Porsche 918 Spyder News
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The Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0 came about in 2000, when Audi took over the company and wanted to update the Italian supercar. It was working on the Murcielago, but the Diablo still had some life in it. In the rear of the car sits a 6.0-liter V-12 engine that produces 550 horsepower and over 450 pound-feet of torque. That's pretty excellent considering the car weighs under 3,600 pounds and has all-wheel-drive. It's fast, to say the least. To say more, it can't hold a candle to the modern supercar of today. ALSO SEE: 2,100-Horsepower Audi R8 Is Latest King Of The Street: Video A Porsche 918...
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Horacio Pagani's Personal Porsche 918 Spyder: Video
At his factory in Modena, Horacio Pagani has built some of the most lust-worthy cars every made, including the stunning Huayra and the bonkers, one-of-five, $2.28 million Zonda R Evolution. But like a many enthusiasts, Pagani isn't a brand loyalist, and has a garage full of machines mere mortals...
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LaFerrari, P1 And 918 Spyder Finally Tested Together: Video
The first independent test with actual quantifiable results of the current crop of hybrid supercars made up of the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder has finally been done, and it’s all thanks to British entrepreneur Paul Bailey who happens to own all three cars, plus the...
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Clarkson, Hammond and May to start new show with LaFerrari, P1 & 918 Spyder comparo?
It appears that Amazon’s new show starring former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May is set to start off with a bang. Clarkson posted a photo to Twitter yesterday showing the three larrikins in front of three of the most desirable cars on the planet: the Ferrari...
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Porsche 918 Spyder Slides Into Crowd At Malta Track Event
Paul Bailey is the man who recently made news when he purchased the "holy trinity" of current hybrid supercars. His first acquisition was a Porsche 918 Spyder, which he followed up with a McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari over the course of one day. It's that first car that is making the news in an...
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LaFerrari, Porsche 918 And McLaren P1 Pitted Against Each Other... Finally: Video
Earlier in the year, the Internet collectively got jealous (and happy) about one man making the move to buy three rare and exotic machines—two of them in one day. His name is Paul Bailey, and he spent a glorious day last winter acquiring his Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 918 Spyder. A McLaren...
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Just getting to drive a crazy exclusive supercar like the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 or Porsche 918 Spyder is a dream for mere mortals. And comparing them side-by-side? That's insanity, as even pre-fracus Top Gear couldn't pull off a shootout between the three thoroughbreds. But next year, London-based supercar club Auto Vivendi will offer the opportunity not only to drive them, but to take them each to 200 mph. ALSO SEE: Meet The Man That Owns A Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 & Porsche 918 Spyder: Video The setting will be Leicestershire’s Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in the...
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Mark Webber Takes Delivery Of Porsche 918 Spyder
It’s a well-known fact that racing driver Mark Webber is a huge fan of Porsche, with the Australian even purchasing the last 911 GT2 RS during his days driving for the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula One team. Now he’s added an even faster Porsche to his fleet, the 918 Spyder hybrid...
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Vitesse-AuDessus reveals one-piece carbon fiber wheels
Earlier this month, we wrote about the stunning work Maryland firm Vitesse-AuDessus is doing rendering the bodies of supercars like Ferrari's LaFerrari in pure carbon fiber. And now, customers who've chosen to give their cars the treatment can get a set of wheels to match. ALSO SEE: Porsche 918...
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Porsche 918 Spyder Driver Showing Off Crashes In Car Park: Video
We’re sure many readers can relate to how the Porsche 918 Spyder driver in this video must have felt. You’re in a holiday spot with a shiny new car, in this case in St. Tropez with one of the most desirable cars on the planet, and you end up giving the loud pedal a little squeeze to let...
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America's Vitesse-AuDessus is rendering entire supercars in carbon
Carbon fiber and supercars go together like chocolate and peanut butter. But most of the time—at least on exterior pieces—paint hides the beauty of the weave. These creations from Maryland-based firm Vitesse-AuDessus, on the other hand, show how tremendously the material's infinitesimal...
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Walter Röhrl Crashes Porsche 918 Spyder: Video
For most Porsche fans, Walter Röhrl is instantly recognizable as the man vital to the development of some of the sports car marque’s greatest models. The rally legend, now 68, is currently the brand’s ambassador and key test driver. Recently, he was behind the wheel of...
