“In another league”
Welcome to the first Hyper-Hybrid, Straight-line review. Where we get straight to the good stuff that really matters, on the ludicrous numbers that these cars produce.
This week on the cards we have something very special! This week we will be looking at the 918 Porsche. Now, those of you that consider yourselves petrol heads, will know that this is one of the cars that make up the ‘Holy Trinity’. Those of you that don’t know what the ‘Holt Trinity’ is. It is the battle between Ferrari, with the LAFerrari, McLaren, with the P1 and Porsche, with the 918 to gain status for the best Hyper-hybrid car ever made. I have heard from many reviews that they are all great and they all have very different things that are very much likeable. But, it is very hard to decide which is best. I will be writing an article on all three in the near future that you can read, if you wish to find out which I think is best.
Straightlining to the figures, the Porsche 918 has a 4.6-litre V8 engine producing 600bhp. ‘Seems like a supercar then?’ Nope, this is then supplemented by an electric motor at each wheel that produces another 275bhp. (That’s more than my car! And that’s only from its electric motors) This gives a combined bhp, when in full attack mode of 875bhp! POWERRRRRRR! This power working in line with the 7-speed-dual-clutch PDK gearbox, electronic limited slip differential and four-wheel drive, means the 918 can accelerate for 0-60mph in just 2.6 seconds. Absolute MADNESS!
If for some weird reason you want to tone down the ‘MADNESS’, then there is the option to put the 918 into complete electric drive and just drive around town on the 275bhp from the electric motors. This will silently get you to 60mph in 6.6 seconds. The only downside with this is that you can only drive 18 miles just using the electric motors and you can drive up to 93mph on electric power before the roaring V8 kicks in. How civilised.
On a whole, I think this car is in another league and with a price tag when new of £850,000 I should hope it’s in another league. Although the price of this car is increasing, and you would be lucky to find one of these for under £1,000,000 I would still love to own one. The design of it is incredible, the performance it produces is bonkers, and the technology it has is phenomenal. Please Porsche give me one!
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