Infiniti will showcase a prototype version of its Q60 Black S performance hybrid at the Paris motor show next week. It's powered by a combination of a 400bhp 3.0-litre V6 and a Formula 1-style KERS energy recovery system for a total output of 563bhp.
The prototype is claimed to duck below four seconds for the 0-62mph sprint, although an exact figure is yet to be released. The car’s power-to-weight ratio is pegged at 315bhp per tonne.
The car uses a dual-hybrid powertrain, with a regenerative braking system providing one half of the system’s componentry, and electric turbochargers and two heat energy collection units recovering heat from the car’s exhaust gases making up the other half. The petrol V6 is the same unit found in the road-going Q60 and powers the standard car to 62mph in 5.0sec.
Like the concept revealed at the Geneva motor show last year, the Black S is based on the Q60 coupé, although aggressive styling marks it out from the regular car. The concept had large twin central exhausts, working bonnet vents and a sporting bodykit.
Infiniti teamed up with Renault’s Formula 1 team to implement the technology on the Black S, with enhanced aerodynamics making it slipperier and producing more downforce than the regular car. The carbonfibre rear wing, for example, is similar in profile to the one the F1 team fits to its cars for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and will provide the Black S with stability on high-speed straights and vital downforce when cornering.
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Peter Cavellini
Now that does......
GTR looks, GTR go?
Peter Cavellini.
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......more infinti concept
......more infinti concept cars.........its lovely.... shame they will never make it.
They must hold the record for the most concept cars made verses production cars produced.
Infiniti needs a halo car for Europe.....I like their cars but can understand why most dont even consider them. A new brand (to Europe) needs to force customers out of established brands with a USP (unique selling point). Whats Infiniti's apart from exclusivity?
Whos running this company??
Seeing more of them on the roads, the Q30 looks fabulous but 623 cars. Thats gotta hurt!
They sold over 150,000 in the US last yr!
5wheels
Russian toys
There are in fact a great many Infinity models here in St Petersburg Russia and they are extrenmely popular with the well heeled ladies (meaning the prefered bed mates to the rich and infamous) and the 45 plus who just arrived. I never liked their interiors but hell I loved the sound when they put pedal to the metal. More importantly, from two friends actually owning an Infinity, their reliability is excellent, but their service bills are astronomical
what's life without imagination
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