new hybrid concept sportscar from toyota: volta?

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    found this pic and this text at autonews.com (don't have a subscription, so i couldn't read the article):

    Stylish yet economical
    Hybrid technology does not have to be boring -- that's the message Toyota aims to deliver after teaming up with an Italian auto designer.[/img]
    glade, Feb 24, 2004
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    Here's a better pic:

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    Looks sweet!

    specs: 4,3 meters long, named "Alessandro Volta" (the inventor of the battery), hybrid (gasonline + electric) from the RX400 (3.3-liter V6), power 300 kW (408 hp). 0-62 in 4.1 secs, top at 250 km/h, mileage is 52 liters for 700 km, 3 seater.
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    I hope Toyota truely produces this car. If anyone read the editorial in the issue of Motor Trend where the '04 Prius was announced as Car of the Year this is exactly what the editor had the foresight to predict. More power, more torque, less weight, lower fuel consumption and emmissions in a sports car. This will prove that hybrid technology is truely the next generation of passenger vehicles....and not just some quircky science experiment for geeks and tree huggers. The Prius took a big step to dispel that myth, but win over the sports car sect and the entire world will follow.
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    With that potential, it is going to need an even longer extension cord. :)
    SpartanPrius, Feb 24, 2004
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    What does that come out to in conventional English measurements?
    What about kiloparsecs per megavolt?
    Bob Allen, Feb 25, 2004
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    For us Americans 52 liters=13.74 gallons and 700km=434.96 miles. So that equals 31.66 miles per gallon. Not great milage, but really good for a 4 sec 0-60 car.
    Danny, Feb 25, 2004
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    I read it was 0-60 in 4.03 seconds. Top speed something like 160 mph.

    Mileage is 32 mpg (US), but obviously not when you're doing 0-60 in 4.03 seconds. ;)
    Eug, Mar 5, 2004
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