DerekShiekhi

Just How Fast is the Porsche 918 Spyder?



To see how differently the Germans and Brits (and Italians) do ultra-high-performance, just watch the following video.

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CW-VIESOCK

She's not the fastest, nor the quickest but she sure is a magnificent machine.

unotaz

You need to wait for the Paul Bailey's part 2 video and find out just how fast the 918 really is with the software update

BusDriver

That Autocar video makes no sense given that Autocar's own published magazine test results show that the car virtually neck and neck to 180 mph.

918 is probably even faster now given its performance updates since the Autocar test.

Stats from Autocar Oct 22, 2014 issue below.

SpeeddemonC2

Car and Driver Test Results of the 918:

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...e-specs-page-2

C/D Test
Results
Acceleration Hybrid/Electric
0–30 MPH 1.0/2.4 sec
0–40 MPH 1.4/3.7 sec
0–50 MPH 1.8/5.0 sec
0–60 MPH 2.2/6.7 sec
0–70 MPH 2.8/8.7 sec
0–80 MPH 3.4/11.3 sec
0–90 MPH 4.1/14.3 sec
0–100 MPH 4.9/– sec
0–110 MPH 5.8/– sec
0–120 MPH 6.7/– sec
0–130 MPH 7.9/– sec
0–140 MPH 9.1/– sec
0–150 MPH 10.5/– sec
0–160 MPH 12.2/– sec
0–170 MPH 14.4/– sec
0–180 MPH 17.5/– sec
Rolling Start, 5–60 MPH 2.4/– sec
Top Gear, 30–50 MPH 2.4/– sec
Top Gear, 50–70 MPH 1.7/– sec
Ό-Mile @ MPH 9.8 sec @ 145 mph/
15.1 sec @ 92 mph
Top Speed 214/95 mph (gov ltd, mfr's claim/gov ltd)
Chassis
Braking 70–0 MPH 142 feet
Roadholding,
300-ft-dia Skidpad 1.10 g
Understeer MINIMAL
Weight
Curb 3724 pounds
Per Horsepower 4.2 pounds
%Front/%Rear Distribution 44.0/56.0
Towing Capacity 0 lb
Fuel
Tank Capacity 18.5 gallons
Octane Rating 93 octane (recommended)
EPA City/Hwy 20/24 mpg
EPA Combined Electricity 67 MPGe