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The era of the green(-ish) sports car is fast approaching. Porsche unveiled its 918RSR (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/porsche-918-rsr-racer-detroit-2011/) at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/) while Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi) enjoys showing off one of its many e-Tron concepts (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/06/ces-2011-audi-shows-off-revised-etron-spyder/) at nearly every expo. Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercedes-benz/) is no stranger to pairing up powerful vehicles with electric propulsion, trotting out the SLS AMG E-Cell (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/10/mercedes-benz-sls-amg-e-cell-detroit-2011/) at the NAIAS and searing our retinas in the process. Now there's word that AMG (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/AMG) is ready to cut fuel consumption across its lineup by partnering its torquey gasoline engines with some kind of hybrid electric powertrains.

According to Daimler's head of future mobility and advanced engineering Herbert Kohler, it's a "given" that AMG vehicles in the coming years will be available as hybrids. The AMG family will still be about performance, but - like every other automaker under the sun - fuel consumption is a constant part of engineering discussions going forward.


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