Porsche 918 Spyder Concept Car Gets The Green Light
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Porsche 918 Spyder Concept Car
Porsche have confirmed their intention to put the 918 Spyder shown at the Geneva auto show in March into production.
The 918 Spyder concept on display at Geneva boasted a high-performance plug-in hybrid engine with a potential fuel consumption of around 60-80mpg.
The layout will be the usual Spyder 2 seater mid-engined affair, and the 918 will apparently hit 60mph in just over 3 seconds and go on to nearly 200mph… not bad for a plug in, though what percentage of that performance will come from whatever petrol engine Porsche decide to put in it is anyone’s guess, and our guess is most of it.
We can only assume the car will follow the usual pattern that is starting to emerge among car companies as they try to gag the ever growing band of greenies, that being that the 918 Spyder will use the electric motor for short, slow journeys and kick in the petrol engine when more performance is required, or the battery goes flat for the electric motor.
With Porsche’s (soon to be) new owners, Volkswagen, hoping to double sales of Porsche over the coming years, this kind of hybrid model is an eye into the future for Porsche models, and in fact all high performance car manufacturers.
On that note, we wonder when we’ll see a plug in Lambo or Aston Martin, the car chase scene in the next James Bond movie could be a wholly different experience if Bond has to stop for a recharge.
