Giugiaro Frazer Nash Teased Ahead of Geneva - World's Fastest Hybrid

Giugiaro Frazer Nash

Claimed 186mph top speed

By Christopher Jackson
February 21, 2009 11:33 AM
Filed Under: Concept Car, European, Geneva Motor Show

Why is the latest vehicle to come from the famed design studios of Italdesign Giugiaro named after a classic British sports car? Nobody is really sure yet. What we do know is that the Italian design firm's Frazer Nash concept, set to debut in Geneva, is being pitched as the "world's fastest hybrid car."

Previewed in a teaser sketch, the Giugiaro Frazer Nash exhibits the dramatic, angular lines that the design house is known for. The sketch shows a deep A-pillar dip and glass that extends into the roof, both styling cues that marked the Mustang by Giugiaro which influenced the redesigned 2010 Ford Mustang.

The precise details of the green sports car haven't been released, though Giugiaro claims a 186mph top speed and emissions of just 50 grams CO2/km. If that speed estimate is correct, the Frazer Nash will definitely be able to claim the title of fastest hybrid.

As for the Frazer Nash's namesake, the high-performance, low-production British sports car celebrated the 60th anniversary of its postwar reintroduction in 2008. While not the first name to come to mind when thinking of classic high performance cars, the original Frazer-Nash cars were known in their day for being well-built, stripped-down racers. This makes Italdesign Giugiaro's choice of the name for its speed-record hybrid begin to make a bit more sense. Of course, the Giugiaro Frazer Nash will probably not be chain-drive, like the original Frazer-Nash racers were! Whatever the Frazer Nash's true specs are, we'll have the full story from the show floor in Geneva.

Source: topspeed.com

Comments

Bristol411S3
February 21, 2009 2:58 PM
Although there hasn't been a Frazer nash car in a while, the AFN (Archibald Frazer Nash) company holds the UK concession for Porsche and Lamborghini in the UK. Maybe those guys are in some way involved in this.

trigwell
February 25, 2009 9:47 PM
AFN were the UK importers for Porsche but not Lamborghini. The company was sold to Porsche some years ago and I doubt that Porsche are involved in this project. Either the name was 'borrowed' for the project or another engineering company, set up by Archie Frazer-Nash even more years ago, is involved (unlikely)

Anthropos
February 21, 2009 7:47 PM
Geneva is gonna be such a great show!! This will be a great car to see.

Joe_Limon
February 21, 2009 9:31 PM
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't there a hybrid Gumpert Appollo that is faster then this?

BavarianMS
February 21, 2009 9:54 PM
The Appollo is an audis V8 i dont see how its a hybrid lol.

Joe_Limon
February 21, 2009 11:35 PM
they made a hybrid version. http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080423.010/hybrid-gumpert-to-race-at-24-hours-nurnburgring

blay
February 22, 2009 7:36 AM
lol it's funny how they throw in a tiny electric motor and can claim that it's a hybrid... shouldn't it be the other way around for it to qualify? I mean that hybrid motor might as well spin a supercharger or two for that 3.3 V8 lolz

Joe_Limon
February 22, 2009 9:47 PM
haha, that would be sweet. 134hp going straight to forced induction.

Aesthetics
February 22, 2009 2:33 AM
giugiaro certainly brings something to the car design world all the time

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