Gear Sports

We’ll have the chance to drive this new prototype only in 2009…
Set for assembly at the same Leipzig factory as the Porsche Cayenne, the Panamera is expected to use the same lineup of V8 engines as the SUV. A top-of-the-line model could also utilize a retuned version of the V10 engine from the discontinued Carrera GT sports car. A dual-clutch setup similar to Audi’s DSG system is expected to be the sole. The debut will happen at Genova in the spring of 2009 and probably the sales will begin later that year.

Since then we watch these pictures:

There is a short rewiev:

Simply put, a fuel cell is battery that can be continually replenished with hydrogen. The fuel cell stack takes in the hydrogen, tickles its electrons away and sends them off to boot camp in an electric motor. Once the electrons have produced useful work as electricity, they are then reunited with the leftover portion of the hydrogen atom, married to oxygen and form water. They then live a life of yard work, screaming kids and TV sitcoms.

Two tanks, filled with hydrogen compressed to 5,000 psi, are located between its rear wheels, giving the FCX Concept a reported driving range of about 350 miles. Like all things mileage-related, range will vary with driving style, ambient temperature and planetary alignment, but it’s still a healthy jump over the 210-mile range of the current FCX. The latest stack — designed and manufactured by Honda — can be started in minus-20-degrees-Fahrenheit weather conditions.

Flooring the “gas” pedal results in instantaneous and seamless thrust, giving the FCX Concept noticeably more grunt than the current FCX. The FCX Concept pulls itself forward in eerie silence, with just a whine from the screw-type compressor required to pressurize the stack with oxygen. In fact, the entire driving experience is similarly uneventful, which demonstrates just how significant an accomplishment the FCX Concept is. This is a car that, with only refueling as a notable exception, compromises little to nothing of what consumers have grown to expect from modern cars, yet does it producing only water vapor from the tailpipe.

Its electric motor is rated at 127 horsepower and 189 pound-feet of torque, allowing the FCX Concept to reach a top speed of 100 mph. Since much of this torque is available at very low speeds and is assisted by a lithium-ion battery, acceleration from a standstill is respectably brisk. On the track, the car reached speeds approaching 80 mph in the space of 0.3 mile along Laguna’s main straight, which has a slight rise before Turn One. There was room to go faster, but since it wasn’t our multimillion-dollar prototype, we took it easy.

I present you here some collection pictures with the new Mustang Deluxe V6. Those cars are amazing..with their supercharged 5.4-liter, 32-valve. Al these make this a very high performance car. Enjoy also the “tropical” convertible version of the car in this gallery thanks to edmunds webiste company.