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Guess the Price Tag for This Porsche ‘Supercar’ That Boasts 94 Miles Per Gallon

Porsche Unveils Specs and Photos of Its Prototype 918 Spyder

Porsche 918 Spyder prototype. (Image: Porsche)

Fuel efficiency combined with speed and sport will cost you a pretty penny if you’re looking forward to the new Porsche 918 Spyder.

(Related: Take a look: Ferrari unveils its most powerful car earlier than expected)

The prototype model, which is expected to become available to the public by September 2013, can reach top speeds of 201 miles per hour but also gets about 94 miles per gallon. Just to put things into perspective, one of the most well-known hybrid vehicles — the Toyota Prius — gets up to 44 mpg.

Considered a supercar for its specs, Auto Evolution reports that it boasts more than 570 horsepower thanks to one electric unit delivering power to its front wheels while another supplies the rear axle. The car’s lithium-ion battery can be fully recharged in two hours.

Porsche Unveils Specs and Photos of Its Prototype 918 Spyder

(Image: Porsche)

Here are some other features and accomplishments for the prototype thus far:

  • It can reach 0-62 mph in less than three seconds.
  • It lapped Nurburgring in under 7:22.
  • It’s all-electric mode will provide a top speed of 94 mph.
  • It features a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) monocoque with unit carrier.

Even with these impressive stats Auto Evolution believes the car will “deliver even more [of a] serious performance“ but ”the Germans just don’t want us to know about it yet.” But you’ll have to pay for it. It is expected the vehicle will run for around $1.5 million.

“What we are doing with the 918 Spyder is redefining driving fun, efficiency and performance,” Wolfgang Hatz, Member of the Executive Board Research and Development of Porsche AG, said in a statement last week.

(H/T: Daily Mail)

This story has been updated to correct the mpg of the Prius. According to Toyota, the Prius gets up to 44/40 mpg. 

Comments (66)

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  • FromSeaToSea
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:14pm

    The average enslaved Joe has no chance of owning this. Joe should just keep working for banker interest and tax hoping until his wife picks out the casket. That’s the banker and gov. plan.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 8:08pm

      If the Technology exists, Why not produce it? Has Socialism bankrupted the Minds of Business Executives: Henry Ford (one Model; one Color): the more you Supply at a lower Reasonable Price, the more the Demand increases. Just Supply the Basic Vehicle and let the After Market & Coach Builders add the Bells & Whistles! What happened to Capitalism & Entrepeneurship?

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    • OneTermPresident
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 10:57am

      @LUKERW.. that’s what Hitler did, it was called the VW Beetle.. want one?

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    • Texas Chris
      Posted on May 23, 2012 at 3:19pm

      This is a pre-production car. Hand made parts, many of them very new tech; massive R&D on the e-drives and the differential-swapping from electric to gas, and vice versa; ultro-lite composite body; no air bags or steel safety ribbing. That means E.X.Pensive.

      Once it’s gone into production, and all the heavy EPA/DOT nanny-state safety add-ons are bolted on, it’ll weigh 3,000#, have a top speed of 45mph, get 20 mpg, and will randomly catch fire.

      Gummint; taking the fun out of driving since the car was invented.

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  • imagery
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:08pm

    Toyota Prius does NOT get 74 mpg like this article indicates. Maybe downhill in a hurricane, but not under normal conditions.

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    • sURFNmADNESS
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 10:20pm

      74 mpg avg is an inflated number for a standard Prius. Those get 50 mpg est. The new Plug-In Prius gets 95 Empg and 50 mpg which would avg out to somewhere around 74 mpg. (maybe)

      sticker on new Prius PlugIn
      http://www.carmax.com/enus/view-car-gallery/default.html?sn=8263973&zip=68118

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    • Rijkstra
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 10:23pm

      Yeah, I have a hybrid Camry. What peeves me the most is how it congratulates me for driving downhill. EXCELLENT!

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    • Justme67
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 11:11am

      Where in the article does it say that a Prius gets 74 mpg? IF you read it, you would have seen 44 idiot.

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    • VRW Conspirator
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:18pm

      hybrid camry is pointless…it gets 34 mpg and the standard 4 cyl camry gets 33…even the v6 and v6 SE Camry get 28-30 mpg at worse…

      sorry…i will still buy a Mustang LX with 305 hp that gets 31mpg before I ever buy a hybrid…just because if I want too I can still SMOKE the tires off the line and cruz at 100+ on those wide open desert roads of the SouthWest USA….

