Friday 5th March 2010

Pic Of The Week: Porsche 918 Spyder

Make that 'pics' as we fail to decide which view of the new 918 concept is our fave...

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We know it's supposed to be 'Pic Of The Week' and not 'Pictures' in the plural, but the new Porsche 918 Spyder concept looks so good from so many angles that in the end we couldn't pick one.

So this week we're suggesting you 'rotate' these three beauties on your desktop, and try to imagine that's the inside of your garage we're all drooling over.

We suggest a schedule that goes something like this:

Today: Upload the front three-quarter shot, thus allowing you to fantasise about lifting the door to your garage and gazing in awe at your latest acquisition.

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Monday lunchtime: Brighten up your day by strolling round for a view of the rear.

Wednesday: Enjoy the aerial view from the cloud you're undoubtedly floating on, somewhere in motoring heaven...

(By the way, who writes this rubbish?! Ed)

POTW 1
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POTW 2
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POTW 3
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[tim200sx]

It links to last week's picture...

Edited by tim200sx on Friday 5th March 14:15

[dele]

Errrrm.....

Link fail? looks awfully like a GTR

[Mr Will]

tim200sx said:

It links to last week's picture...

Edited by tim200sx on Friday 5th March 14:15

We're on it, Riggers is changing the links as we speak!

[soad]

Simply beautiful.

[PhantomPH]

Great idea having a choice. *drools*

[gary hubbard]

looks like the new bond car

[UltimaCH]

Agrrrr, I just fell on the floor. Will definitely check the car out on Sunday morning when I go to the show and if I can get close to it

[MogulBoy]

Good screensaver!

I saw it at the show yesterday... IMO, the Porsche stand is crammed-full of cracking new products but I don't think they had the space to give the 918 Spyder enough prominence. Ideally, it should have been raised up a bit so that you could really get a good look at it!

As a concept, it certainly looks mighty impressive but to productionise-it, I foresee some important changes most notably the windscreen surround just doesn't look substantial enough and the same goes for the roll over hoops.

Overall, I came away slightly less impressed than I did when I saw the first production C-GT on the stand a few years ago. The 918 Spyder is just a bit too much of a concept and arguably too feminine for a modern hard-core porsche at the moment but it also reminded me a bit of the original Boxster concept...

When the actual production 986 came out many people considered it to be somewhat of a let down (lot's of jokes about how you could barely tell which end was the front etc.) but I'd say that that design has stood the test of time so let's hope they repeat it - albeit at a slightly raised price-point!

Edited by MogulBoy on Friday 5th March 16:03

[BUG4LIFE]

I'm not really a fan of Porsche's design language - the Panamera is just a joke! But the 918 is a great looking car and refreshingly different to the norm for Porsche. Now it's Aston's turn!

[parki11]

PHWOAAARRR :P VERY NICE

[lynchygt3]

best looking car i've ever seen................................................

[LCR270]

dele said:

Errrrm.....

Link fail? looks awfully like a GTR

EH?

Why is this not on the roads yet, it's stunning and a welcome change from the 911

[obscene]

I think my sight has gone wrong, it doesn't look like a 911...


'bout fking time, BRILLIANT !!!

Edited by obscene on Friday 5th March 21:24

[chrisjl]

Supersize doesn't mean what it once did. Any chance we could have higher res originals?

2560 x 1440 would suit me

(scaling 2048 up doesn't count!)

[Tahiti]

That's lovely.

[kin quick]

Looks lovely!!

Well done Porsche, it's not another clone

[vit4]

That looks like Carrera GT meets Hot Wheels... I like!

[sploosh]

Anybody like to buy a kidney?

[Mike Rob]

Appears they are actually going to make this one - let's see how much it ends up looking like these pics.

[Verde]

It is amazing. The next gen and more street-able version of the CGT. Notwithstanding the issues cited by the prior post noting the conversion to a 'real car' this is the Porsche I've been waiting for (for which I've been waiting??). I have to start digging between the sofa cushions for loose change...