Porsche is celebrating the end of production for its flagship 918 Spyder.
The 918th and final example rolled off the Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen assembly line 21 months after the first car, and six months after the hybrid supercar sold out globally.
Introduced in 2010 at the Geneva Motor Show, the 918 Spyder served as a technology demonstrator for high-performance hybrid technology. Its 4.6-liter V8 produces 608 horsepower and 390 lb-ft of torque, while electric motors on the front and rear axles bring total output up to 887 ponies and 590 lb-ft of torque.
Rivaling the Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1, Porsche’s halo sports car can hit 60 mph from a standstill in just 2.8 seconds and eventually reach 211 mph.
“In September 2013, the super sports car – with 887 hp of system power – set the lap record for street-legal vehicles with production tires on the North Loop of the Nürburgring with a time of 6 minutes 57 seconds – a record that has never been equalled by any other car since,” Porsche boasts.
Although the production run is finished, Porsche promises the 918 Spyder builds a technological foundation for hybrid and sports cars of the future. The next-generation 911 may be one of the first examples, heading to the market with a plug-in hybrid drivetrain in 2018 or 2019.
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