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Solved - NEH 1626: Michel Motorsports Gitano e-GT 111
« on: March 08, 2012, 05:48:04 AM »
What's this car and where was it built?

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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2012, 06:53:22 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2012, 07:06:09 AM »
Michel Gitano, build by Michel Motors from the Philippines. It has a hybrid engine ... It was presented in 2011, but I don't know if they started building it yet ...

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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2012, 07:21:50 AM »
Michel Gitano, build by Michel Motors from the Philippines. It has a hybrid engine ... It was presented in 2011, but I don't know if they started building it yet ...

That's the car.
It has a name though if you would care to give me it.
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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2012, 08:27:15 AM »
To me it's just a 'Michel Gitano', but I found one source that called it 'Michel Motorsports Gitano EV Sports Car' ... Is that the name you're looking for?

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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2012, 08:58:42 AM »
To me it's just a 'Michel Gitano', but I found one source that called it 'Michel Motorsports Gitano EV Sports Car' ... Is that the name you're looking for?

No - it's a Gitano ****** Sports Car!
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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2012, 11:03:20 AM »
To me it's just a 'Michel Gitano', but I found one source that called it 'Michel Motorsports Gitano EV Sports Car' ... Is that the name you're looking for?

No - it's a Gitano ****** Sports Car!
Try again!

Gitano HYBRID Sports Car?

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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2012, 11:40:47 AM »
To me it's just a 'Michel Gitano', but I found one source that called it 'Michel Motorsports Gitano EV Sports Car' ... Is that the name you're looking for?

No - it's a Gitano ****** Sports Car!
Try again!

Gitano HYBRID Sports Car?

It's a full EV rather than a hybrid, so no - that's not its name.
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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2012, 12:51:24 PM »
That's about all I know about the car, so you can unlock it (if it's still locked) ...

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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2012, 01:07:01 PM »
That's about all I know about the car, so you can unlock it (if it's still locked) ...

As you wish, but its name is instantly traceable everywhere;  I can't really give someone else the point because you've got the car, but I can't quite give you the point yet either because you haven't given me the name!

Why don't you just Google it and there's the name staring right out at you?!
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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2012, 03:22:58 AM »
GT111 or E-GT111?

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Re: NEH 1626
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2012, 05:25:05 AM »
GT111 or  E-GT111?

Yes - that's its name!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1626: Michel Motorsports Gitano e-GT 111
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2012, 06:20:27 AM »
Thanks! I had to look that last bit up ... And so, you learn something every day!

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Re: Solved - NEH 1626: Michel Motorsports Gitano e-GT 111
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2014, 11:17:33 AM »
Hybrid is probably an accurate description of this car.  Early press coverage included the phrase "self charging".  Later coverage more accurately described the car like this:

the GT111's most unique feature is it doesn't need recharging because it is self-charging done by a component they call "RANGE EXTENDER".