in a previous post I made mention of the Porsche 918 green mean Spyder, well Ferrari not to be out done have anouched the Ferrari 599 the prototype's appearance at the opening day of the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland stunned visitors, the hybrid vehicle - which uses the electric motor to back up a more traditional 6.0-litre V12 petrol engine - even sported a bright metallic green paint to reinforce its environmentally friendly credentials Ferrari's aim is to have the green technology as an option across the entire range of cars by 2015,
how much? the 599 would cost twice as much as the £207,000 petrol 559 GTB Fiorano on which it is based, but by the time the technology has been ' industrialised' in four years' time, the price should come down to below £300,000,
so what does it do? the two-seater will accelerate from 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds - quicker than the standard version - and to 125mph in 10.4 seconds, under braking, the electric part of the hybrid system 'captures' energy that would otherwise be wasted from braking or slowing down, and uses it to recharge the batteries, which in turn can propel the car by electric power, CO2 emissions are cut to 270g/km - a 35 per cent reduction on a conventional petrol-only model, it is expected to do up to 25 miles to the gallon, whereas the petrol- only version manages under 16mpg,
there I was thinking I was going to have a nice easy day on the trains - now I have all of this to worry about, what to buy, a Porsche or a Ferrari? decisions, decisions!
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Where Porsche Go,
Ferrari follow, or is that the other way around?
in a previous post I made mention of the Porsche 918 green mean Spyder, well Ferrari not to be out done have anouched the Ferrari 599 the prototype's appearance at the opening day of the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland stunned visitors, the hybrid vehicle - which uses the electric motor to back up a more traditional 6.0-litre V12 petrol engine - even sported a bright metallic green paint to reinforce its environmentally friendly credentials Ferrari's aim is to have the green technology as an option across the entire range of cars by 2015,
how much? the 599 would cost twice as much as the £207,000 petrol 559 GTB Fiorano on which it is based, but by the time the technology has been ' industrialised' in four years' time, the price should come down to below £300,000,
so what does it do? the two-seater will accelerate from 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds - quicker than the standard version - and to 125mph in 10.4 seconds, under braking, the electric part of the hybrid system 'captures' energy that would otherwise be wasted from braking or slowing down, and uses it to recharge the batteries, which in turn can propel the car by electric power, CO2 emissions are cut to 270g/km - a 35 per cent reduction on a conventional petrol-only model, it is expected to do up to 25 miles to the gallon, whereas the petrol- only version manages under 16mpg,
there I was thinking I was going to have a nice easy day on the trains - now I have all of this to worry about, what to buy, a Porsche or a Ferrari? decisions, decisions!
in a previous post I made mention of the Porsche 918 green mean Spyder, well Ferrari not to be out done have anouched the Ferrari 599 the prototype's appearance at the opening day of the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland stunned visitors, the hybrid vehicle - which uses the electric motor to back up a more traditional 6.0-litre V12 petrol engine - even sported a bright metallic green paint to reinforce its environmentally friendly credentials Ferrari's aim is to have the green technology as an option across the entire range of cars by 2015,
how much? the 599 would cost twice as much as the £207,000 petrol 559 GTB Fiorano on which it is based, but by the time the technology has been ' industrialised' in four years' time, the price should come down to below £300,000,
so what does it do? the two-seater will accelerate from 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds - quicker than the standard version - and to 125mph in 10.4 seconds, under braking, the electric part of the hybrid system 'captures' energy that would otherwise be wasted from braking or slowing down, and uses it to recharge the batteries, which in turn can propel the car by electric power, CO2 emissions are cut to 270g/km - a 35 per cent reduction on a conventional petrol-only model, it is expected to do up to 25 miles to the gallon, whereas the petrol- only version manages under 16mpg,
there I was thinking I was going to have a nice easy day on the trains - now I have all of this to worry about, what to buy, a Porsche or a Ferrari? decisions, decisions!
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