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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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