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2015 Porsche 918 Spyder Tested: 2.2 Seconds to 60!
Hi-Po Silver! Porsche's 918 Spyder is the quickest production car yet. Here's how it makes the numbers.
Flush as we are with nutty performance cars at the moment, we should remember that automobiles as quick as thePorsche 918 don’t come along too often. In 2008, the quickest (and fastest) production car we had ever tested was theBugatti Veyron 16.4. It could hit 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and burn the quarter-mile in 10.1 ticks. The Porsche 918 crushes the original million-dollar car with a 2.2-second sprint to 60 mph and a 9.8-second quarter-mile time. To put that in perspective, 0.3 second is about how long it takes you to blink. As acceleration times shrink, their deltas become increasingly larger percentage gains, so the 918’s third-of-a-second edge over the Veyron represents an astounding achievement. To wit:
Practically any car sold in America can hit 100 mph. Plenty can even hit a top speed of 150. So if all you wanted were speed in this world, you could get it cheaply. But what you really want is to minimize the time it takes to go from zero to 60. You want the ability to change direction at high speeds while maintaining control of the vehicle. You want the ability to brake quickly. You want to drift the car sideways at high speeds, as advertisements of sporty vehicles are compelled to show on television. These performance features garner premium prices in any car line.
And they are all exhibitions of acceleration—legal in most places across the universe.
Algebra problem of the day: Two 918s accelerate from rest in a one-mile-long tunnel from opposite ends. What is their closing speed at the center of the tunnel?
Answer: Greater than 350 mph.
start the car and you already at 60