This car is the evidence of Porsche's forgery!
I wonder how exact the same car(according to Porsche's pressroom) First run Hell 7:13.00 and then 6:57.00. It is 16 seconds difference!
You can say Horst von Saurma can't drive...
But I will bet that you can not TRUST Porsche on their times...
Porsche 918 Spyder lap time at Nürburgring Nordschleife
Track | Nürburgring Nordschleife |
Type | flying start |
Vehicle | Porsche 918 Spyder |
Power / weight | 887 ps / 1654 kg |
Driver | Marc Lieb |
Time | 6:57.000 |
Estimated time | 7:01 (+4.0 sec) |
Est. peak speed | 267 kph (166 mph) |
Average speed | 178 kph (111 mph) |
Notes | Weissach-Package http://www.auto.it/2013/09/10/porsche-918-spyder-supercar-da-pole-position-video-e-foto/14653/ |
Submitted | 10.09.2013 by autoit |
Views | 17.9k |
Reference: Auto http://www.auto.it/2013/09/10/porsche-918-spyder-supercar-da-pole-position-video-e-foto/14653/


John Doe 3y ago

saxy 6y ago
Preproduction vehicles are slower, it's been shown and said many times of this car. Firstly that the electric engines used turn off at 146mph now turn off at 165mph. Secondly is that the recharge is also better than before, as you see when Horst drove around the ring, he had nearly full batteries at the end of the back straight, while Marc in the preproduction ran out at the beginning of the straight. Horst managed 200mph while Marc couldn't event hit 185

Westwood 6y ago
Some 918 owner put the car on the north ring and it was seconds faster than the 6'57''
it was 6'4x" or something. So this non-stock lap time is actually, slower than the stock cars'

Fangio Man 7y ago
@sroser
You can delete them by yourself by clicking the "Edit" button. Just erase the text of it and submit. ;)




sroser 7y ago
That's incorrect I'm afraid, Porsche also say 165mph or 265kph. Please stop spamming the site with false information saxo.
http://904.porsche.com/microsite/918/international.aspx?ws=1#

saxy 7y ago
WTF is with people thinking I make up random things and make up some random numbers? It's hilarious.
I'm just surprised Autocar didn't ask Porsche about it, because they were like "why does the acceleration drop out so much after 150mph... " but let me guess, was it cuz they just gave them the keys and didn't have technicians to explain to them?
"at 165mph the front motor is decoupled entirely to avoid over-speeding it. In other words, at high speed the 918 is RWD only." -Top gear
"front electric motor with gearbox for driving the front wheels (decouple from 146mph)"
-Porsche

sroser 7y ago
@BR2+ - And a completely different fixed roof, with no upholstery, no sun visors and no light above the mirror.
@saxy - That's complete BS wrt the front electric motor disconnecting at a slower speed on the 'ring lap. The 918 is only quicker than the P1 from 0-30mph because of the AWD, same reason it's faster out of hairpins (plus stickier tyres). Looking at MT and Car and Driver's data, the P1 is a whole second faster from 60-150mph, 7.2s vs 8.3s.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/exotic/1403_mclaren_p1_how_i_set_the_motor_trend_production_car_record/
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-2015-porsche-918-spyder-is-the-quickest-road-car-in-the-world-feature-performance-data-and-complete-specs-page-2




sroser 7y ago
The visors are missing and the console stub/light at the top of the rear view mirror is also missing. Porsche claim the 'fixed roof' was fitted for safety reasons, so they do not deny that the roof was non-stock. Hence this cannot be considered a stock lap time. Upholstery also seems to be missing around the vertical pillars and roof underside.

196ss 7y ago
"You know magnesium is highly flammable right?"
Do you people really think that the wheels are made of pure magnesium?
With the same success they could make them out of plasticine.
Pure Magnesium - soft and malleable metal, that ignites in air at temperatures above 600 degrees C.
Magnesium alloys are light, strength and resistant to high temperatures, which makes them suitable for use in the aerospace and automotive industries.