Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Porsche 918, 700 hp and 3 liters per 100 km. But will it?

Reading the numbers reported by Hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder for the future there would be a miracle car. A supercar powered gasoline-electric hybrid capable of delivering a total of 718 horsepower, but able to travel 100 kilometers on just 3 liters of fuel. E 'known that the consumption values declared are always worse than those in a real world but here seem far too low, especially for a motor V8da 4 liters and 500 horses.

What's more, besides the ridiculously low fuel consumption, the 918 Spyder issue, the conditional is a must for the moment, only 70 g / km of CO2, a record value for bi-fuel economy car. All of course without sacrificing performance and performance on which this time the doubts are unfounded view the data sheet.

According to the manufacturer because the 918 Spyder is capable of covering the sprint from 0 to 100 km / h in just 3.2 seconds and touch the beauty of 320 km / h top speed. The rest goes without saying is an absolute concentration of Porsche technology at home: monocoque carbon fiber and composite materials, dual-clutch gearbox PDK 7-speed, two electric motors (one front and one at the rear for a good balance weights), all-wheel drive transfer case with the power to both axles, etc..

The feeling is that the builder is using the Zuffenhausen triumphant tones to highlight (or justify?) The departure from tradition: the "conversion" to a type of hybrid model on top of the range it could not be viewed sympathetically by purists the mark. However, if the data will prove to be declared effective, you can not do nothing but compliments to the engineers for the German "miracle" performed.

In any case, a consumption test in real conditions of use will leak all doubt.

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