Comments on: Citroen launches hybrid rally car

By: Jason Garcia

Jason Garcia — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:34:29 +0000

I’ve got to get me a roof spoiler like that. Where can I get that? Is this spoiler mass produced?

By: Cupid Stunt aka No Name

Cupid Stunt aka No Name — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:39:16 +0000

Neat!
Wonder what the “Casque/Mickey” switch does. Ripper to Disneyland mode at the filck of a switch.

Whatch-out for Citroens diesel/hybrid prius muncher at the Paris show.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:01:13 +0000

The car itself won’t be any better for the environment because the petrol engine will still be driven just as hard as any other rally engine.
I guess there might be a bit of saving at transport stages.
Awesome technology though.
Now who can make the first fully electric race car.

By: Spitfire

Spitfire — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:16:29 +0000

A pity about all the greenhouse gases building the thing and all the fuel used in its transportation.

By: acfsambo

acfsambo — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:49:49 +0000

Supercujo, isn’t there a minimum weight for the cars? Don’t they make the cars lighter than the allowed limit and add ballast to give the car the best weight distribution and be the lightest possible? If that is true, then the new KRES system’s weight shouldn’t have any effect on times (when not in use), unless it disturbs the balance of the cars.

By: Supercujo

Supercujo — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:49:41 +0000

A sudden boost of 300Nm of torque is going to make a difference to acceleration.

The F1 KERS under development at present is limited to 60kW and only 8 seconds per lap use. A quote from Ross Brawn:
“KERS has a performance gain, the downside is accommodating the various elements,” he says. “The performance gain is marginal at the moment, but we haven’t exploited the full potential of it. Two to three tenths of a second per lap gain but the extra weight (between 15-30 kilos) cancels that out, it may be that some of the teams won’t start the season with it. “

The Citroen system gives double the amount of power and is not limited by time. There is a battery pack and electric motor though. I think it would give a net gain but I am not sure by how much.

By: Foggy

Foggy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:58:55 +0000

Being the skeptic that I am, I have a feeling that this could be more about marketing Citroën’s green credentials than about performance.

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:44:04 +0000

All good and well BUT i noticed they don’t tell how much faster all this technology will make it go!!!

By: WVB

WVB — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:43:09 +0000

on the face it appears to be the KERS that BMW are toiling with for the 09 F1 season.

By: Supercujo

Supercujo — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:34:43 +0000

Is this just KERS in a World Rally Car?

By: WVB

WVB — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:12:27 +0000

as if the master, Sebastion Loeb needs anymore help.
good on citroen to break some new ground in wrc.

By: GTRmon

GTRmon — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:01:13 +0000

Nice. This is what we need. Motorsport putting money into alternative car technologies. Big bucks will always lead to better technology.
Besides, that is the wickedest looking car, I’d love to have a road legal version.