-eztrader-

409 should be the price as well

kosmo

oops, The lawyers for Clorox called. "409" is already taken.

aussie jimmy

what's the 411?

Tacet-Conundrum

At Monterey it was Passenger only on Friday.

The only Civilian to have driven the car in the entire world as of this last Pebble Beach has been Jay Leno.

I didn't have the time to wait because it was so busy at the Zentrum around 2:30pm Friday! Next year I will just take the entire week off.

gpennington

I'm going to Homestead to see it. I'll not be happy if i dont get to drive it!

TRAKCAR

I should get myself invited to Homestead and take the Rustang :-)

carcommander

If all I get is a ride I won't be there long. I will check into this.

aussie jimmy

they will serve a nice hot lunch though, maybe some schnitzel and nice, cold franziskaner

Tacet-Conundrum

Ain't it nice to just be able to ring or send an email and "get invited"? Though I admit I rarely take advantage.

CAlexio

I wonder if you wait another 6 months, and then go offer Porsche $5-600k for a 918 and promise to keep it quiet... My guess is they would start offering tacit discounts in order to be able to say that the whole production was sold.

I agree with previous poster, it's just not an attractive car, and at least for me, a Carrera gt is still much more desirable. In fact, if I had $400k to spend on a car I would buy a Carrera gt over anything else available. Few purer modern cars out there... 918 really doesn't inspire any emotion or lust in me.

Conekilr

..until I heard this..

Nick

FWIW, in Europe one person was allowed to drive the car on the track. I suspect other invitees will be allowed to do so as well. However, the car was detuned to 720hp. He had nothing but good things to say about the car. Nevertheless, he remains uncertain he will buy one.

Mike in CA

At the Porsche Zentrum in Carmel last week the 918 pulled into the lot after a test drive. The V8 exhaust growl was lovely (much nicer in person). Then the driver shut down the engine and backed into the stall under electric power. It was fascinating and disturbing at the same time. Watch:

CAlexio

Find a clip of a Carrera GT doing the same thing, and then tell me if you would spend over three times as much for the 918.

And Mike, I can't imagine any real driving enthusiasts, would pick the ability to park his car silently, over losing over 1000 pounds of weight in his sports car. Would you?

Mike in CA

Not really, which is why I said I found watching it both fascinating and disturbing....