VIDEO: Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Race Car

In an interesting about-face, Porsche has revealed the first images and details on its new racer, the 911 GT3 R Hybrid.

Based on the rear-drive 911 GT3 R that's set to take to the track in privateer hands later this year, the GT3 R Hybrid utilizes a rear-mounted, 480-hp 4.0-liter flat-six in conjunction with two electric motors that drive the front wheels. Residing in the space normally reserved for the passenger seat sits a flywheel, which harnesses kinetic energy under braking and can spin upwards of 40,000 rpm. Once enough energy is stored, the system lets loose up to 120 kilowatts – approximately 160 horsepower – to the front wheels in six to eight second bursts that are controlled by a steering wheel-mounted button.

Porsche apparently hasn't released official performance specs, but the GT3 R Hybrid's world debut will take place at the Geneva Motor Show before it hits the track for its motorsports debut at the Nürburgring 24 Hours on May 15. Devised as a rolling "racing laboratory," after the Hybrid takes to the Green Hell this year, Porsche plans to assault the 24 Hours of LeMans in a refined version in 2012, just as the sanctioning body begins to favor hybrids. Now about that "no hybrids" thing...

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在一個有趣的挽回顏面，保時捷已經披露了首批圖片和細節上的新賽車，911 GT3R Hybrid。

基於後輪驅動的911 GT3 R的的設置採取了跟踪普賴夫蒂爾手中後，今年GT3 R Hybrid採用了後置式，480馬力的4.0升水平對置六缸聯同兩個電動馬達驅動前輪。通常居住在空間預留座位的乘客坐在一個飛輪，它利用動能下剎車，可以向上旋轉 40000轉。一旦儲存足夠的能量，讓鬆散的系統最多一百二十千瓦 - 大約 160馬力 - 到前輪在6至8秒脈衝是控制方向盤式按鈕。

保時捷似乎還沒有公佈正式的性能規格，但GT3 R Hybrid的全球首次亮相將發生在日內瓦車展前點擊其賽車在賽道首次在紐伯格林 24小時 5月15日。設計成一個“賽車實驗室”，混合後所需的綠色地獄今年，保時捷計劃攻擊的勒芒24小時在一個精緻的版本於 2012年，正如制裁身體開始青睞混合動力車。現在關於“沒有hybrids”的事情...

來源:http://www.autoblog.com