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Written by Vijay Pattni
Track day toys are all the rage at the moment. Stuff like the Aston Martin Vulcan and McLaren"s P1 GTR. Allow us to introduce a new boy to the fray: the Pininfarina H2 Speed".Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, this sleek, one-off concept car is a technology demonstrator to prove that hydrogen-fuelled oversteer is the way forward.That"s right, it"s hydrogen powered. "It"s a bit different from a normal sportscar," Pininfarina"s design director Fabrizio Valentini tells TG. "The two hydrogen tanks on the side of the car are very big and difficult to cover with skin, so we decided to leave them naked."So, it"s a carbon-fibre chassis housing two ginormous tanks of hydrogen on either side, with a three-piece carbon fibre body the front, the doors and the rear clamshell that sports all kind of aero. There are two big radiators on the front to cool the fuel cell, a roof air intake to cool the twin turbos, and two intakes on the bonnet to cool the electric motors.
Date written: 2 Mar 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2398
Track day toys are all the rage at the moment. Stuff like the Aston Martin Vulcan and McLaren"s P1 GTR. Allow us to introduce a new boy to the fray: the Pininfarina H2 Speed".Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, this sleek, one-off concept car is a technology demonstrator to prove that hydrogen-fuelled oversteer is the way forward.That"s right, it"s hydrogen powered. "It"s a bit different from a normal sportscar," Pininfarina"s design director Fabrizio Valentini tells TG. "The two hydrogen tanks on the side of the car are very big and difficult to cover with skin, so we decided to leave them naked."So, it"s a carbon-fibre chassis housing two ginormous tanks of hydrogen on either side, with a three-piece carbon fibre body the front, the doors and the rear clamshell that sports all kind of aero. There are two big radiators on the front to cool the fuel cell, a roof air intake to cool the twin turbos, and two intakes on the bonnet to cool the electric motors.
Date written: 2 Mar 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2398
