Connaught Type-D GT Syracuse

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Type-D GT Syracuse
Production period: 2006-2016
Class : Sports car
Body versions : Coupe
Engines: Otto engine :
2.0 liters (223 kW)
Length: 4251 mm
Width: 1866 mm
Height: 1361 mm
Wheelbase : 2840 mm
Empty weight : 950 kg

The Connaught Type-D was a planned sports car for the British automobile manufacturer Connaught and was to be built in Llanelli , Wales .

The vehicle was announced in 2004, and production was scheduled to start in 2006. The Type-D was to be a Gran Turismo with 2 + 2 seats, powered by a hybrid drive. With this concept, Connaught was ahead of its time; it wasn't until 2011 that a vehicle with a similar concept came onto the market with the Fisker Karma .

Other technical solutions of the Connaught were also unusual. So they wanted to rather than conventional batteries to supercapacitors set, and the engine should be a specially developed, very compact V10 are engine with aluminum engine block. For a four-seater, the Type-D is very compact at 4.25 m in length, about as long as the Opel Astra at the time . The V10 engine is installed behind the front axle as a front mid-engine and drives the rear axle via a manually shiftable five-speed gearbox and a limited slip differential . Thanks to a light aluminum body, the car should have an empty weight of less than a ton.

Due to difficulties with the hybrid drive, production should initially start with the Type-D GT Syracuse , an edition limited to 100 units that is only powered by an internal combustion engine and does not have an electric drive. The V10 engine with a displacement of two liters and a cylinder bank angle of 22.5 ° should be charged by a compressor in order to deliver sufficient power and thus achieve 223 kW (equivalent to 303 hp or 299 bhp).

The hybrid variant was to follow later under the name Type-D h , but the Type-D never reached series production. A first test vehicle had a Ford engine to test, but there seems to have been a prototype with a functioning V10.

Technical specifications

Parameters Type-D h
Construction period 2006-2016
Engine characteristics
Engine type V10 petrol engine
Displacement 2000 cc
Max. power 223 kW (300 PS)
at 7000 rpm
Max. Torque 371 Nm
at 3000 rpm
Power transmission
Drive, as standard Rear wheel drive
Gearbox, as standard 5-speed manual transmission
Readings
Top speed 273 km / h
Acceleration,
0-100 km / h 		under 5.0 s
Fuel consumption
over 100 km (combined)
CO 2 emissions
(combined)
Tank capacity 73 l

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