Can Performance and Hybrid Co-exist

       As a self described car nut I'm very concerned about the current state of our dependence on oil as I feel the current crop of hybrid or electric cars don't meet my standards for the need for speed, in fact my current car a 2009 Mazda Speed3 is not the most fuel efficient car on market despite it being a four cylinder engine, but with a high pressure turbo and running premium fuel pushing out almost 300 horsepower and more than that in torque so my fuel millage is a secondary thought for me but has Porsche come up with the perfect combo.

Porsche has pulled back the curtain on the second version of its 911 GT3 R Hybrid race car. The German automaker has managed to reduce the electrified racer's weight by mostly by toying with the hybrid drive train.

Two electric motors mated to a portal axle spin the front wheels with up to 200 horsepower for a few seconds at a time. That's in addition to the 470 horsepower on tap from the flat six-cylinder internal combustion engine mounted out back. Thanks to data collected during the previous generation 911 GT3 R Hybrid's time on track, which was extensive, engineers were also able to reconfigure the vehicle's high-voltage components and in the process, reduce the system's overall weight by 20%.

Doing so allowed for the deletion of those massive air intakes on the rear fenders of the old body (right, at last year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring). The new skin is significantly more aerodynamic and helps deliver increased fuel economy as a result. The 911 GT3 R Hybrid still uses an electric flywheel accumulator, though it and the rest of the hybrid kit is now stored in a carbon-fiber safety cell on the passenger side of the cabin.

Porsche plans to campaign the 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 at various race events throughout the year