The Porsche 918

[montanadave]

Driving a Miata on the street = gay
Driving a Miata on a track of Auto-X course = not gay

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JAZ9u9oxJTI

[ramairthree]

I have a Miata in the trunk instead of a spare tire and jack.

[Voodoo_Man]

Having owned Porsches in the past it looks completely undriveable in most modern cities in the US.

Id go with a cayman s or 911 of some sort any day over the 918, you can beat them up and not feel bad.

[TehLlama]

Having owned Porsches in the past it looks completely undriveable in most modern cities in the US.
Id go with a cayman s or 911 of some sort any day over the 918, you can beat them up and not feel bad.

The Cayman is one of the best looking performance values out there, and I don't really like Porsche cars. Buy one, beat on it, daily drive it, and take it to the track; the fact that it's GrandSport Corvette price range for a good one is what tells me the latter isn't necessarily the performance bargain it claims to be outside of a straight line.

[Voodoo_Man]

The Cayman is one of the best looking performance values out there, and I don't really like Porsche cars. Buy one, beat on it, daily drive it, and take it to the track; the fact that it's GrandSport Corvette price range for a good one is what tells me the latter isn't necessarily the performance bargain it claims to be outside of a straight line.

I've driven an S, spiritedly, and I can tell you that for a naturally aspirated vehicle, it hauls ass and eats corners.

[Big A]

Having owned Porsches in the past it looks completely undriveable in most modern cities in the US.

Id go with a cayman s or 911 of some sort any day over the 918, you can beat them up and not feel bad.

The beauty of the 918 though is that within the next decade the tech from that car will be in the base model 911 as well as brands other than Porsche. Just look at the 959 form 1986 and all the advancements that it had back then and compare it to today's modern cars.

Like Hammond says at the end of that video "This is an important car." It will keep high performance cars viable in a future of higher gas prices and an eventual move away from gasoline as our main energy source.

[JBecker 72]

Out of my price range, but I do like the Cayman S a lot. I've seen some guys who track them and they seem to do very well.

The McLaren P1 is my absolute dream car though. Such an amazing machine. The 918 and LaFerrari don't interest me as much.

[Canonshooter]

Crap.

Not the car, just the thought that I'll never be able to own such a vehicle. Technology for the 1%.

Unless something changes quite drastically with my financial trajectory at this stage of my life, my modified Subaru Forester XT is as exciting as it's going to get. At least I get to embarrass some 1-percenters in their daily-driver Audis/BMWs/MBs from time to time.

If I had an extra $150k sitting around in 2005, I would have picked up a Ford GT and lived happily ever after.

[TehLlama]

The beauty of the 918 though is that within the next decade the tech from that car will be in the base model 911 as well as brands other than Porsche. Just look at the 959 form 1986 and all the advancements that it had back then and compare it to today's modern cars.
Like Hammond says at the end of that video "This is an important car." It will keep high performance cars viable in a future of higher gas prices and an eventual move away from gasoline as our main energy source.

As dumb as it sounds, this is exactly the mechanism I'm looking forward to, albeit through the Hyundai/BMW partnership. Once the Sonata successor has a little 1.4-1.6L turbo mill with a 6KWh or larger supplemental battery and can turn all four wheels (net output ~300hp) then we'll have truly attainable cars with sports car output for those willing to run them hard. Then when those cars are commonplace will we look back at the 918 and P1 as forerunners of awesomeness.

[Voodoo_Man]

The beauty of the 918 though is that within the next decade the tech from that car will be in the base model 911 as well as brands other than Porsche. Just look at the 959 form 1986 and all the advancements that it had back then and compare it to today's modern cars.

Like Hammond says at the end of that video "This is an important car." It will keep high performance cars viable in a future of higher gas prices and an eventual move away from gasoline as our main energy source.

That's the beauty of Porsche and why I respect the brand.