It’s laborious to consider 12 years have handed since Porsche revealed the 918 Spyder. At its launch in September 2013 throughout the Frankfurt Motor Present, the electrified supercar was topped Zuffenhausen’s quickest-accelerating manufacturing mannequin. From naught to 62 mph (100 km/h), it wanted solely 2.6 seconds. Quick-forward to 2025, and even a a lot heavier SUV now beats the previous flagship to that dash. Effectively, type of.
Porsche orchestrated a drag race between the 918 Spyder and the Cayenne Turbo Electrical to indicate how its heaviest manufacturing car ever is a tenth of a second faster off the road. The 5,831-pound (2,645-kilogram) mastodon wants two and a half seconds to get the job completed, matching the newest 911 Turbo S. Nonetheless, the German consultant of the Holy Trinity remains to be forward to 124 mph (200 km/h), doing it in 7.3 seconds, or one-tenth faster than the combustion-free Cayenne.
The promo video, that includes Mark Webber and System E growth driver Gabriela Jílková, exhibits the duel between two wildly totally different vehicles conveniently ending in a tie. What’s the purpose? It’s a advertising effort meant to spotlight the plain advantages of an electrical motor’s just about immediate response, even when the car is a porker. However in some other efficiency metric, the 918 Spyder runs circles across the Cayenne Turbo Electrical.
If we’re speaking strictly about 0–62 mph (100 km/h) efficiency, the electrical Cayenne nonetheless isn’t Porsche’s quickest. That title belongs to the Taycan Turbo GT with the Weissach Bundle, which does the dash in 2.2 seconds. The much less hardcore Taycan Turbo S can be faster than the luxobarge at 2.4 seconds. The Cayenne Turbo Electrical does have a feather in its cap: essentially the most highly effective Porsche ever, with a daft 1,139 hp.
The one Porsche that would enhance on these numbers is the Mission X. Nonetheless, the corporate has but to decide to constructing a manufacturing model of the electrical hypercar idea launched in 2023. Given how electrical efficiency autos haven’t taken off when it comes to reputation as Porsche would have hoped, the agency’s reluctance to green-light the venture is sensible.
Porsche’s renewed affection for combustion engines suggests the Mission X gained’t hit the streets anytime quickly. Ought to a 918 Spyder successor arrive as a pure EV, the targets are already set: the quickest street automobile on the Nürburgring, a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio, and extra downforce than the 911 GT3 RS.
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