{"id":305089,"date":"2010-02-10T21:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T02:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/10\/geneva-preview-porsche-911-gt3-r-hybrid\/"},"modified":"2010-02-10T21:38:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T02:38:00","slug":"geneva-preview-porsche-911-gt3-r-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/305089","title":{"rendered":"Geneva Preview: Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nIn an interesting about-face, Porsche<\/a> has revealed the first images and details on its new racer, the 911<\/a> GT3 R Hybrid.<\/p>\n

Based on the rear-drive 911 GT3 R<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Porsche apparently hasn’t released official performance specs, but the GT3 R Hybrid’s world debut will take place at the Geneva Motor Show<\/a> 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<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Geneva Motor Show, Porsche, Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}