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Written by Stephen Dobie
"I really do not believe in hybrid power for sports cars, because you have the worst of both worlds." The words of Volkswagen"s R division boss Jost Capito jar with some of his rivals - and perhaps colleagues, given the existence of the Golf GTE - but ought not to be a surprise coming from a man with motorsport coursing through his veins. "With a hybrid you never have the full performance for a couple of laps on the Nordschleife. You maybe go half a lap and the power is gone. And when the power is gone, you have just the combustion and you still carry the 200kg of the battery, which I don"t understand on a performance car.
Date written: 6 Mar 2019
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"I really do not believe in hybrid power for sports cars, because you have the worst of both worlds." The words of Volkswagen"s R division boss Jost Capito jar with some of his rivals - and perhaps colleagues, given the existence of the Golf GTE - but ought not to be a surprise coming from a man with motorsport coursing through his veins. "With a hybrid you never have the full performance for a couple of laps on the Nordschleife. You maybe go half a lap and the power is gone. And when the power is gone, you have just the combustion and you still carry the 200kg of the battery, which I don"t understand on a performance car.
Date written: 6 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15061