Porsche 918 Spyder

Unless you have been living Greece, where all you would be doing is crying about how your economy is dead, I am sure that you have heard of the Porsche 918 Spyder.

Firstly, go ahead and watch this video.




Impressive, eh?

Porsche have gone to great lengths with their engineering, wait I'm doing this wrong isn't this what every review starts with?. From now on I will be writing my blogs a little differently so you can actually look at the stuff you want to know about.

Style

For a layman to spot a difference between a 911 and a Boxster would be very difficult, I promise. A person like me, who can tell which car it is from miles away is not able to spot the difference between a 911 Carrera S and a 911 turbo. Basically all you're paying for is performance. Honestly, most Porsche's have never looked good.

A couple Porsche's did stand out and some new ones such as the Boxster Spyder are beautiful and there is a distinct difference between the normal Boxster and the Spyder. However, the 918 Spyder is really a looker!, it could easily be mistaken for a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. Hats off to Porsche for this one. The front is very elegant and non-Porsche-like If I may say so!. It actually looks like the F430 16M from the front. The rear, I see hints of the Audi R8 and the LP560-4, this is not surprising as Audi, Lamborghini and Porsche are owned by Volkswagen so they have plenty of inspiration for looks!. I think style-wise this is quite the break Porsche needed and I am sure this means they are going to change the game, that is, If they apply such clever design to all their line-ups.



Performance

The Porsche 918 Spyder with plug-in hybrid provides the performance of a thoroughbred super sports car (no, seriously) on fuel consumption of just 3 litres/100 kilometres in the New European Driving Cycle, equal to a CO2 emission rating of 70 g/km.

The 918 Spyder is powered by a mid-mounter V8 developing more than 500 bhp at 9,200 rpm as well as electric motors on the front and rear axle with overall mechanical output of 218 bhp (160 kW).

This car does not lack in performance it has achieved a time of less than 7:30 on the Nurburgring, for those who understand this time, yes, it's really really good for a Hybrid supercar.

Not talking about negatives yet, YES, i have spotted a lot. But let's just say its Brilliant!.





Will it work?

Sadly, no. Despite being a successor to the legendary Porsche Carrera GT this will be considered as another concept. The reason being that every person who understands this car will get the point that the car is confused. Let me explain, the system of the Hybrid (electric) engine will work for 25 km at maximum. So, firstly its impractical. Secondly, Tesla would be a better option, being the first ever Hybrid supercar attempt from Porsche means they lack experience in such vehicles. I say Tesla because they are a very reputed brand, at present the only brand that comes to mind when thinking of Hybrid or Electric Supercar. If you have enough money to afford a Porsche 918 Spyder, then the opportunity cost is very high as you could buy a lot of cars which look better and have greater performance, however greater environmental impact. Thirdly, and finally, electric hybrids are not accepted world-wide; for such a technology to be accepted it will take years and years, having an electric charging meter on every street has its costs and many developing countries would not even consider it, so really it's just the Europe and USA which will ever be entitled to such technology and cars.

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