Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid, Car driven by Carlos Lago managed to score a 299.2 km / h in a test at the Bonneville salt desert in Nevada, USA.
With speed, this car was a record as the fastest hybrid car in the world. CEO and President of Volkswagen Group America, Jonathan Browning said that the car has proven to be environmentally friendly as well as conventional cars to run fast.
Although capable of running hard, he thought the car was also still able to offer efficiencies up to 19.1 km / liter.
This car combines a gasoline engine yourself with a capacity of 1.4 liter TSI which was equipped with a turbocharged engine that is able to offer power up to 150 hp after channeled through the 7-speed DSG dual-clutch automatic gearbox which is then combined with an electric motor-powered 27 horsepower.
At present an overview of environmentally friendly cars such as hybrid cars are slow line that could not run fast. However, Volkswagen wanted to get rid of that view. Speed of nearly 300 km / h was torehkan their success.
