Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR will tackle this year’s Nürburgring 24-hour race featuring a complete body kit made of natural-fiber composite materials for the first time. Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR with new natural-fiber composite body kit: Racing cars with body parts made of renewable raw materials.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Porsche unveiled the new Panamera 4 E-Hybrid plug-in hybrid ( earlier post )—the fourth model in the Panamera line—at the Paris Motor Show. Porsche views “hybrid” as being as synonymous with performance as with sustainability, pointing to the victory of the 919 Hybrid in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 2015 and 2016.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 21, 2023

It is the latter which is standard kit on the R, though the ones used in the record are available through Honda dealers. By the way, a Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo turned the trick in 5:19.546 in June 2018 with driver Timo Bernhard behind the wheel.

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Aston Martin Honda Porsche 2007 86

EV Central

DECEMBER 30, 2023

It has the aero wheel cap kit and backup key card, sweetening the deal. A 2016 S75 with 480km range is up for that money, while another seven are under $50k. Model 3s are now found under $40k; the cheapest an 88,500km 2019 example for $39,900. Cheapest Model Y , incidentally, is a 2022 for $56,000. Now it’s just $45,000.

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Hyundai Price i-MiEV Australia 102

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Until recently, the four main modular toolkits (modularen Baukästen) of the Group were: the MQB (transverse, driven by the Volkswagen brand); the MLB (longitudinal, driven by the Audi brand); the MSB (standard drive, driven by Porsche); and the NSF (New Small Family). Earlier post.)

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Market Price Range Connect 284

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The companies listed on the MPGuino Wiki page as selling MPGuino boards or kits at one time are now out of that business. For that, I obtained (through eBay, naturally) a vintage VDO oil-pressure gauge, one that was salvaged from a Porsche that was not too much older than my car.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

Porsches, Jaguars, Fiats, VW Beetles and Buses, even Ferraris, have all gone under the knife, with an increasing number of entrepreneurs serving this growing market. And Electric Classic Cars is developing a bolt-in conversion kit for vintage Mini Coopers, in tandem with Super Coopers in Buellton, Calif.

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