Porsche has announced today that they will premiere a new hybrid model at the Geneva motor show in March. Unfortunately, Porsche did not disclose any additional information regarding their new hybrid. However, they do say that the new hybrid model is the next chapter in the company's strategy that started with the Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid. Could it be that the new hybrid model will be the Porsche's rumored baby SUV? We'll just have to wait and see.
Porsche's new hybrid model will be joined on their Geneva stand by the 918 RSR hybrid racing car concept, the Cayman R, and the Porsche 911 and Boxster Black editions.
We'll have more details on Porsche's new hybrid
model at the time of its unveiling.
Porsche Press Release:
Porsche: Hybrid world premiere and numerous European premieres
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart is putting the spotlight of its presence at the 81st Geneva
Motor Show on the world premiere of a parallel full hybrid model. In the wake of the success of the Cayenne S Hybrid it signals a new chapter in the Zuffenhausen company’s “Porsche Intelligent Performance“ philosophy. The new hybrid model is being unveiled on 1st March 2011 at the press conference to be held on the Porsche stand in Hall 1, stand number 1050, starting at 7:30 a.m.
The world premiere in Geneva is being complemented by the 918 RSR hybrid racing car concept, making its first public appearance in front of a European audience.
The mid-engine coupé combines the design of the 918 Spyder with the technology of the 911 GT3 R hybrid racing car. Porsche is also showcasing the especially sporty 330 hp (243 kW) Cayman R in Europe for the first time. Limited special editions of the 911 and Boxster model lines are two especially tasty morsels rounding off the appearance in Geneva. Porsche is producing the 911 Black Edition, limited to 1,911 units, based on the 345 hp (254 kW) 911 Carrera. The Boxster S Black Edition, which with its 320 hp (235 kW) packs ten hp (7 kW) more power than the Boxster S, is limited to 987 units.
