Porsche 918 Spyder leaked

One of the biggest Porsche 918 Spyder leaks occurred this weekend at rennteam.com via teamspeed.com. We received a few reports are indicating that the Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid will have a starting price of £768,026 when fitted with the Weissach package costing £839,426.

As expected, the new details confirm that the 918 Spyder will be offered only in left hand drive and one combustion engine and two electric engines.

Weissach-package reduces the weight of 1.700 kg (DIN) / 1.775 kg (EG) of the standard car by approximately 35 kg and the time at the Nordschleife by approximately 2 seconds (standard: less than 7:22 min, Weissach-package: less than 7:20 min).

You can track the some data and prices for the Porsche 918 Spyder:

• High-Perfomance Hybrid-System with Plug-in-technology, one combustion engine and two electric engines with E-Boost function


• only available in LHD-version


• Combustion DFI-engine is a V8 with 4.593 ccm and 9.000 1/min


• maximum power more than 580 hp and more than 500 Nm


• Euro 5-classification


• 70 litre tank


• turning circle 12.7 m


• Combustion engine is rear wheel drive and will be supportetd by one electric engine


• second electric engine will be for front wheels, so called electric AWD, up to 235 kph


• maximum power of both electric engines is more than 245 hp, 116 hp for front wheels and 129 for rear wheels


• Lithium-ion-battery with 6.8 kWh capacity


• on board charger with 3.6 kW


• external Porsche-universal-charger


• combined power will be more than 595 hp


• maximum torque more than 780 Nm between 1.000 and 4.000 1/min in third gear


• 7-gear-PDK


• Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV Plus)


• Electric Porsche Traction Management (ePTM): electric AWD-system


• Auto-Start-Stop and "Sailing"


• front wheels with 9,5Jx20 and 265/35 ZR20


• rear wheels with 12,5Jx21 and 325/30 ZR21


• PCCB front 410mm (6 piston calliper), rear 390mm (4 piston calliper)


• electric parking brake


• LED-front lights with four point DRL, LED-rear lights


• PCM with 7"-touch screen (multitouch) in centre console


• 8"-TFT-information display


• Burmester HighEnd Surround system with 11 speakers and more than 500 W

Weight reduction is achieved by the following:

• extended use of magnesium, CfK, titanium and ceramic-parts


• foil instead of paint for the car saves 2.5 kg


• no wiring for external quick charging station


• 918 Spyder magnesium wheels (same dimensions) saves 13.5 kg


• no air-condition


• no Burmester HiFi system


• flame-resistant cloth instead of leather for the seats


• CfK-paddles for PDK


• CfK-interior package


• special door interior panels without armrest and door pockets


• straps instead of door handles


• no glove compartment, no compartment in centre console


• no carpeting in leg room, no carpeting in boot


• 6-point-harness

And here are the prices:

• foil additional to the paint: 11.900


• liquid metal paint: 47.600


• liquid metal paint plus foil: 59.500


• 918 magnesium wheel: 29.750


• lifting system for front axle: 8.925


• external Porsche quick charging sytem: 20.230 (20 kW, reduces charging time from 2 hours to 0.5 hours)


• special leather "Authentic": 23.800


• interior carbon-package: 6.545


• electric comfort heating system: 5.950 (heating for interior when only electric engines are running)


• 6-point-harness: 2.975


• Luggage-set (five pieces): 17.731


• car pick up in Zuffenhausen: for free!


• car pick up in Leipzig: 6.545

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