Teh One Who Knocks
10-03-2014, 10:54 AM
Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY
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Lamborghini may have stolen the show -- the Paris Motor Show -- with a new plug-in hybrid supercar concept.
The Lamborghini Asterion LPI 910-4 wears its horsepower rating in its name -- 910. Able to rocket from a stop to 62 miles per hour in three seconds, the Asterion also bills itself as a "green" car.
The mid-engine car drives on pure electric power for about 31 miles per charge. It has two electric motors in the front axle and a powerful lithium-ion battery.
But it can put its pussycat-like ways aside with the push of an accelerator. That's when the 5.2-liter V-10 engine and seven-speed dual-clutch transmission kick in. Together with the electric motors, it can reach a top speed of 199 miles per hour.
On electric power alone, it can go 78 mph.
In case you're wondering, Asterion is the the proper name of the Minotaur, which itself was a hybrid -- part man, part bull, according to Lambo.
http://i.imgur.com/pjZ3GGQ.jpg
Lamborghini may have stolen the show -- the Paris Motor Show -- with a new plug-in hybrid supercar concept.
The Lamborghini Asterion LPI 910-4 wears its horsepower rating in its name -- 910. Able to rocket from a stop to 62 miles per hour in three seconds, the Asterion also bills itself as a "green" car.
The mid-engine car drives on pure electric power for about 31 miles per charge. It has two electric motors in the front axle and a powerful lithium-ion battery.
But it can put its pussycat-like ways aside with the push of an accelerator. That's when the 5.2-liter V-10 engine and seven-speed dual-clutch transmission kick in. Together with the electric motors, it can reach a top speed of 199 miles per hour.
On electric power alone, it can go 78 mph.
In case you're wondering, Asterion is the the proper name of the Minotaur, which itself was a hybrid -- part man, part bull, according to Lambo.