Kepler
Motion
Kepler
Motors is gearing up to get its Motion hybrid supercar to customers. The
California-based boutique automaker originally announced the 800-hp car in 2009
and should begin deliveries in the near future. In anticipation of the launch,
it has released three new video clips showing the Motion ... in motion.
The
Motion is a hybrid supercar Kepler Motors is based in California When Kepler
Motors announced the Motion in 2009, it said deliveries would start in 2012
Kepler will build just 50 Motion models.
The
last time we saw the Motion was when it was first announced at the 2009 Dubai
International Motor Show. Kepler has kept pretty quiet since then, but it broke
that silence last month with several new video clips. The clips show a purple
Motion getting down to business in what appears to be the Californian desert.
The
Motion is a hybrid supercar that combines a twin-turbo 3.5-liter Ford EcoBoost
V6 driving the rear wheels with a pair of electric motors driving the front
wheels. The V6 has been tuned up to 550 hp close to 200 extra ponies over what
you'd get in the Ford F-150 and the electric motors throw in 250 hp.
Combine
the virile AWD powertrain with the Motion's carbon fiber monocoque and body,
and Kepler says that the car fires to 60 mph (96.5 km/h) in a Veyron-like 2.5
seconds. The speedometer doesn't stop until it runs north of 200 mph (322
km/h), making the car just as fast as and several ticks quicker than the
comparably powered Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid.
There's
no word on what the Motion will cost, but combine its cutting edge design,
speedy performance and limited 50-model production run, and we wouldn't be
surprised to see something well up into the six-figure range, if not beyond.
