$845,000 Porsche uses less gas than a Prius

[Agoraphobic]

$845,000 Porsche uses less gas than a Prius

The Porsche 918 Spyder is the fastest production car around the Nürburgring. At close to a million dollars, it is by far the priciest road-going Porsche. And according to Porsche, this 887-hp track monster uses less fuel than a Toyota Prius.
Wait, what?
No doubt, Porsche’s new mid-engine super sports car is also its fuel economy leader. The plug-in hybrid’s all-wheel drive powertrain offers combined city and highway European fuel efficiency officially rated as 3.1-litre/100 km, or 3.0 for the 41-kg lighter Weissach performance model. Even if those numbers are not quite achievable in the real-world, that it manages to get anywhere near them is a huge technological feat for something this fast.

Cheers!

For those who wish to read more, go to the following URL:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/glob...e-uses-less-gas-than-a-prius/article15986853/

 

[greenies]

$845,000 Porsche uses less gas than a Prius

The Porsche 918 Spyder is the fastest production car around the Nürburgring. At close to a million dollars, it is by far the priciest road-going Porsche. And according to Porsche, this 887-hp track monster uses less fuel than a Toyota Prius.
Wait, what?
No doubt, Porsche’s new mid-engine super sports car is also its fuel economy leader. The plug-in hybrid’s all-wheel drive powertrain offers combined city and highway European fuel efficiency officially rated as 3.1-litre/100 km, or 3.0 for the 41-kg lighter Weissach performance model. Even if those numbers are not quite achievable in the real-world, that it manages to get anywhere near them is a huge technological feat for something this fast.

Cheers!

For those who wish to read more, go to the following URL:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/glob...e-uses-less-gas-than-a-prius/article15986853/

Looking forward to gas-free vehicles.
Prefer to have fuel-cell or fusion engine.

 

[Leongsam]

Anyone who buys an $845,000 Porsche couldn't give a shit about fuel consumption.

I don't bother either. It's the last thing on my mind when I purchase a vehicle.

 

[Agoraphobic]

Myself looking forward to less dependence on fossil fuels, but I feel we are still many years away from that ideal. Anyways, we live with what we can get by with and for now, am quite interested in switching to these hybrid-engine vehicles for my next choice. In any case, all these cars are fast enough to get us a speeding ticket and I don't really care about going fast anymore. So much for those performance vehicles and the people who purchase them, they're more a nuisance on the roads driving those monsters endangering the lives of the public.

Cheers!

Looking forward to gas-free vehicles.
Prefer to have fuel-cell or fusion engine.

 

[Leongsam]

Myself looking forward to less dependence on fossil fuels, but I feel we are still many years away from that ideal. Anyways, we live with what we can get by with and for now, am quite interested in switching to these hybrid-engine vehicles for my next choice. In any case, all these cars are fast enough to get us a speeding ticket and I don't really care about going fast anymore. So much for those performance vehicles and the people who purchase them, they're more a nuisance on the roads driving those monsters endangering the lives of the public.

Cheers!

If you get a hybrid, I'll balance the equation by getting a Hummer.

 

[Agoraphobic]

For the time being, it is not about the cost, but the image and sense of "carbon footprint." Someone driving a Toyota Prius is making his/her personal statement on their own environmental stance rather than making an actual impact on the environment. I got to thinking this way when Singapore started this night race F1 thing - cars that are driven in the night should generate their own lighting from headlamps, and not depend on thousands of street lamps to make to provide daytime visibility. But I guess one person doesn't make any change.

Cheers!

Anyone who buys an $845,000 Porsche couldn't give a shit about fuel consumption.

I don't bother either. It's the last thing on my mind when I purchase a vehicle.

 

[Leongsam]

For the time being, it is not about the cost, but the image and sense of "carbon footprint." Someone driving a Toyota Prius is making his/her personal statement on their own environmental stance rather than making an actual impact on the environment. I got to thinking this way when Singapore started this night race F1 thing - cars that are driven in the night should generate their own lighting from headlamps, and not depend on thousands of street lamps to make to provide daytime visibility. But I guess one person doesn't make any change.

Cheers!

All this carbon footprint garbage is a load of crap and one of the biggest con jobs of modern times. Carbon has no effect whatsoever on climate.

 

[Agoraphobic]

A Hummer eh? That's enough muscle to tow a gas station for extra fuel. Have fun.

Cheers!

If you get a hybrid, I'll balance the equation by getting a Hummer.

 

[Agoraphobic]

I don't know about long-term climate change, my life on earth is too short to be affected by it. But tell me the pollution in cities like those in urban China where you can't see the sky are not man-made?

Cheers!

All this carbon footprint garbage is a load of crap and one of the biggest con jobs of modern times. Carbon has no effect whatsoever on climate.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

Anyone who buys an $845,000 Porsche couldn't give a shit about fuel consumption.

I don't bother either. It's the last thing on my mind when I purchase a vehicle.

agreed..................after all, toy cars don't run on fuel mah hor...............

 

[JHolmesJr]

This is the car that paul walker got killed in...

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

This is the car that paul walker got killed in...

no lah................that one is the GT...............no longer in production liao............