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Porsche 918 Spyder - Best hypercars

A technological feast with awesome performance, the 918 Spyder was even cheap by hypercar standards at 'only' £650k

The Porsche 918 Spyder is a rocket ship on wheels, designed to push the boundaries of hybrid performance as far as possible. Unfortunately for most of us, that might as well mean into outer space – although the Porsche 918’s £650k price tag was a little more accessible than some of its hypercar rivals when it first went on sale.

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Power comes from a 4.6 litre V8 petrol engine that delivers 570bhp combined with front and rear electric motors, which together produce 875bhp and 1,280Nm. Handling is superlative, as you’d expect from a Porsche, but with its plug-in hybrid tech you can also cruise around in silence on batteries only for up to 18 miles.

When you’re bored with that, a prod on the accelerator wakes the dormant beast, and the 918 will hit 62mph in 2.5 seconds and race on to a maximum speed of 214mph. The 918 Spyder was one of the first production cars to monster the famous Nurburgring circuit in under seven minutes, too, back in 2013, but just like the majority of Porsches on the road it's docile and easy to drive slowly, making it the perfect poser-mobile.

What are the best hypercars ever built?

  1. McLaren F1
  2. Bugatti Chiron
  3. Mercedes-AMG ONE
  4. Koenigsegg Agera RS
  5. Pagani Huayra BC
  6. Porsche 918 Spyder
  7. GMA T.33
  8. Ferrari LaFerrari
  9. Aston Martin Valkyrie
  10. Rimac Nevera

Check out our best sports carsbest supercars and best hot hatchbacks lists...

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Antony is a freelance motoring writer with more than 15 years of experience in everything from the latest wave of hybrid and electric vehicles, to sports cars, supercars and classics. You’ll find him covering a little of everything on Auto Express.

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