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Porsche Tweets Undisguised 918 Spyder
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Published: August 15th, 2013
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The final production version of the Porsche 918 Spyder is set to be shown off at this weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance, but Porsche tweeted a photograph of their hybrid supercar ahead of this weekend’s events. The 918 was also seen running undisguised at the Goodwood Festival of Speed earlier this summer.
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Published August 15th, 2013 9:48 AM
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Given what I'm about to write, I glad for the anonymity afforded by a pseudonym...my first reaction when I saw the picture was "Oh...Acura finally released the new NSX." I know...hell is warm and features high humidity but many will suggest I go there anyway.
That car does not appear to have a rear window.
I'm not sure I get the point of making it look like the front half of the body is emerging from the back half of the body, but I guess otherwise it would just look like a Boxster. It seems like Porsche's hands are tied styling wise at this point. There will be no more pleasant surprises like in the '70s. They'll just keep grafting their face onto whatever marketing tells them there is a niche for.
I usually cant stand anything coming out of Stuttgart (the legacy of the 911 generally all look like VW bugs on steroids to me), but this is one fine-lookin' car. Actually thats not true---I thought the 959 was the best looking modern Porsche I'd ever seen (at least in terms of 911 knock-offs, anyways), though pretty much everyone else I've talked to says its one of the uglier Porsches ever. I'm odd that way.