Autocar Drives Porsche 918 Spyder - Video

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As title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9vBKEGjytE

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Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Got to love Colbert

[StuartMcKay]

Anyone else notice that the video is 9 mins 18 seconds long? Nice touch

[Rich_W]

Like it.

[Gun]

Love it! I'd have one of these over the TheFerrari and McLaren P1 any day.

[StuartMcKay]

Have to say that the more I have seen and heard about the car, the more I have come to really like it. I really wasn't a fan at first but every time something new is released about it, it just seems to get better and better.

Really can't wait to see a group test with this, the P1 and La Ferrari. My gut instinct tells me that the Ferrari with the stupid name will get a bit of a spanking though. All the reviews/hearsay suggest that Porsche and McLaren have pushed the boundaries beyond anything that has been imagined before in a road car.

On a side note, it does thankfully seem that Top Gear/Jeremy Clarkson got it wrong at the end of Series 13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q0Svvdrx_E

[toppstuff]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Watching the lap behind the 911 T, even with Rohl at the wheel, I can't help but think the P1 would monster past it.

Yes, I think there is little doubt that the McLaren is a lot quicker. It's lighter and more powerful.

[Mastodon2]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Watching the lap behind the 911 T, even with Rohl at the wheel, I can't help but think the P1 would monster past it.

I think the P1 probably would, but that 991, allegedly with Walter at the wheel, didn't look like it was pushing hard and the 918 didn't really look like it was more than 60% committed at any point either, though I accept that with it's pure focus on monster performance, the P1 is likely to be the quickest of the bunch. I do love this 918 though, the exhaust exits on the top deck of the car are perhaps my favourite single design or styling element on any car, they just look amazing, and the rest of the car just seems blessed with greatness too.

[av185]

Initially did sound rather like supercar...

Then the engine kicked in...wow!

Looks good in Rhodium silver. Wonder if that's a £995 optional extra ? LOL

[flat-planedCrank]

I'm really glad it's a cracking car, all the recent press seems to have been about the LaFerrari and P1.

The 918 perhaps looks the most racing-car of the three?
Got my fingers crossed it sells well




....so they make a GT3 version?!

[isaldiri]

toppstuff said:

Yes, I think there is little doubt that the McLaren is a lot quicker. It's lighter and more powerful.

Numbers are not everything though. The GTR on paper should be left for dead by a lot of other cars but it usually more than keeps up...?

[jacksparrow11]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Watching the lap behind the 911 T, even with Rohl at the wheel, I can't help but think the P1 would monster past it.

i think its quite clear steve sutcliffe wasn't giving it full beans

[greggy50]

I think of the three hypercars this is by far my favourite it is far better looking that the other two has a far nicer interior and is the cheapest as well.

[DubaiJohn]

That looks and obviously goes like the clappers, and in that colour the best looking of new Hypercars. But one thing about this and a few other videos recently, when did weapon become the term of choice for journos, it's very annoying stop it!

[Big Al.]

Youtube clips here please.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...