“I was fortunate to be invited to the 918 event at Barber Motorsports Park this past week.
The 918 is still a prototype but many of the important elements are production ready. Note that a number of things I describe may be tweaked when the production car is finalized. We’ll have a wait a while for true specifications to be finalized. So with that in mind here’s what I learned.
First, what is the 918? It’s a Supercar. It has already done the North Loop in 7:12 seconds from a standing start … in traffic! The car was not being driven by one of the factory hot shoes, rather the guy who tests tires. Speculation is that in the hands of Walter Rohrl we’ll see 7:10. That’s 20 seconds faster than the Carrera GT!
Beyond being just a Super (duper) car, the 918 is   … More