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Solved - NEH 1940: Capstone CMT-380 Turbine hybrid supercar

Started by Carnut, July 16, 2012, 05:53:36 AM

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Carnut

July 16, 2012, 05:53:36 AM
What's this, from when, powered by what?

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thehotstepper

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July 18, 2012, 06:24:23 PM
Factory Five GTM? Powered by C5 Corvette running gear. From when? They've been available since 2007, unchanged. So, some time between 2007 and now.

Carnut

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July 18, 2012, 06:27:16 PM
Quote from: thehotstepper on July 18, 2012, 06:24:23 PM
Factory Five GTM? Powered by C5 Corvette running gear. From when? They've been available since 2007, unchanged. So, some time between 2007 and now.

Although this car uses a Factory Five body it is actually something else and is not Corvette powered..
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Carnut

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July 23, 2012, 04:31:23 AM
Experts?
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Ecnelis

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July 23, 2012, 04:42:31 AM Last Edit: July 23, 2012, 04:53:40 AM by Ecnelis
Quote from: thehotstepper on July 18, 2012, 06:24:23 PMThey've been available since 2007, unchanged.

Actually they have released second generation in 2010.

Quote from: Carnut on July 16, 2012, 05:53:36 AMWhat's this, from when, powered by what?

This photo can be found on Factory Five webpages. Are you sure it isn't just a standard GTM, used to picture something based on GTM?

EDIT: I believe you we're looking for Capstone Turbine CMT-380? Build in 2009 by Capstone Turbine and Electronic Arts for Los Angeles Motor Show. But then the picture is wrong...

Carnut

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July 23, 2012, 05:32:58 AM Last Edit: July 23, 2012, 05:36:19 AM by Carnut
Quote from: Ecnelis on July 23, 2012, 04:42:31 AM
Quote from: thehotstepper on July 18, 2012, 06:24:23 PMThey've been available since 2007, unchanged.

Actually they have released second generation in 2010.

Quote from: Carnut on July 16, 2012, 05:53:36 AMWhat's this, from when, powered by what?

This photo can be found on Factory Five webpages. Are you sure it isn't just a standard GTM, used to picture something based on GTM?

EDIT: I believe you we're looking for Capstone Turbine CMT-380? Build in 2009 by Capstone Turbine and Electronic Arts for Los Angeles Motor Show. But then the picture is wrong...

Yes, that is the right car.
I got the picture from a 'site where it was captioned as the Capstone but since it looks exactly like a standard Factory Five on all sites about this car I didn't think twice about it...

Below are some other pictures, some of them from the Capstone site itself, and for the life of me I can't tell any difference from the standard car apart perhaps from some different bonnet louvres and what looks like a rear-view periscope...

Anyway, this is solved and the point is yours, as you correctly say it's the Capstone CMT-380 hybrid, with a jet turbine engine charging the batteries to drive the electric motor - rather like that Jaguar concept recently.  The information on the Capstone website is actually 3 or 4 years old so I wonder what became of it?

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