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Reader Submission: Porsche 918 Dealer Training Event
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: April 29th, 2014
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TTAC reader Casey Parkin sent us these shots of a Porsche 918 at a dealer training event. It will be a long time before TTAC gets their hands on one of these, at least someone was kind enough to give us a better look at the car.
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Published April 29th, 2014 9:20 AM
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I was hoping for more information...any driving impressions or interesting technical material presented to dealers and not the general public?
Just another Porsche people will buy and immediately store in a dark garage. Like the 959 and the GT.