2.5 million euros (3.4 million dollars), but it comes with diamond-coated LED headlights, gold stitching for the lather seats and a Cyrus Klepcys watch worth €150.000 ($205.000). Only seven will be built, so hurry if you want one.

Source: autocar

Audi’s Diesel-Electric R20 Supercar

Seems Audi is not happy with R8 and want a new supercar to sit above it, and to do so they will build a street-legal Le Mans racer based on the R18, with a diesel engine and an electric motor.

 

The appearance of the car will be shaped based on the Le Mans race car, including the trademark full-length tailfin, a downsized single frame grille, stacked LED headlights, ventilated front and rear wings, an adjustable rear spoiler, and a relatively narrow canopy-style cockpit accessed through gullwing doors, so it will have a long, wide, and low look like a racing car.

The diesel engine is said to be a twin-turbo V6 producing 550hp, while the two electric motors connected to each of the front wheels will help with 150hp adding torque vectoring, zero-emissions capability, ultimate traction, an on-demand boost effect, and an improved torque curve reaching 1000Nm.

Of course there are no acceleration, top speed, or consumption figures available for now, but we expect the vehicle to do 0 to 100km/h (62mph) in around 3.0 seconds and a top speed of more than 320km/h (200mph).

The hybrid technology allows for staggered brake energy recuperation, high-speed coasting, and a broader start-stop application. Supposedly the car will be shown to the public in 2015 and will begin to be delivered to its buyers in 2017, ready to tackle the Porsche 918 Spyder, the Lamborghini Aventador, McLaren P1 and the Ferrari F70 (codenamed F150).

Source: automobilemag

 

2013 Hennessey Venom GT will have over 1500bhp

The power figures in supercars keep getting higher and higher. The 2012 Venon GT is powered by a twin turbocharged Chevrolet LS-series aluminum V8 producing 1200bhp (1217 metric hp) and 1537Nm (1135lb/ft) of torque connected to a six-speed Ricardo manual gearbox.

It will do 0 to 100km/h (0 to 62mph) in just 2,2 seconds and has a top speed of 422km/h (262mph). To stop a car at that speed you need a very special type of brakes, and the Hennesseey has them. 15 inch Brembo carbon ceramic brakes15 with six pistons in the front and four pistons in the rear.

But that was the 2012 model, for 2013 the power figure will rise to 1500bhp (1521 metric hp) obtained from a 7.0 liter twin turbo V8. This time you will be able to choose between the same Ricardo manual transmission or a new seven-speed paddle shift gearbox. But the new values of the top speed and acceleration are unknown.

The body will be the same, made of carbon fiber with new a new door design and increased headroom with a double bubble roof.

Source: GTSpirit

BMW M1 sucessor will be called the M8.

BMW is one of few that does not have an actual supercar. Mercedes has the SLS, Audi has the R8, Lexus has the LFA, Nissan the GT-R and so on. But according to AutomobileMag that will soon change.

The new sports car which will gain the M8 name, instead of the rumored M1, and it will be revealed in 2016 to celebrate BMWs centenary, although Norbert Reithofer is not really excited with this project, giving priority to the next-generation 1 and 2 series.

The M8 will use the i8 lightweight aluminum and carbon fiber chassis to save money in the research and development of a new platform. The only thing engineers will have to do is fit a V8 with around 600bhp in the same space the i8 will have a three-cylinder engine with a plug-in hybrid system.

But unfortunately this means that the Z2 roadster is dead.

Source: AutomobileMag