RE: Porsche 918 Spyder: leaked details

[Erwin1978]

Indeed, 1660kg! Sod the e-drive and shed the weight. Why make a hybrid supercar when nobody else is doing so (bar Ferrari with the new Enzo..) Love everything else but cannot overlook the weight and apologetic hybrid gimmickery...

Oh, and dump the big Iphone centre console as well...

blackwoo said:

Looks fantastic but at 1660kg what's the point offering an option to save 35kg?!?

Imagine how good this could have been with a Turbo V8, a manual box and weighing half a ton less.

[Hellbound]

There's really nothing about this car I don't like. In the real world it's absolutely perfect.

I'd straddle the bonnet and dry hump that £50k paintwork too!

[seefarr]

Pistonwot said:

1,660kg

So the same as a Murciélago with an extra 200hp. Should be brisk!

[GranCab]

Looks too much like a Cayenne to me ...

[H100S]

Nice car, I wonder what the weight and performance stats would be with the hybrid bits taken off.

[H100S]

What is the price?

[ZesPak]

H100S said:

What is the price?

With options like a 50k paintjob, I think it's very much a case of "if you have to ask...".

[anonymous-user]

Erwin1978 said:

New Mclaren is a hybrid too. As will be the Enzo replacement.

[blunder13]

I am not a big Porshaa fan but I love the look of this

[SimonOcean]

The relatively high weight probably means that they have fitted sufficiently large capacity batteries to ensure that this car is real world usable without a stop every 5 mins to plug into the nearest coal / gas / nuclear power station. They could have had a lower headline weight / performance figure, but at the expense of a rubbish hybrid with no endurance.

Well done Porsche. Trust them to do it right.

Can't wait for the road and track tests.

[tommy vercetti]

H100S said:

What is the price?

Read on autocar, that it will be £672,000 in the UK, including VAT

[ewilson]

This is a beautiful example of hat the guys and girls at Porsche can acheive if they dig deep ,should reflect on all the models really

[whaddon1981]

if i won the lottery this weekend, my money would still go on the GT. cant imagine this sounding anywhere as good.

[sisu]

Well the current Porsche dash looks like one of these. With more buttons than a 90's Panasonic Hi-fi so this is their way of moving viz ze times jah?


But do they stick with the Halfords spec dash pod for the sportscrono pack?

[black412i]

Erwin1978 said:

[...]Why make a hybrid supercar when nobody else is doing so[...]

Probably for the same reason Dr. Porsche decided to build a rear-engined sports car when nobody else was doing so

[chrisironside]

If I was going to go green (which I don't plan to), and had a lot more money (which I don't imagine happening) then I would definitely be up for one of these.

[sisu]

one of the conumdrums of Porsche ownership. Choose the sports pack you get this even if you don't want it. No clock - no other bits

[GTR Owner]

I was at the Nurburgring Gran Turismo Evo event on Monday and Tuesday when this car was officially unveiled to the world. They asked two people from the 180 or so drivers and passengers present unveil it. One of them was my 12 year old son who I had managed to get special permission to take part in the event (needed special seat fitted to my car). Right now he is back at school bragging to his mates about it. The car does look amazing though. Earlier that day we got driven round the track by Sabine Schmitz! There were some amazing cars on the track. I am putting up some photos of the two days here later today (after 7pm) The pic on here is very poor quality as I took it with an iPhone in very bad light. Much better ones on the website. www.sxl1.com/evo.htm [url|http://thumbsnap.com/cctOYsTV[/url]

Edited by GTR Owner on Thursday 20th September 18:15

Edited by GTR Owner on Thursday 20th September 19:04

[RichB]

Wasn't there a thread about this yesterday? I'm sure I've read all this before somewhere...

[Some Gump]

Simply awesome.