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Porsche 918 Spyder

Porsche states 214 mph for the production 918 Spyder. MotorTrend and Road & Track print the same 214 mph.

Also known as 918 Spyder
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Top speed

Published as 214 mphPublished as 214 mphPublished as 214 mph

Porsche states 345 km/h (214 mph) for the production 918 Spyder. MotorTrend and Road & Track both print 214 mph. A later prototype week that cites 218.7 mph is not this figure. No 0–60 is stored: Car and Driver published 2.2 seconds and MotorTrend and Road & Track published 2.5.

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In context

  • 3.3× a cheetah's timed top speedSourced · Cheetah, 29 m/s. Sharp 1997, mean of three timed runs over 201.2 m
  • 1.0 football fields a secondConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)
  • London to New York in 16 h 10 minConstant · London to New York, 5,570 km great-circle

Worked out from the sourced figure above, which stays the ranked number.

This list

Why it's so fast

A car is fast when the force pushing it forward still beats the air, and when the tires and the gearing can use that force. A limiter is a different fact from an unlimited run.

  1. Drag and gearing

    Top speed is the balance point: thrust equals aerodynamic drag. The gearing has to still be pulling when the car gets there, or the engine falls off its power.

  2. What the sources signed

    A manufacturer claim, a magazine test and an electronic governor are not interchangeable. The measurement line says which one this page ranked.

A limited example is the Bugatti Chiron.

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Provenance

Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 344km/h214mph95.7m/s186knRanked figure

    Porsche states 345 km/h (214 mph) for the production 918 Spyder. MotorTrend and Road & Track both print 214 mph. A later prototype week that cites 218.7 mph is not this figure. No 0–60 is stored: Car and Driver published 2.2 seconds and MotorTrend and Road & Track published 2.5.

    Claimed
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Reference

Specs

Layout
Mid-engine all-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid
Body
Roadster
Production
2013–2015

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