Nikolay Fomenko, FIA N-GT Champion, has just launched Russia’s first sports car company, named Marussia (is that a contraction of “Mother Russia”?), and in the process has unveiled its first pre-production hybrid concept vehicle. One nice mother. The vehicle shown is still in the early stages of development, with many important decisions still yet to be made, but at least the exterior design is headed in the right direction.

Fomenko envisions a purely electric vehicle in the future but for now hybrid is the way. A Renault or Nissan derived 180kW 3.5-litre six cylinder engine is slated to appear in the engine bay, but at this stage there are no details on the electric component of the drive-train.

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