A race is not decided between the start and finish lines. It’s decided much earlier. We do our best for an optimal preparation of our return to top-level racing, to the LMP1-class of the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24h of Le Mans 2014. Find out all about the creation of the LMP1 infrastructure in our motorsport centre in Weissach, Germany
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When Jay was lucky enough to acquire what he calls “one of the most beautiful driving cars of all time,” he tracked down its former owner and restorer John Willhoit, who revisits the car for the first time since 1977.
It was at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1973 that a silver prototype, perched on the Porsche stand, wowed onlookers with its distinctive appearance. From the familiar sloped 911 engine cover extended a new, wild-looking rear spoiler with air intake louvres and a thick rubber lip around its edges. Visually, the show car looked like the 911 Carrera RS 3.0, a car that had just become available for sale, but the badges on the rear wheel arches made it clear that, in reality, this was a thoroughly new model. The badges said ‘Turbo’, and from this point forward that motif would develop yet another Porsche tradition.
Underneath the rear spoiler and explaining the turbo badges was a flat-6 engine with a single turbocharger. It developed 280 horsepower and enabled a top speed over 160 mph. These sounded like figures from a pure-bred racing machine … More
From comfortable to race-ready: the 918 Spyder is equipped with 5 driving modes for 3 motors, that are controlled via an intelligent management system. Learn more in this video.
*Combined fuel consumption in accordance with EU 5: 3.3-3.0 l/100 km, CO2 emissions 79-70 g/km. Electricity consumption 12.5-13.0 kWh/100 km.
2014 Porsche 918 Spyder – Jay Leno’s Garage