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StarLight presents the Japanese Vemac RD408-H from 2006, an hybrid racing car.
This car is a pretty looking fast machine.
Vemac is a subsidiary of Tokyo R&D, a Japanese consulting firm that builds concept cars for major Japanese car manufacturers and carbon fibre composite parts for rockets. Chairman Masao Ono has a CV remarkably similar to that of Lotus founder Colin Chapman, as he's a former F1 and Le Mans racecar designer who started his own company to help cutting-edge technologies get into everyday road cars.
Of course, being an R&D company, they've designed a hybrid racing car, except that, unlike Audi and Toyota, they did it eight years ago. The RD408-H features a 4.0-litre Mugen Honda V8 and two liquid-cooled DC electric motors. Amazingly, the result is a combined output of 800bhp and 686lb/ft.
The 1175 kg kerb weight gave it a staggering power-to-weight ratio of 681 bhp/tonne, making it so fast that it couldn't be entered for anything. Still, as a technology demonstrator it's pretty impressive.
Specifications
Year of make: 2006
Car make: Vemac
Model: RD408-H
Type: Racing Car
Built at: Japan
Production: 1
Power output
Horsepower: 800 bhp / 596.6 kw
Torque: 930 Nm / 686lb/ft
Engine
Type: Mugen Honda V8 w/Twin Pues Electric Engines
Displacement: 4000 cc
Position: Mid Longitudinal
Aspiration: Natural
Fuel feed: Direct Injection
Transmission: X-Trac
Drive: RWD
Dimensions
Length: 4610 mm / 181.5 in
Width: 1995 mm / 78.5 in
Body
Weight: 1175 kg
Tyres
Front: Tyres 330/680-18
Rear: Tyres 330/710-18
THE OTHER VEMAC IS HERE:
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