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Every sumptuous urve, reve, d vet hs overt role erodyms or perorme, but

the tut sheet metl stll hts t Porshe’s erly hstory (lke the 550 Spyder ssoted wth Jmes De), d ts tehology

drws rom suessul rg Dna tht ludes the legedry 917 rers tht domted the trk the 1970’s, d

vtorous RS Spyder rers rom the moder er. Furthermore, the 918 Spyder s evolutory suessor to Porshe’s

lst superr, the crrer GT, rom both tehologl d desg perspetve.

The hert o ths revolutory md-ege utomoble s verso o Porshe’s V8 rom the RS Spyder tht geertes

more th 500 horsepower d revs to stoudg 9,200 rpm. Eletr motors o the rot d rer xles dd ombed

“The car’s fluid-cooled lithium-ion battery is charged from the power grid with a

power cord in your garage.”

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218 horsepower (160 kW). as “plug- hybrd,” the r’s ud-ooled lthum-o bttery s hrged rom the gr d wth

power ord your grge, wth ddtol hrg g through regeertve brkg. The ompy’s prove seve-speed

PDK double-luth trsmsso (Porshe-Doppelkupplugsgetrebe) ombes wth sde-to-sde torque-vetorg to

esure the power s lwys meetg the pvemet, d be mully otrolled through pddle shters. a rg-style

steerg wheel seletor lets the drver hoose rom our modes tht rge rom hgh efey or eve eletr-oly, to

hgh perorme, log wth ‘push to pss’ butto or speed boosts rom the eletr motors.

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Porshe’s lmed perorme umbers put ths squrely superr terrtory, wth

top speed just uder 200 mph d sprt to 62 mph 3.2 seods. a hgh-teh moooque body shell mde o rbo-

fber-reored plst (cFP) keeps weght uder 3,300 pouds, d legedry suspeso tug helps t lp the nordshlee

o nürburgrg quker th the crrer GT.

not oly does t hve stug exteror, but ts spe-ge okpt s sure to get your blood pumpg. never md the

rbo-fber body pels d wrproud ommd eter stylg wth multple dsply srees; ts steerg wheel loe s

eough to elt urge to hed or the trk. it hs to o buttos d otrols tht help mxmze desred perorme, d

ts shpe lls out to the Speed Rer gee every r lover. So r, there s o word o pls or over o the ope top, but

surely the egeers t Porshe’s home Zuehuse, Germy, wll work t out.

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“A racing-style steering wheel selector

lets the driver choose from four modes that

range from high efficiency to high performance.”

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compred to ew yers go, there

hs bee drought o exot rs omg to mrket durg the

eoom dowtur, so the Porshe 918 Spyder s lke oss the

desert tht rereshes buyers wth eo-redly opto tht omes

wth world-lss perorme. Porshe’s ultmte r omes wth

omprble vestmet. Whle speulto o prg d tmg

bouds, Bloomberg reports tht prg t luh s lkely to be

bout $630,000. But s the world’s frst über-hybrd, t s lkely to

be stt olletble, so look or street pres to qukly push

upwrd.

i the Moopoly bord o le, whe you hoose the r or your gme pee, the Porshe 918 Spyder s deftely the oe you wt

prked t the Bordwlk Hotel.

The Porsche 918 Spyder revolutionizes the automotive world with a

high-tech über-hybrid.

Porsche Cars North America, Inc., www.porsche.com/usa, 800.767.7243

spykr C8 ailron spyr

Mnufcur — Germany

Li Pric — $630,000 (est.)

avilbl — 2014-2015 (est.)

engin  — 3.4-Liter DOHC V8, 2 electric drive motors

Horpowr — 500 hp (gas) + 218 hp /160 kW (electric

torqu — N/ALyou — Rear-mid engine, rwd

trnmiion — 7-speed dual clutch PDK

drivrin — Rear-wheel Drive, electric front-wheel driv

Ful economy — 78 mpg (manufacturer est.)

Whlb — N/A

Lngh — N/A

Wih — 75 in.

Curb Wigh — 3,285 lbs

top sp — 191 mph (manufacturer est.)

acclrion — 3.2 sec (manufacturer est.)

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