Frazer-Nash Namir

[dpeilow]

Autocar - Frazer-Nash returns at Geneva

Series hybrid:

The Frazer-Nash Namir uses two motors at the front and two at the back to give four-wheel drive. Power is supplied by a generator driven by a mid-mounted 814cc rotary engine, and between them the four motors provide 357bhp, while the engine emits just 60g/km of CO2.

That’s enough, claims Giugiaro, to give the Frazer-Nash Namir a 0-62mph time of 3.5sec and a 0-124mph time of 10.4sec.

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Kamkorp has been working on electric drivetrains for almost 20 years, since it bought the Frazer-Nash name in the early 1990s. It says it has carried out over 300,000 miles of testing on the system. It is confident that fully working, driveable cars will be in operation by June, with production cars coming later this year.

Discuss...

 

[TEG]

The car is cool, but the name seems out of place.
I think they should have made up some futuristic Italian name, not resurrected "Frazer-Nash" for this.

I can't help but think of bulbous 50s family cars...

 

[TEG]

I wonder if it uses a Moller Rotapac?

 

[dpeilow]

Agreed the choice of name seems a bit strange, but then the name has a racing pedigree as well:

I was more concerned about the ability for the 814cc engine to sustain the performance - given the concerns over the Volt genset previously discussed.


A little more further info: Frazer-Nash Research - Hybrid Electric Vehicles

 

[TEG]

Rule of thumb for rotary engines - double the displacement to estimate performance... (e.g.: Rx7 turbo made 250+HP from 1.3l rotary turbo).
So 814cc is more like 1.6l piston engine, and could make 100+hp.