Sunday, October 20, 2013

Welcome back everybody :). The car of the week is the Lykan Hypersport. This luxury car is assuredly a car for the times. It looks extremely tough, thanks to layered surfacing treatments that create the impression of an armored vehicle. The scissor doors are wild, but nothing compared to the rear fender. This is the most brutal part of the design, with the fender flaring out wildly from the bodywork The powertrain of this car is one of its most special features. The Lykan is powered by a mid-mounted, twin-turbocharged boxer six crate motor from the German tuner, RUF, creating 750 horsepower and 750 pound-feet of torque. The RUF and Magna parts bolt securely on the Lykan Hypersport’s carbon tub to create the world’s ultimate rat-rod Porsche. W Motors quotes a 0-to-60-mph time of 2.8 seconds, topping out at a claimed 245 mph. The W Motors Lykan Hypersport is priced at $3.4 million and will not be sold in the US or western Europe. (I think this is one of the main reasons why I never heard of it). The Lykan might be painted white like a sheep, but make no mistake: this is a wolf of a car. Building on RUF’s high-speed experience and mechanicals, and Magna Steyr Torino styling and interior, the W Motors Lykan Hypersport looks like a small winner in the supercar world.
Production versions of hypercars with pricing above $3,000,000 are generally a pretty rare sight.
That will be the case with the W Motors Lykan, of which the company plans to build only ten copies before moving on to a Lykan Targa or cheaper Lykan SuperSport models. So, I did not find a lot of info about the engine (sorry about that) so this is it. good bye everyone.
font: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/w-motors-lykanhypersport/ke4607.html

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Welcome back people, today we have The Experimental HY-KERS Hybrid vehicle. This car is amazing!.
 Geneva, 2 March - The HY-KERS vettura laboratorio (experimental vehicle) is an example of how Ferrari is approaching the development of hybrid technology without losing sight of the performance traits and driving involvement that have always exemplified its cars. This hybrid project is also aimed at ensuring that Ferrari will be in a position to comply with future CO2 emissions standards, particularly in terms of the urban cycle, as we know the urban cycle involves low revs and low engine loads, when sports cars are designed for maximum efficiency and performance at high revs. Ferrari has applied its F1 technology to the design and a new kind of electric motor which helps optimize the longitudinal and lateral dynamics of the car, enhancing traction and brake balance. Weighing about 40 kg, the compact, tri-phase, high-voltage electric motor of the HY-KERS is coupled to the rear of the dual-clutch 7-speed F1 transmission. It operates through one of the transmission’s two clutches and engages one of the two gearbox primary shafts. Under braking the electric drive unit acts as a generator, using the kinetic energy from the negative torque generated to recharge the batteries, it is controlled by a dedicated electronics module which was developed applying experience gained in F1. This experimental vehicle thus maintains the high-performance characteristics typical of all Ferraris while, at the same time, reducing CO2 emissions on the ECE + EUDC combined cycle by 35 per cent. This is pretty much it, but I wanted to tell you one more thing. The other important novelty at the Geneva Show is again aimed at reducing emissions. From March 2010 in fact the Stop & Start system will be available on the Ferrari California, reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 6 per cent in the ECE + EUDC combined cycle.This solution is a further step in Ferrari’s on-going strategy to reduce fuel consumption and emissions, even when increasing performance. If you wanna find out more, here is the website: http://www.ferrari.com/english/gt_sport%20cars/sport-prototypes/Pages/sport_prototypes.aspx. Hope you enjoyed, bye.
Font: http://www.ferrari.com/english/gt_sport%20cars/599-hy-kers/Pages/100302_car_geneva_2010_hy-kers.aspx
Unfortunately I don't have any video so we can't see it in action. Sorry.