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    • huntinwabbits
      Posted on May 23, 2012 at 11:03am

      I own a PriusC (base cost under 19k) and I average around 55-60mpg. In traffic and red lights I often get 70+mpg and have gotten as much as 87mpg. That is in normal traffic conditions in Ohio. Not hypermiling or whatever else people try to do. Just some tid bits for everyone

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  • US Navy EOD Vet
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:07pm

    Prius gets 74mph? Not according to the EPA rating. Battery warranties on hybrids usually are around7 years. Replacement costs of Prius batteries varies according to area and are between $1,700 to $3,000 each, making them as expensive as an engine replacement. Buying a used Prius older than 7 years old is a huge monetary risk. Wonder what the Porsche hybrid battery will cost since my 911 brake job cost over $1,500 (pads and resurfacing rotors). I’d bet over $50k. No one has figured yet how to dispose of toxic hybrid batteries if many hybrid vehicles are made. It takes energy to make hybrid car batteries as well. For the rich only.

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    • asybot12
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 3:06am

      I could not said it better and then you can say the same thing for wind turbines (work only when it blows at certain speeds) tidal turbines etc the amount of energy it takes to built green is never ever talked about let alone the disposal and or the replacement costs. Coal, gas and nuclear are more efficient and can be cleaned up as proven already!

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  • happ77
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:30pm

    Lets see a Porsch Boxster is about $60,000 bucks and gets about 30 miles a gallon.
    so $1,500,000 – $60,000 = $1,440,000 divided by $3.50 a gallon = 411429
    gallons x 64 =26,331,456 miles and the car pays for itself.

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  • PatrickW
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:12pm

    Looks like a Koenigsegg not a Porsche.

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  • Ray McCollum
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:05pm

    Add your comments

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  • bartjoebob
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:20pm

    Yes folks, and all this can be yours for the low low price of $23,000 after $1,477,000 US Gov’t Hybrid car incentive rebate. Thanks taxpayers!

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  • Snake
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:08pm

    My dream would be not one person would ever purchase one of these stupid cars. I hope Porsche losses their a$$ on this project of stupidity. This is a perfect example of a huge amount of technology wasted on a bad idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • RebelPatriot
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:04pm

      It’s not wasted. It’s called research. They will use many of the ideas and systems in this vehicle in other cars they mass produce.

      Yes it is a huge price tag for a one of a kind, but this research will eventually show up in newer model cars and won’t have the huge price tag associated with it.

      There is no reason in the world for car manufacturer’s not to make all cars hybrids. We know the most effecient forms of transportation today include hybrid set ups. Trains are the perfect example of a hybrid. They use diesel fuel and electric motors to move massive amounts of freight for pennies on the dollar.

      All large trucks should be built to do the same.

      We continue to use less and less oil and we have just touched on the ability to make transportation and fuel even more affordable.

      We haven’t even begun to use natural gas as a fuel for transportation. All buses should be converted to use propane. It burns cleaner and we have plenty of it. Our school systems have suffered in order to pay for fuel for the buses. Cut the price of fuel costs for buses and the school systems will have more money for education.

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    • osgeek
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:10pm

      They probably will profit significantly, there is a waiting list to buy one and the first year of production is already reserved.

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    • LemonyFresh
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:13pm

      A product is worth what an individual is willing to pay for it.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 10:09pm

      Start praying that I do not win the Lottery :)

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    • DougfrominsolventCA
      Posted on May 23, 2012 at 3:30pm

      rebelpatriot – I agree with you about the utilization of CNG as a tranportation fuel but….

      Yes CNG is a cleaner burning fuel and it does cost less per gallon equivalent. It also has the advantage of having a higher octane rating than premium fuel (130).
      The unadvertised downside is the lower BTU rating. What this means is that you have to burn between 25-30% more CNG to go the same distance as a gas powered car. Currently CNG is about half the cost of gasoline.
      Also, I don’t believe CNG is subject to the same fuel taxes as gasoline. What that means here is CA is that once CNG becomes the fuel of choice, the bureaucrats will figure out how to extract more tax dollars from CNG and raise the price even further negating the fuel cost savings.
      No such thing as a free lunch (well that’s not entirely true here in CA because we support 1/3 of the countries welfare recipients).

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  • BeingThere
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:06pm

    Let me know when it can tow my boat and costs less that $30,000. Then, maybe I’ll buy a used one for $18,000. LOL

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    • BeingThere
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:13pm

      Oh, wait, never mind, it will still be a tiny little death trap. You can keep it!! :-)

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    • osgeek
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:08pm

      That is EXACTLY why some one buys a super car… You guys are brain surgeons, right?

