The ultimate way to fuck up a sweet car back in the 1980's, when I was a kid, was to mount the body on a 4x4 frame. The hybrid turned out great if the car started out as a junker. Not so cool if it was an original'60s Mustang. Electric conversion is the new Franken 4x4.
We're all for the backyard enviro guys electrifying VW Rabbits, but the line is drawn at cars like the Porsche 959, the untouchable 444 hp supercar of our youth, a car so awesome Porsche refused to turn a couple over for crash testing, thereby making it illegal for US streets.
Alas, we're not the taste police. EV Porsche of West Palm Beach (where else) is building electric 959s. Thanks to god they're not real, but just a body kit thrown on a 911 (bad enough we think!). No word on what it costs to build, but the electro 959 comes with a free solar panel (to jump start your brain perhaps?). Battery lasts from 50 to 200 miles. Speed tops out a around 100, a far cry from 959 land. Company can also fashion you an electric Jag, Rolls or Lamborghini.
Can we get that with 44-inch mudders?
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Shocked and Appalled: Electro Porsche 959
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