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Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: Grand_Fromage on August 02, 2014, 10:15:38 am

Title: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: Grand_Fromage on August 02, 2014, 10:15:38 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohner-Porsche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohner-Porsche)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Lohner_Porsche.jpg/1024px-Lohner_Porsche.jpg)
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: smokie on August 02, 2014, 10:41:17 am
Did it win?
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: wishy on August 02, 2014, 02:39:57 pm
And driven by Nigel Mansell by the look of it...... ;D
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: jimclark on August 04, 2014, 05:35:32 am
Quote from: wishy on August 02, 2014, 02:39:57 pm
And driven by Nigel Mansell by the look of it...... ;D

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: lofty on August 04, 2014, 09:05:09 am
Is that Greg in the passenger seat?
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: aricus654 on August 06, 2014, 12:22:59 pm
Porsche don't like to radically change the design direction that often then?

Aricus
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: Steve Pyro on August 09, 2014, 10:27:55 am

The eastern European countries have been building hydrids for sometime too ;)

(http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/horse-pulling-a-car-in-romania1.jpg)

(http://www.tensionnot.com/pictures/images/Car/Horse-Cart-Car.jpg)

(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6a/75/27/6a7527be5e3f892443569d5516c2d779.jpg)
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: Canada Phil on August 09, 2014, 08:38:20 pm
Hi Steve,
             Of the three the middle one is by far the better design. Actually looks very practical.
The others seem to be backward in their thinking and the third looks more African than European.
Phil
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: Stu on August 11, 2014, 12:25:18 am
Quote from: Canada Phil on August 09, 2014, 08:38:20 pm
Hi Steve,
             Of the three the middle one is by far the better design. Actually looks very practical.
The others seem to be backward in their thinking and the third looks more African than European.
Phil

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  :)
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: Newcastle Dave on August 11, 2014, 11:00:01 pm
1&3 - Having gone to the trouble of turning it from a two door to a four door and then blowing the cash on a respray to yellow, he seems to be short of a set of alloys and has stuck with his red steelies
Title: Re: The first Porsche hybrid was designed longer ago than you might think.
Post by: Stu on August 11, 2014, 11:37:05 pm
Quote from: Newcastle Dave on August 11, 2014, 11:00:01 pm
1&3 - Having gone to the trouble of turning it from a two door to a four door and then blowing the cash on a respray to yellow, he seems to be short of a set of alloys and has stuck with his red steelies

But they look like a set of old Rostyle's  ;)