In this paper a novel type of hybrid reluctance motor drive is presented. This new motor is characterized by a stator formed by a combination of independent magnetic structures, each one composed of an electromagnet, the magnetic core with one or several coils wound on it, associated with a permanent magnet disposed between their poles. The rotor has the same configuration of a switched reluctancemotor without any coil, magnets or squirrel cage. A particular case of this hybrid reluctance motor, with three electromagnets with permanent magnets in the stator and five salient poles in the rotor, is studied. The motor is then analyzed and simulated. Finally, experimental results are given and this type of motordrive is compared with switched reluctance motor drives of the same size. This new type of hybrid reluctance motor does not present cogging torque and has higher power and efficiency than a switched reluctance motor of the same size