Legendary Italian style home Pininfarina has exposed its latest idea car: the 2018 HK GT. conceived with the assist of Hong Kong-based hybrid Kinetic Group, it’s a four-seat GT cars and truck with a range-extending microturbine powertrain. It’ll do 0-62mph in 2.9 seconds, as well as over 60 miles on electric power alone.
The 2018 HK GT complies with three previous idea cars, all exposed within the past 12 months. The H600 was revealed at the Geneva show last year, while the K550 as well as K750 SUVs were uncovered in Shanghai in April. The 2018 HK GT is a sleeker GT-style car, with gullwing doors as well as a 2+2 seating layout.
Advertisement – article continues below
• All the latest from the 2018 Geneva motor Show
At the front there’s a new interpretation of the HK grille, with vertical slats that reach all the method to a set of slim LED lights. The side profile is more coupe than saloon, while the rear appears to take motivation from cars and trucks like the latest Mercedes AMG GT. The HK GT gets a set of sharp tail-lights as well as a little boot spoiler, in addition to subtle vents designed to direct airflow as smoothly as possible.
26
Under the skin this Pininfarina idea is equipped with a 20kWh HK ‘super battery’ in addition to four integrated motors with two-speed transmissions. It’s the range-extender set-up that differentiates it from its competitors, however. utilizing a microturbine system, the HK GT can be adapted to run on a broad variety of fuels including traditional as well as renewable solutions, in addition to hydrogen. This will enable the cars and truck to travel over 1,000km (620 miles) between charging as well as refuelling.
• Best electric cars and trucks on sale
Inside, there’s a ‘floating’ dashboard style with a completely digital instrument display, buttonless centre console as well as supplementary folding screen on the traveler side. Each seat is neatly cocooned by the high transmission tunnel, while the sweeping dash continues from the base of the windscreen to the back of the doors.
26
Pininfarina states the cars and truck has two driving modes: Race as well as Gran Turismo. The very first is for “moments of solitary as well as hedonistic sports driving” while the latter is for “great routes to be showed the family”. In the Race setting, the cabin is bathed in red, with the dials showing only necessary driving data. The cruise setting offers a more gentle blue hue, with more info as well as a more inclusive driving experience.
While only an concept for now, there’s a possibility Pininfarina will create ahead with plans to push at least one of its ideas to market. provided the present worldwide penchant for SUVs, the very first design is likely to draw much from the K550 as well as K750 studies exposed in 2017.
Check out the Pininfarina hybrid Kinetic H600 idea exposed at last year’s Geneva motor Show…