Tag: Porsche 918 Spyder

TopGear Magazine is test driving the hierarchy of hypercars: a Ferrari LaFerrari, a Porsche 918 Spyder, and a McLaren P1. You can bet your pink-slips we’ll be keeping track of this track race.

Electrification is coming folks, but it might not be coming to everything just yet, at least at Porsche that is. According to Porsche’s hybrid guru Manfred Schurmann, while the company did just stick the same hybrid drive train from the Panamera into the Cayenne, that same approach probably won’t be throughout the rest of Porsche’s lineup.

Were you planning to purchase a new Porsche 918 Hybrid? Well, that might not be possible for that much longer because according to Porsche it’s almost already sold out.

First a recall of the 918, now one burns to the ground. According to Jalopnik, this fire began at a Toronto gas station and luckily the entire place didn’t burn as well. But the car was not able to be saved. It isn’t known what started the fire on the 918, but from the pictures, […] More »

Not to be outdone by the upstart manufacturer that Koenigsegg is, Porsche issued its own recall for its hybrid hypercar the 918. This time it was for five cars total! Mein Got! The issue resides in the 918 Spyder’s rear axle control arms which “may break, which could cause a loss of control while driving.” The […] More »

The ability to buy a car as expensive and exclusive as the Ferrari LaFerrari is a privilege. Now comes news that just getting the chance to pay the hybrid horse’s $2-million list price is also a privilege – one for which some are paying an additional $1.68 million. Peter Brook, Oracle Finance managing director, said, […] More »

It seems that automotive engineering requires a certain amount of modesty. Instead of making their high-performance hybrid drivetrain undeniably present, the wizards at the Porsche tuned it to fit in seamlessly with the 608 horsepower gasoline V8.  “All of this goes on behind the scenes, so transparently, so free of interference with the driver, that […] More »