RE: Porsche Reveals Hybrid 918 Spyder

[fivesixseven8]

magnus911 said:

fivesixseven8 said:

Drop. Dead. Gorgeous.

Shirley a 911 level price tag (at least) though?

Probably a price tag equivalent to 4 x 911 Turbos...

Edited by magnus911 on Tuesday 2nd March 08:17

It's looking more and more like that! Shame.

[dinkel]

Errr . . . . cool?

[red_slr]

Doubt there will be much change from £300 - £400k but just look at it!!

[Dagnut]

appletonn said:

So is it 500hp PLUS the 218 from the electric motors?

As for the fuel consumption and emissions, I would doubt that you could have your cake and eat it - 500hp OR low emissions and fuel consumption, not simultaneously!!

Happy to be proved wrong though - lovely looking car and good to see some original thinking from Porsche at long last.

Now they just need to marry the electric motors with a proper aircooled flat six and we'd have motoring nirvana....

Edited by appletonn on Tuesday 2nd March 08:35

But it only has to be capable of those figures to satisfy the EU regulations..I'm sure if you run the electric motors and probably 10% of engine power you can obtain those stats.. This should satisfy everyone you still have the noise of the V8..fair play this is definitely a step in the right direction.

[MogulBoy]

10/10

More pics here...

http://www.digitaltrends.com/photogalleries/2011-p...

[Varsity]

The big question will be,

Do I sell the house, the wife or the kids?

Or all of the above!

I want one.

[Roberty]

Build it, build it please god make them build it.

[BoRED S2upid]

Now that looks good. Lets hope this is the future and not just a concept.

[[AJ]]

Now, who said Porsche build 'boring' cars?!

Wow!

Certainly looks more like a CGT replacement, but I can't wait for design elements to filter down though the ranges over the next few years.

The spy pics of the 998 (if it gets called that) look almost identical to the 997, but with 993 wing mirrors. Although I love the 911 shape, I wouldn't be adverse to having this instead!

[[AJ]]

red_slr said:

Doubt there will be much change from £300 - £400k but just look at it!!

But that seems like a relative bargain next to some of the latest 'limited edition' offerings that have been announced by other super/sports car manufacturers of late.

[Greg964]

That really is pretty.
Presumably congestion charge exempt too, with low tax.

[blueST]

With the recent Hybrid GT3 and now this, derived from RS Spyder, I sense an imminent factory return to Le Mans, with Hybrid as the all-important weapon against diesel supremacy. I do hope so, fingers crossed....

[Oddball RS]

Its funny the top three 'retouched'? images look stunning but the real car shots much less so, mind you the Elise windscreen just looks likes its sat on top, its too small.

[morebeanz]

That hits the spot in so many ways - fresh styling, powerful innovation, tremendous performance. Loving it do death, well done Porsche!

[The Wookie]

PH are swooning over a Porsche that has a V8... not mounted behind the back axle... that has electric motors... and a battery...

I love it, but on PH I would have put money on it going down like a bin laden joke at a league of islam meeting

[dealmaker]

Wilburo said:

Autocar are saying it's the succesor to the CGT.

Being a tad cynical - it looks like IT IS a CGT - or at the very least it uses a CGT carbon tub - those sills etc are all too familiar!

So a bit of a quick lash-up using an old CGT tub they had lying around??...or a well developed sucessor to the CGT?

One things for certain - if it does go into production - and does use the CGT tub - don't expect any change from £350k.....at least!

[OnePaintedMan]

P-hweuuuuueeeuuugh *cough* *cough* *cough* *cleans morning coffee of laptop screen*

THAT is what I call a true Porsche.

Don't mess about . . . Just build the damn thing. Please. It will sell itself.

Stunning

[patmahe]

Wow, finally a porsche that isn't a 911 clone in the styling dept, looks all the better for it in my opinion. Well done Porsche, more like this please

[ironictwist]

Oh god oh god oh god oh godddddddddddd!

• wets himself

[Draexin]

It looks pretty enough but they HAVE to get rid of those hideous the wheels and sideview mirrors.
I love the front end of the car, it has that iconic Porsche look.