the discussione about who made the time (Lieb in the pics and in another video or now Arnold) is interesting but imho The Porsche Driver icon in the recent years is Rohrl My intent was to add the focus about drivers back on Walter

 

yum...

 

Do you have a link by any chance? Magnesium rims 32K? and the Liquid Metal paint should be bulletproof for that price. Wow.

 

Hey Zues, working in a Porsche store- they just released pricing on some options in our PVA. This should be up on the consumer version soon ( paint screen and wheels not able to copy):
Lifting system front axle
474
$10,500

Stone shield
527
$0

Porsche Speed Charging Station (DC)
629
$22,100

HomeLink® (programmable garage door opener)
607
$0

Interior package Carbon
508
$7,500

Glare reducing interior package
506
$0

Electric Comfort Heating
649
$6,000

6-point seat belts
P14
$3,600

918 Spyder luggage set
577
$19,900

in the weissach pkg ( base 929K) the interior options are:
HomeLink® (programmable garage door opener)
607
$0

Glare reducing interior package
506
$0

Electric Comfort Heating
649
$6,000

918 Spyder luggage set
577
$19,900

Multifunction sports steering wheel with rim in leather
846
$0

Automatic air conditioning
573
$0

Burmester® High-End Surround Sound-System and storage compartment
P16
$0

 

 

 

7:14 ring time was not on "pure" road tyres as wrote Porsche...

Motorsport News | Michelin Corporate

The futuristic Porsche 918 Spyder produced the fifth fastest lap ever posted by a production car round the Nürburgring’s famous Nordschleife loop. The German supercar was equipped with Michelin tires.
The hybrid 770hp Porsche 918 Spyder featured Martini livery and ran on Michelin Sport Cup+ tires (front: 20 inches / rear: 21 inches) as it completed the daunting 20.832km circuit in 7m14s, comfortably under the targeted 7m22s.
The ‘Plug-in-Hybrid’ Porsche 918 Spyder is still undergoing development but should be available for sale in a year’s time. Its rivals in the supercar market will be the McLaren P1 and the Ferrari F70

 

 

Here the list of the 918 prototype liveries:

#01 - Salzburg
#02 - Salzburg
#03 - Martini
#04 - Salzburg
#05 - Salzburg
#06 - Salzburg
#07 -
#08 -
#09 -
#10 - Martini
#11 - Psychadelic
#12 - Psychadelic
#13 - Psychadelic
#14 -
#15 - Martini
#16 - Psychadelic
#17 - Martini
#18 - Martini
#19 - 908/3
#20 - 908/3
#21 - 908/3
#22 -
#23 - Martini (colored)

Porsche confirmed on the sound night, that 23 prototypes are on the road!

 

Surprise: more 918 specs, courtesy of a very well-informed forumer over at Rennteam. Read on for the quote...

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Some data and prices for the 918 Spyder:

918 Spyder: 768.026 Euro
918 Spyder with Weissach-package: 839.426 Euro

◦ High-Perfomance Hybrid-System with Plug-in-technology, one combustion engine and two electric engines with E-Boost function
◦ only available in LHD-version
◦ Combustion DFI-engine is a V8 with 4.593 ccm and 9.000 1/min
◦ maximum power more than 580 hp and more than 500 Nm
◦ Euro 5-classification
◦ 70 litre tank
◦ turning circle 12.7 m
◦ Combustion engine is rear wheel drive and will be supportetd by one electric engine
◦ second electric engine will be for front wheels, so called electric AWD, up to 235 kph
◦ maximum power of both electric engines is more than 245 hp, 116 hp for front wheels and 129 for rear wheels
◦ Lithium-ion-battery with 6.8 kWh capacity
◦ on board charger with 3.6 kW
◦ external Porsche-universal-charger
◦ combined power will be more than 595 hp
◦ maximum torque more than 780 Nm between 1.000 and 4.000 1/min in third gear
◦ 7-gear-PDK
◦ Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV Plus)
◦ Electric Porsche Traction Management (ePTM): electric AWD-system
◦ Auto-Start-Stop and "Sailing"
◦ front wheels with 9,5Jx20 and 265/35 ZR20
◦ rear wheels with 12,5Jx21 and 325/30 ZR21
◦ PCCB front 410mm (6 piston calliper), rear 390mm (4 piston calliper)
◦ electric parking brake
◦ LED-front lights with four point DRL, LED-rear lights
◦ PCM with 7"-touch screen (multitouch) in centre console
◦ 8"-TFT-information display
◦ Burmester HighEnd Surround system with 11 speakers and more than 500 W

Weissach-package reduces the weight of 1.700 kg (DIN) / 1.775 kg (EG) of the standard car by approximately 35 kg and the time at the Nordschleife by approximately 2 seconds (standard: less than 7:22 min, Weissach-package: less than 7:20 min)

Weight reduction is achieved by the following:
◦ extended use of magnesium, CfK, titanium and ceramic-parts
◦ foil instead of paint for the car saves 2.5 kg
◦ no wiring for external quick charging station
◦ 918 Spyder magnesium wheels (same dimensions) saves 13.5 kg
◦ no air-condition
◦ no Burmester HiFi system
◦ flame-resistant cloth instead of leather for the seats
◦ CfK-paddles for PDK
◦ CfK-interior package
◦ special door interior panels without armrest and door pockets
◦ straps instead of door handles
◦ no glove compartment, no compartment in centre console
◦ no carpeting in leg room, no carpeting in boot
◦ 6-point-harness

And here are the prices (I hope you can cope with that...):
◦ foil additional to the paint: 11.900
◦ liquid metal paint: 47.600
◦ liquid metal paint plus foil: 59.500
◦ 918 magnesium wheel: 29.750
◦ lifting system for front axle: 8.925
◦ external Porsche quick charging sytem: 20.230 (20 kW, reduces charging time from 2 hours to 0.5 hours)
◦ special leather "Authentic": 23.800 (leather "made in Germany" with special structure)
◦ interior carbon-package: 6.545
◦ electric comfort heating system: 5.950 (heating for interior when only electric engines are running)
◦ 6-point-harness: 2.975
◦ Luggage-set (five pieces): 17.731 (ha! that's a good one...)
◦ car pick up in Zuffenhausen: for free!
◦ car pick up in Leipzig: 6.545 (I guess that's for former East Germany...)

BTW, with the Weissach package the foil, standard leather, quick charging system, AC and Burmester HiFi come for free, if you want that in your car.

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This car keeps looking more and more tantalizing; expensive as all Hell but no less desirable and fantastic. Can't wait for the reveal! [Rep? Yes? ]

Porschephile88