The Porsche 918 Spyder – Porsche’s hypercar – is being recalled yet again, this time for correction of a wiring harness that could be damaged by a carbon fibre component. The technology that has gone in to the creation of the current trio of hypercars – Porsche 918 Spyder, LaFerrari and McLaren P1 – is […]
Porsche 918 Spyder hits 217mph on public roads (video)
The Porsche 918 Spyder – Porsche’s hybrid hypercar – has hit 350kph (217mph) on Australia’s Stuart Highway, taking just 40 seconds from 60-350kph. As far as we can work out, there are currently just three places you can take a road car and drive as fast as you want: the German Autobahn, the Isle of […]
Porsche 918 Spyder recalled for faulty chassis components
The German take on the current triumvirate of hypercars – the Porsche 918 Spyder – is being recalled to replace chassis components that fall below standard. 2015 has been the year of car recalls, with manufacturers big and small – and cars from budget to hypercar – having to bring cars back from owners to […]
Porsche 918 Spyder with Weissach Package does 0-62 mph in 2.6 seconds
Porsche has revealed that fitting the Weissach Package to the 918 Spyder improves performance significantly, with 0-62mph in 2.6 seconds. [nggallery id=1637 template=customlinks] The trio of hypercars currently vying for the title of the ultimate supercar – McLaren P1, LaFerrari and Porsche 918 Spyder – have all taken similar – but different – routes to performance, […]
Porsche 918 Spyder Configurator goes LIVE
The production version of the Porsche 918 Spyder Supercar has been revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show and now you can go and spec up your 918 Spyder on the new configurator. [nggallery id=1637 template=customlinks] With the Porsche 918 Spyder now revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche has decided to put up a 918 […]
Porsche 918 Spyder laps Nurburgring in under 7 minutes
Porsche has revealed that the new 819 Spyder – revealed today at Frankfurt – has lapped the Nurburgring in just 6:57, a new production car record. When the McLaren P1 was first revealed, Ron Dennis told us it would lap the Nurburgring in under 7 minutes. But it seems the best the McLaren P1 has […]
Porsche 918 Spyder Revealed: Frankfurt 2013
The Porsche 918 Spyder – the Porsche answer to LaFerrari and McLaren P1 – has been revealed in final production guise at the Frankfurt Motor Show. [nggallery id=1637 template=customlinks] The Porsche 918 Spyder has been on the way for a long time, but it finally arrived at Frankfurt in production guise last night. Designed as […]
Production Porsche 918 Spyder – first photo from Pebble Beach
The production version of the Porsche 918 Spyder – Porsche’s hybrid supercar – has been revealed in a single photo Tweeted by Porsche. The Porsche 918 Spyder has been on its way for quite some time, and we’ve seen it in umpteen guises from 918 Concept to 918 in disguise to 918 in Martini colours. […]
Porsche 918 Spyder gets its own website
The hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder hypercar – Porsche’s answer to the LaFerrari and McLaren P1 – has a new website dedicated to all things 918. [nggallery id=888 template=customlinks] It’s more than two years since the Porsche 918 Spider went on sale, but it’s now getting close to arriving in Porsche showrooms so Porsche has created […]
Porsche 918 Spyder: New specs and new photos
The Porsche 918 Spyder will get a power boost for the production car, Porsche has officially revealed, and we have new 918 Spyder photos too. [nggallery id=888 template=customlinks] Last month we reported that the Porsche 918 Spyder – Porsche’s new hybrid supercar – was to get a power boost for production to make it more […]