last weekend at hotel jeremy in west hollywood two cars catch our eye in our parking lot. one is a 2018 matte metallic grey aston martin db11, the other a 2018 porsche 918 spyder. what stands out with each car…the db11, omg what a sound it generates. the 918, omg what a paint job though may not be not paint but a film that reduces the weight of the car. it looks red in the photo but it’s a sick rose colored aluminum.
we find out that the porsche owner is staying at our hotel for a few months and his car cost $1.3m usd. the db11, no photos as i was always too slow to take the shot.
[ 2018 porsche 918 spyder – west hollywood ]
with we think a weissach package
[ 2018 porsche 918 spyder – south beach ]
small world web search finds the following photos shot in south beach.
Porsche 918 Spyder update: announced in 5/2012 the latest (above) iteration of their supercar hybrid, a first. The image (below) most identified with the 918 announced in 2010: note the side pipes by the rear wheel well. They are gone in v2.0. The pipes have been relocated venting out the rear window to improve heat dissipation. The 918 Spyder will go into production at the end of September 2013 as planned, with the first customers receiving their vehicles before 2013 is out.
The 918 is designed as a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The focus is on combining a high-performance (770 hp) combustion engine with two cutting-edge electric motors – one on the front axle and one in the drive line, acting on the rear wheels – for extraordinary performance: on the one hand, the dynamics of a racing machine, on the other hand, fuel consumption 78mpg ( 3L/100km). Moreover, Porsche is breaking yet more new ground such as the full carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) monocoque with unit carrier, fully adaptive aerodynamics, adaptive rear-axle steering and the upward-venting “top pipes” exhaust system. [ 918/2012] [ 918/2010 ]
