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Porsche 918 Powertrain Video Is Beautifully Geeky

Ferrari makes its cars with flamboyance and flare. Porsche makes them with a nuclear-powered micrometer that can count all the hairs on your head and measure them for width. They take a very serious approach to making cars.
Porsche 918 Spyder 1 photo
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The 918 Spyder is the perfect example of this. When Porsche went went to its parts suppliers for a new camshaft, they asked what sort of racing car it was for. Yet despite the huge strains placed on the 608 hp, 4.6-liter engine, it's the lightest they've ever made.

While the LaFerrari only has one electric motor sandwiched between the V12 and gearbox, the 918 has one at the back and one at the front. They can drive the car by themselves for up to 30 km at speed of 150 km/h.

For such a serious car, the next presentation video is quite light-hearted. The smoky graphics are not unlike the ones in a video game trailer. In fact the whole 3D animation is like a mix between Gran Tursimo 5 and Diablo 3. Will billionaires who buy the cars appreciate it? Not likely, but we sure do.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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