Detroit Porsche 918 RSR and Details

Detroit auto show debut in the Porsche 918 RSR – an experimental vehicle that combines the design recently, the concept of the Spyder 918 and the hybrid filling the Racing 911 GT3 R Hybrid. The concept received a new aerodynamic components which are necessary to track and fight in the style of coloring of the legendary 917, need to remind the public that the current success of Audi and Peugeot at Le Mans – bylymi kindergarten compared to the achievements of Porsche.

 

On the basis of 918 RSR is a V8 engine in a Porsche RS Spyder race, granted the power of 563 hp at 10,300 rpm. To overcome the assistance of two electric power of 102 horsepower, the rotation of the front wheels. Button is activated on the handlebars – to 8 seconds of the total plant capacity amounts to 767 hp. In Formula 1, as a system called KERS.

 

And now the most interesting – no energy is stored in batteries, as now adopted, and many floats, a spin up to 36,000 rpm. The same argument was used in that at the beginning of the Porsche 911 GT3 Hybrid. The car has already participated in several major competitions, and performed well, even exceeding the expectations of the developers.