[stan_t]

Thoughts?

Porsche 918 Spyder Concept

Stan

 

[Hot09XT]

Very nice looking. Kinda reminds me of the GT.......only sexier.

They should retire the 911 body style. While I know it has undergone several changes over the multitude of years it is still relatively the same. I know, I know......."If it ain't broke, don't fix it", and it is a proven winner but dang that thing has been around forever. I used to love my black 930S, but that too had to go to someone else.

 

[scubadoober]

What is up with the wheels? It looks like it has the aero covers that the started putting on F1 cars.

 

[stan_t]

Electrical motors in there, gotta keep them covered.

Stan

 

[scubadoober]

Electrical motors in there, gotta keep them covered

Wait........what? This has four independent electric motors? I need to read up.

 

[stan_t]

Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid concept gets 78 mpg, hits 62 mph in 3.2 seconds — Autoblog

Stan

 

[scubadoober]

Gotcha, OK read a little and it seems pretty sick! I think the most telling and most overlooked part of the car is it has a high revving V8. This could be a huge shake up in the Porsche world if/when it is put into the 911. I guess Porsche saw what Audi and BMW did with their 4.0L V8's and decided to compete.

 

[stan_t]

Isn't Porsche = Audi = VW = Bugatti?

Stan

 

[scubadoober]

Isn't Porsche = Audi = VW = Bugatti?

Not really, Porsche and Audi/VW worked on a joint SUV project which all offered under different names. They also will spread out the engineering a bit between the companies however there are no real parts or platform carry overs. Porsche is a relatively small company in comparison to others.

 

[stan_t]

Porsche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stan

 

[scubadoober]

Wow, Porsche went from 50% ownership to VW AG purchasing them. I guess 10,000,000,000 eur in debt tends to make you pretty desperate. I intentionally typed out the debt to show how much it was.

 

[damu0703]

...I guess 10,000,000,000 eur in debt tends to make you pretty desperate. I intentionally typed out the debt to show how much it was.

So 10 billion Euro = what like 1 trillion US bucks now? hehe.

Nice car.

 

[Snoshado]

Good thing I haven't bought a Forester yet

 

[Vinnyd]

ill take 2

 

[Blue Fox]

I don't know if it's just me, but I LOVE the green striping in the interior.

 

[stan_t]

I agree, the styling of this car is sick. Gorgeous car.

Stan

 

[SKSTI]

Very nice looking. Kinda reminds me of the GT.......only sexier.

Yup. The very first thought that came to mind. The lines are a reminiscence of the GT.

I'm excited and anticipate of this approach. Another one I'm keeping an eye on is the rumored hybrid Evo.

 

[Duderotomy]

I don't know if it's just me, but I LOVE the green striping in the interior.

I love that too! Can you get it in other colours too?

 

[Snoshado]

It almost makes me want to somehow do that (with green) to the interoir of my Fozzie when I get it! The middle arm rest/ idk-what-to-call-it part is very nice too.. Mmmm futureeee

 

[scubadoober]

Call me a butt man but I like this shot, and I didn't notice the side mirrors (or lack there of) til I saw this shot. Are those cameras? It is obviously photochopped but I still like it.