Steve Sutcliffe on P1 vs 918
01-22-2014, 01:55 AM
#16
Have you ever watched the video "Porsche Victory By Design featuring Alain de Cadenet" with the opening scene of the CGT reving and then going on the test track. It's awesome!! I always turn up the stero for that scene!! The engine note is so important for sports cars. The CGT and 918 come by it honestly.
Someone, Alain de Cadenet...?, needs to do an update of Porsche.
01-23-2014, 03:42 PM
#17
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Have you ever watched the video "Porsche Victory By Design featuring Alain de Cadenet" with the opening scene of the CGT reving and then going on the test track. It's awesome!! I always turn up the stero for that scene!! The engine note is so important for sports cars. The CGT and 918 come by it honestly.
The P1? ;-)
01-24-2014, 10:09 AM
#19
The concept is that the 918 is a fully well rounded, usable vehicle that is accessible and yet will tear your face off in terms of pure performance. And it will do moderate distances in all electric mode. Is this the essence of what they were going after?
In that sense it is very different from the P1 which seems to be a concept of maximum attack track performance.
There is a usability element of the 918 which is very appealing.
In that sense it is very different from the P1 which seems to be a concept of maximum attack track performance.
There is a usability element of the 918 which is very appealing.
http://thesupercarkids.com/mclaren-p...sh-in-england/
Perhaps a car with f1/ Le Mans type performance without the slick tyres and aero would work better with 4wd , 4ws , tv and a proper diff ?
Ze Germans know what they are doing my friends , they know what they are doing .
01-24-2014, 12:38 PM
#21
We also have to keep in mind, that 918 has much more torque than P1, which is important advantage. Weight on the other hand is very possible to much identical than all ppl expect, imo...
Btw, great forum!
Btw, great forum!
01-24-2014, 06:39 PM
#24
Also they may be going back to the ring with the final spec 918 .
This time the systems are optimised , the front engine works faster and for longer , the active aero will be working , minimum 10 seconds they say . With vid , with independent observers , with independent timing , in short the German way . None of this he said , she said , "my daddy has a faster car than yours " madness .
Personally I wouldn't bother , they won the ring war as far as I'm concerned . Now it's about reliability , customer support and just plain fun!
01-25-2014, 05:34 AM
#25
01-25-2014, 08:57 AM
#26
After seeing sutcliffes video he clearly prefers the p1 . This doesn't surprise me driving the cars in isolation and in the eyes of a reviewer not an owner , it makes it's power etc very dramatically . It's wilder where the 918 is more like a deranged veyron .