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Porsche has completed production of its 918 Spyder. It was—to put it mildly—one hell of a run. From the beginning, the car was a complete departure from the bareknuckle Carrera GT which preceded it. Electric motors at the front wheels. An army of computerized nannies. A seven-speed PDK dual-clutch transmission. Upon seeing the concept at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, we wrote that some of the car's trick tech "was sure to prove difficult to render in production." But render it, Porsche did. On our first drive, we declared the 918 Spyder "utterly untouchable by the pantheon of cars...
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New Owner Takes Porsche 918 Spyder Straight To The Track: Video
Many supercars are doomed to a life of sitting in the corner of some collection but the Porsche 918 Spyder in this latest video is driven to the limit by its owner at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps race track in Belgium. The owner brought his brand new 918 out during one of the special track...
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Porsche 918 Spyder Recalled For Radiator Wiring Issue
The Porsche 918 Spyder has been, arguably, the most successful of the new breed of hybrid hypercars, selling more than the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari combined. While its performance may, in some ways, be the lowest of the three, it’s nonetheless an incredibly impressive car. ALSO SEE...
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Ferdinand Piech’s One-Off Porsche 918 Spyder Spotted In Austria
He may have just been ousted from the Volkswagen Group but former chairman Ferdinand Piech isn’t about to dump the collection of VW Group cars that he’s amassed over the years. One of his cars, a one-off Porsche 918 Spyder, was recently spotted in Austria though it’s not clear if...
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Have 918, Will Travel: Porsche Hits The Road To Celebrate Facebook Milestone
It wasn't too many years ago that hybrids were antithetical to the very idea of performance cars. And while it might be hard to remember, people survived for eons without the ability to update their Facebook status. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet But flash forward to 2015, and with...
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Porsche 918 Spyder Chases Koenigsegg Agera R On Autobahn: Video
This is something you don’t see every day, even if you live on the German Autobahn: a Porsche 918 Spyder chasing a Koenigsegg Agera R at 217 mph—the same speed the 918 ran in Australia for a stunt. CHECK OUT: Drunk California Woman Stalls Car On Freeway, Urinates, Wanders Into Traffic...
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Everybody knows about Germany’s speed-unlimited autobahns, but what many may not know is that there’s another stretch of road where drivers can push their cars to the limit without fear of losing their license: the Stuart Highway in Australia’s Northern Territory. To demonstrate the relatively unique abilities of its flagship 918 Spyder, Porsche recently took to the Stuart Highway and completed a world-first stunt. That stunt was an acceleration run from a silent-running 60 kmh (37 mph) to a top speed of 350 kmh (217 mph), achieved in just 40 seconds. As part of the stunt...
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Lexus LFA & Porsche 918 Spyder Face Off With Expected Results: Video
The Top Gear boys don't exactly need their track at the moment. Still, it's a space that could be put to good use, and that's exactly what happens when a group of supercar owners come together to exercise their machines. YouTube supercar specialist Shmee150 was on hand to ride shotgun as two...
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Meet The Man That Owns A Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 & Porsche 918 Spyder: Video
Remember Briton Paul Bailey who used a McLaren P1 to first pick up a Ferrari LaFerrari and then, together with his wife, drive over to pick up a Porsche 918 Spyder as well, completing the hypercar Trifecta in the process. ALSO SEE: ‘Superfast!’ Fast And The Furious Parody Coming In...
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Drifting On Ice With The Porsche 918: Video
Driving a Porsche 918 Spyder anywhere would be an awesome time for pretty much everyone. Taking that ultra-exotic and letting it loose on snow covered ice would up the fun quotient by many orders of magnitude of fun. That's what the team over at GT Spirit did recently, and thankfully the brought...
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Brit Man First To Acquire Trifecta Of Current Hypercars
Most folks might dream of owning one super or hypercar. The current crop of poster-worthy vehicles include the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1, and the Porsche 918 Spyder. Paul Bailey is a man who dreams a bit bigger. The U.K.-based businessman just completed the Trifecta, and snagged the keys to all...
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Behold The Glory Of The Porsche 918 Spyder Assembly Line: Video
We’ve been lucky enough to get behind the wheel of the Porsche 918 Spyder—at the Circuit of the Americas, no less—so we know just how truly special the superest supercar from Porsche really is. But it’s still amazing to see all of the hand-crafting that goes into its...
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