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918 Spyder continues hot weather testing in USA

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Porsche has released yet another 918 Spyder video, this time highlighting hot weather testing in the Valley of Fire outside Las Vegas, Nevada in the USA.

Porsche engineers have put almost one million miles on the prototype plug-in hybrid hypercars which will start at £500,000 when it becomes available towards the end of the year.

Propulsion comes via a combination of a 608 bhp 4.6-litre V8 engine along with a 154 bhp hybrid module at the rear along with a 95 kW 127 bhp) electric motor driving the front wheels.

With all systems go and the full 887 bhp at its disposal, the Spyder can hit 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds and 200 km/h in 7.9s, while top speed is 340 km/h / 211 mph.

 

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