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10-01-2012, 10:52 AM
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The Supercar Out To Trigger A Paradigm Shift
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The Porsche 918 Spyder (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/918/) has top-mounted exhaust pipes just like the original 1966 Batmobile (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/batmobile/). How bitchin' is that?
Not nearly as fascinating as what lies beneath the coupe's carbon fiber skin.
The all-new supercar, arriving late next year, is the most complex vehicle Porsche (http://www.autoblog.com/porsche/) has ever designed. The hybrid gasoline-electric exotic features a race-bred 4.6-liter V8 supplemented by two electric motors drawing power from a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack. It boots up like a computer, glides combustion-free like something out of a science-fiction movie and then ignites its fuel-fed engine to blast in excess of 200 mph.
The 918 Spyder's existence is as significant as the Le Mans Porsche 917 (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/04/06/1970-porsche-917-lh-makes-rare-trip-from-porsche-museum-to-new-y/) and as technologically groundbreaking as the 1986 Porsche 959 - it suggests that hybrid supercars will not only prevail, they will dominate.Continue reading 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/01/2014-porsche-918-spyder-deep-dive-review/)
2014 Porsche 918 Spyder (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/01/2014-porsche-918-spyder-deep-dive-review/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The Supercar Out To Trigger A Paradigm Shift
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2012/09/2014-porsche-918-spyder-fr.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-porsche-918-spyder-first-ride/)
The Porsche 918 Spyder (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/918/) has top-mounted exhaust pipes just like the original 1966 Batmobile (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/batmobile/). How bitchin' is that?
Not nearly as fascinating as what lies beneath the coupe's carbon fiber skin.
The all-new supercar, arriving late next year, is the most complex vehicle Porsche (http://www.autoblog.com/porsche/) has ever designed. The hybrid gasoline-electric exotic features a race-bred 4.6-liter V8 supplemented by two electric motors drawing power from a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack. It boots up like a computer, glides combustion-free like something out of a science-fiction movie and then ignites its fuel-fed engine to blast in excess of 200 mph.
The 918 Spyder's existence is as significant as the Le Mans Porsche 917 (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/04/06/1970-porsche-917-lh-makes-rare-trip-from-porsche-museum-to-new-y/) and as technologically groundbreaking as the 1986 Porsche 959 - it suggests that hybrid supercars will not only prevail, they will dominate.Continue reading 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/01/2014-porsche-918-spyder-deep-dive-review/)
2014 Porsche 918 Spyder (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/01/2014-porsche-918-spyder-deep-dive-review/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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