Comments on: [Live image update] Frazer-Nash Namir by Giugiaro: World’s fastest plug-in hybrid

By: GMmalvado

GMmalvado — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:44:49 +0000

Didn’t Giugiaro work with Toyota to make some concept car that looks remarkably like this (at least from certain angles)?

But that was like 5+ years ago. And it still looks the same.
Hmmmm maybe it was Pininfarina… id remember.

lol oh well it still looks good.

By: Gundy

Gundy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:02:21 +0000

Frazer-Nash?! Why have I never heard of this company before, and, they’re obviously related to the original Frazer company? Anyone know? The old Frazers and Manhattans and those? And, everyone knows Nash, is this the same old bathtub-bodied car maker Nash?

By: Das Stig

Das Stig — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:11:14 +0000

The “Namir”?… That’s Arabic for “Tiger”
Anyhow, I think the styling is very good, but the idea of it just doesn’t work for me. If anything, it should’ve been a supercar with a V10 engine and a noise that can blow off eardrums. Nice car, though.

By: Vroom

Vroom — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:10:36 +0000

I like the nice front end and the big bOObies.

By: SHOspeed

SHOspeed — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:31:11 +0000

Wow, talk about some amazing technology! It really looks quite interesting but you know they are really only testing the technology and the drive train in this vehicle and if it went to production it would look nothing like this.

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:28:16 +0000

Amazing that all these plug in Hybrid hot-rods are crawling out of the woodwork out yet the major manufacturers can’t even make a plug in that does 0-60 in ~10 and tops out at 95 with a range of 200 miles.

By: Ketzer

Ketzer — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:50:09 +0000

They should have been working on this ten years ago.
I bet it won’t be available ten years from now.

By: orangecones

orangecones — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:35:08 +0000

Looks alright, very Lambo-esque. But its really not about the looks, its about the technology. If i can go that fast with a trunk full of stuff for 1000 miles on about 11 gallons…..the only questions I have is how soon? and how much?

By: Borat

Borat — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:10:18 +0000

Based on technology description this is revolutionary. I believe all serial hybrids use 1 electric motor. This one has motor for each axle. This gives possibilities: cruising on 1 motor if there is a clutch and using non-propelling motor as a generator during braking. Imagine braking power before even brakes applied?

By: KuroSyn

KuroSyn — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:01:14 +0000

Gugiaro hmmmm… you constantly have quite a design cue… though I have to be honest, this has to be one of your most unoriginal design cues yet. Nothing special, nothing that pops out and screams I’m the designer and the master. But nonetheless, beautiful, nice car though.

By: fan

fan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:30:08 +0000

looks sweet… for sure gonna cost lamborghini some customers… if it comes out

By: MurcieMe

MurcieMe — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:01:39 +0000

WOW. I love this. It’s been a long time since Giugiaro came out with something as striking as this. Yes, I can admit it’s not the most original of ideas – the Lambo-like wedge shape and the various sharp creases etc. But this is incredibly artful.

By: Andre Neves

Andre Neves — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:22:00 +0000

Eh, nothing special IMO.
Looks like a cross between a Pontiac Banshee Concept(from the 80s) and a Lamborghini Reventon(rear). I also kind of see a slight hint of Vector W8 / W12.

Anyone see this or do I just need another XL coffee?

By: Need more crap from GM

Need more crap from GM — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:20:23 +0000

I don’t carethat its a no namer, it don’t care that looks like a McLaren F1 raped a Koenigsegg to create a dwarf size lovechild. It’s fast, it’s sexy, it’s got stripes & it’s a hybrid. YES PLEASE!!!