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03-17-2014, 07:58 PM
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"Now before you turn away, this is not another boring hybrid car thing..." Despite the slightly defensive introduction from Jay, the latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage is actually pretty fascinating. The Ricardo HyBoost (http://green.autoblog.com/tag/ricardo+hyboost/) is a 2009 Ford Focus (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/focus/) that has had a 1.1-liter engine swapped in for the stock 2.0-liter four. That might not get you performance enthusiasts out there fired up, until, that is, you hear that the 1.1L is also fed by both a turbocharger and an electrically driven supercharger for an instant-on "torque-fill" effect. Sounds about right, considering that Ricardo engineering is part of the genius behind the McLaren P1 (https://www.autoblog.com/mclaren/p1/).
Perhaps most exciting of all, the Ricardo folks say that the package should run somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,100. A sort of performance-hybrid that makes sense for the frugal driver and the enthusiast one, then. There's a lot more to the HyBoost, all of which can be seen in the video below (http://www.mnfords.com/2014/03/17/jay-lenos-garage-ricardo-hyboost-video/#continued).
Jay Leno's Garage goes eco with Ricardo HyBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/17/jay-lenos-garage-ricardo-hyboost-video/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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"Now before you turn away, this is not another boring hybrid car thing..." Despite the slightly defensive introduction from Jay, the latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage is actually pretty fascinating. The Ricardo HyBoost (http://green.autoblog.com/tag/ricardo+hyboost/) is a 2009 Ford Focus (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/focus/) that has had a 1.1-liter engine swapped in for the stock 2.0-liter four. That might not get you performance enthusiasts out there fired up, until, that is, you hear that the 1.1L is also fed by both a turbocharger and an electrically driven supercharger for an instant-on "torque-fill" effect. Sounds about right, considering that Ricardo engineering is part of the genius behind the McLaren P1 (https://www.autoblog.com/mclaren/p1/).
Perhaps most exciting of all, the Ricardo folks say that the package should run somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,100. A sort of performance-hybrid that makes sense for the frugal driver and the enthusiast one, then. There's a lot more to the HyBoost, all of which can be seen in the video below (http://www.mnfords.com/2014/03/17/jay-lenos-garage-ricardo-hyboost-video/#continued).
Jay Leno's Garage goes eco with Ricardo HyBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/17/jay-lenos-garage-ricardo-hyboost-video/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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