#PORSCHE 918 SPYDER FOR SALE DRIVER#
#PORSCHE 918 SPYDER FOR SALE FULL#

Unlike the Veyron, surgically precise but ultimately sterilised, the Chiron divulges genuine feedback and feel to the driver, so solely a high-speed, luxury tool it is not.

The Chiron is a whole BMW M5 more powerful than the 918, producing 1479bhp. The comparison metric of price is a peripheral one once you’re knocking on the £1million door – owners of any the holy trinity (normally they proprietors of all three) can likely spare a cool £2.5m (Bugatti) or £3m Aston Martin Valkyrie as well. The seventy-odd thousand pounds worth of extra kit trimmed three seconds from the Nordschleife laptime, which was reason enough to spend the extra for the buyers seeking outright bragging rights in the Porsche 918 owners club.

#PORSCHE 918 SPYDER FOR SALE DRIVER#

Magnesium wheels reduced unsprung weight, while extra aerodynamic flaps increased downforce and a set of six-point seatbelts better secured the driver and passenger in place. The roof, rear wing and windscreen frame were left unpainted to show off the 918's composite construction. In true Porsche custom, parting with more got you less – at least in terms of weight – a good thing here. Most ticked the little box (with a big price) for the Weissach Package, taking the total to £853,155. Supply and demand though has rendered these RRP’s obsolete, and values for all three cars have skyrocketed since.Ī sub £800k 918 was seldom specced. Up against the McLaren P1 (around £866,000) and Ferrari's million-pound-plus LaFerrari, the 918 was outpriced, but certainly not outgunned. > Engine and gearbox - The combination of a super-fast changing gearbox and racing-esque engine make the high-tech 918 feel like a proper racing car.Ī bargain at £781,000 the German hypercar certainly wasn’t. Throttle response and the engine's exploitability help the Porsche stand out. > Performance and 0-60 time - While the spec sheet suggests the McLaren P1 is faster, in the real world, the Porsche's superb traction ensures things are a little closer. > Porsche Taycan review - Stuttgart puts its stamp on the electric car era It is also the most conspicuously high quality product, and although it’s the least powerful and heaviest it also has, by some margin, the most torque. It has the most useable of the hybrid modes and yet also has the most spine-tingling soundtrack when its naturally aspirated 4.6-litre V8 kicks in. The Porsche is sometimes seen as the most understated of the three and it is certainly the cheapest (if you can apply that word to something with a list price of over £600,000), but in many ways it is actually the most impressive. As always pictures don’t do justice and interested buyers should instead schedule a physical viewing.It’s almost impossible to talk about the Porsche 918 Spyder without comparing and contrasting it with the McLaren P1 and LaFerrari, the trio making up the so-called holy trinity of hypercars. The seller adds that it’s condition is “like new”.

#PORSCHE 918 SPYDER FOR SALE FULL#

This 918 Spyder also benefits from a full body 3M paint protection film, a treatment that costs northwards of $10,000 on hypercars. But that’s not a bad thing as it could very well be a sign that service records are extensive and in good order. The previous owner(s) were not shy of driving either as the car has already covered 17,000km, almost double the average mileage for 918s. The car for sale here is equipped with the desirable Weissach Package originally from the factory, worth noting that some regular 918s were later equipped with this package after Porsche offered the Weissach parts through their after market store. Acid Green is the kind of color you only find on vinyl wraps, but this Porsche 918 Spyder for sale in Switzerland has that paint straight from the factory.Īcid green was an exclusive PTS color used on only 4 918 Spyders, this is as green as it gets and anything beyond this falls into yellow territory. Leave it to Porsche to pull 50 shades of green on their supercar and still manage to make each shade look absolutely beautiful.

Porsche 918 spyder for sale