Porsche 918 Spider

Porsche is going green with this latest release hybrid concept vehicle touting both a traditional petrol based V8 generating a very healthy 373kW  and a couple of axle-mounted electric motors which offer an additional combined output of 160kW. Adding to the hybrid concepts street cred is an amazing claimed 78 mpg, which makes my diesel Volkswagen Passat look thirsty at its very respectable 45mpg.

More coverage here:

http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1043000_2010-geneva-motor-show-preview-porsche-918-spyder-concept

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/01/porsche-918-spyder-plug-in-hybrid-concept-gets-78-mpg-hits-62-m/