Infiniti has revealed its latest concept, the Q60 project Black S, at the 2017 Geneva motor Show. The new cars and truck is based on Infiniti’s two-door coupe as well as has been designed to highlight the technical partnership between Infiniti as well as the Renault sport F1 team. To highlight the connection Infiniti has provided the Q60 some race car-style modifications as well as a much more aggressive look.
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Infiniti, as part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, has been working with Renault sport F1 to assist establish the energy recovery system (ERS) that can be discovered in this year’s formula 1 car, the R.S. 17. The ERS collects energy during braking as well as from the warm of the exhausts. It’s then converted to electrical energy as well as stored in lithium-ion batteries before being used to spin the turbocharges turbine shaft or directly send drive to the transmission.
Although the engine in the Q60 project Black S is currently unchanged from the production Q60, Infiniti mean to adapt the F1 car’s ERS package for the Black S as well as assist boost its power by 25 per cent giving it 500bhp.
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The standard Q60 is a very dignified as well as elegant car, as well as it isn’t the most obvious candidate to be provided a more macho makeover. however when asked if it was tough to reinterpreting the Q60’s sleek lines into an aggressive track-focussed machine, Matt Weaver, Infiniti’s European style director, responded ‘The Q60 has a strong image. So no, it was simple to contrast the elegance as well as the cars and truck takes it very naturally.’