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  • marcus_arealius
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:56pm

    1.5 million – the number of years it will take Africa to produce the wheel (starting in 2012). And I am being generous in my estimation.

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  • tomloy
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:55pm

    First of all, the have an mpg rating you first have to have an internal combustion engine, so explain to me how an electric vehicle uses gasoline. At most you can compute a cost per mile and compare and contrast that to the prius. Otherwise, the two numbers are meaningless. Since this is a Porsche,
    I am betting if you took into consideration the cost of the vehicle, and contrast THAT to the price of the prius getting 74 mpg, the prius is a much cheaper alternative.

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    • FreedomPurveyor
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:34pm

      “THe 918 Spyder uses a hybrid powertrain comprised of a 4.6-liter V8 delivering over 570 hp, which is matted to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and two electric motors.”

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    • Belchfire V-8
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 11:42am

      Tommy, car enthusiasts DON’T WANT A PRIUS! I drive a 2012 GLI, when I can, I would like a Vette. I wouldn’t be caught alive or dead in a Prius/ The battery replacement cost is high, and the “carbon footprint” for the production of the batteries is HUGE. So you get a feel good piece of crap that actually hurts the environment. Way to go, Libs.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:38pm

    So will these things be made to ‘green tech’ standards so they will go up in flames like the Volt?

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    • osgeek
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:00pm

      Yeah, not like the Ford 10 million truck/ SUV recall for faulty ignition switches for catching fire and the Jeep recall announced today for Jeeps catching fire? Not just green tech has fire issues. Why don’t you move on to other issues with green tech besides catching fire, we are driving around in vehicles filled with highly flammable liquid, and they burn every day and kill people.

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  • lfoa
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:30pm

    Just be glad they are aren’t built by Solydra….

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  • Leader1776
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:30pm

    Aesthetically ………….. look at the Audi and Ferrari influence in the body. Sorry …… why buy the look-alike when you can have the real thing. I’ll have one 458 Italia ………. and I’ll take it in rosso corsa, please ;-)

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  • BannedByHuffpo
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:27pm

    Hmmm. Not much room for groceries.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 10:06pm

      In this… the food will find you wherever you go!

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  • hudstim
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:27pm

    However,with projected gas prices under Obama’s second term, payback will occur within 8 months.

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  • oldironsides
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:26pm

    will OWS be occupying car dealers ?

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  • R4M0N
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:25pm

    Even for Supercar standards, 1.5 Mil is a boatload of money… The torque must be insane with those two electric motors. And the recharge time is impressive. That being said, it’s still 1.5 million, so you’r e not really buying it for the fuel savings.

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  • Steve28
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:25pm

    Gee at that price I’ll take 2. How much you wanna bet it burns down a 20 million dollar house when the batteries catch fire. LOL

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    • osgeek
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:02pm

      Good grief, do you “Volt fire” morons even read the news, there are car fires every day involving gas burners, and they actually kill people, unlike the Volt.

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  • BootsAreWalkin
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:24pm

    What they fail to mention is that it will only go from your driveway to the Starbucks two blocks away on one charge. After that, it employs a two hamster wheel motor to get you back. While the mileage under hamster power is fantastic, the top speed drops to 2 miles per day.

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    • osgeek
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:07pm

      If the Starbucks is 16 miles away… However, it does have a gas engine, hence the moniker of “hybrid” so it’s range is limited by every other vehicle on the road, the size of the tank. I just gets better MPG.

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  • Mr.Fitnah
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:23pm

    Id guess it would run for around $1.5 million .

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  • MittensKittens
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:22pm

    Sounds like a great deal, it will only take 3 lifetimes to recoup the saving in gas to what the price tag is. Sounds like logic this POS government admin under Obuma does.

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  • right-wing-waco
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:21pm

    Out of my reach. Nice car though.

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    • JRook
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:26pm

      Too bad Tesla is phasing out their sports car. It has similar performance metrics and only cost $100,000.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:53pm

      JROOK, When the Tesla actually runs, or doesn’t roast marshmallows.

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  • kaydeebeau
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:20pm

    I notice an important component missing from the details….how long can it travel at 201mph or even a 70mph hwy speed? I suspect that the distance is not very far or it would have been mentioned

    kaydeebeau  
    • R4M0N
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:28pm

      The article mentions it and it’s pathetic: about 16 miles in all-electric mode.

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  • Inlandmar2
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:18pm

    The $1.5 million is the cost of a really long extension cord.

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