Thread: The first hybrid supercar Bristol will be shown in the summer

Bristol luxury car's appearance as a well-kept secret.

British manufacturer Bristol Cars plans to show off its first hybrid supercar 2013 summer year. Premiere innovations, expected to take place at the Goodwood Festival of speed in July.

It is expected that all-wheel-drive car will be equipped with four electric motors and lithium-ion batteries, which will be powered by a Compact Rotary-Rotary piston engine that serves as the generator.

The exterior of the supercar Bristol while kept secret. It is only known that his design will work foreign specialists. It is not excluded that the new car will get features hybrid Namir concept car that was displayed by a group of Frazer-Nash (the current owner of Bristol Cars) at the Geneva Motor Show in 2009 year. His appearance was developed under the auspices of the Italdesign Studio. Total power powerplant Namir was 370 horsepower. The concept gained a hundred for 3.5 seconds and its top speed is 300 kilometers per hour.



Bristol cars began production in 1946 year. The company was a subsidiary of the British manufacturer Bristol aircraft Airplane Co and modelling using technology BMWAfter the war, the British left. In 1960, the company moved to the independent management.

At the beginning of 2011, the company declared bankruptcy, but later it acquired the Swiss company Kamkorp Autocraft, a member of the band Frazer-Nash, specializing in the development of environmentally friendly power plants.