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Natural Gas Speedster?
February 9, 2008
Wow, check this out. French company PGO Auto will unveil this natural gas powered 356 replica at the Geneva Auto Show in March.
Called the Cévennes Turbo-CNG roadster, this car has a 1.6 liter turbocharged I4 that runs on compressed natural gas. It has a compression ratio of 11:1 and produces 150 hp and 155 lb-ft of torque. That pushes the car from 0 to 60 in 6.5 seconds and to a top speed of 130 mph.
The car can run about 280 miles on a full 132 liter tank of CNG, which averages to about 35 miles per gallon, and it spits out a little more than 118 grams of CO2 per kilometer.
It isn’t destined for production yet, but if enough interest is shown in Geneva, they will build it. It will only be available in Europe and cost about $70,000.
More pictures after the jump.
[source: Winding Road]
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