For fans of motorsport history, or Porsche has a big surprise in store, as he made an agreement with Martini to paint her in the... colors of war 918.

Porsche's new supercar is slated to go on sale late 2013. Nevertheless, the German company finds reasons to bring it back to the news. In this case, made a deal with Martini, to use its logos, evoking memories from the past. There were already some prototypes painted in the… war colors to provoke, but now this is official.

For those who don't know, this could be described as a tribute to the collaboration of 2 companies, as Porsche competed in several races under the colors of Martini, scoring victories and writing some of the most glorious pages of its history. Characteristically we mention the first victory of the legends 917 in his Le Mans 1971. The specific competition is considered, according to many, the best ever released, thanks to its innovative technological background. His arithmetic is obvious - and only that- relationship with her 918, with which the Porsche engineers wanted to declare that they had once again created a technological miracle. As for the Martini Racing coloring, it will be available as an option on 918 and it will only concern the external appearance. It will not include details and other touches in the interior.

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The exotic Porsche 918 Spyder is in the final stage of its development and the legendary brand has released relevant photos and information.
The new and ecological supercar of the German company will replace the Carrera GT and is expected to be presented 2013. The news 918 Spyder is an ecological supercar, which adopts plug-in hybrid technology driven by a petrol engine and two "parallel" electric motors. Behind the backs of the two passengers is a naturally aspirated V8 petrol engine, with capacity 4,6 liters and rev limit of tis 9.000 s.a.l., who will report on them 570 horsepower. But there are also two electric motors, one for the front axle (with fixed gear ratio) and one for the back, which will essentially be the helper of the gasoline engine. Regarding their performance, according to Porsche the power output for the one in the front will be 122 horses for the one behind, 109 horses.

Combined, the whole "package", it will pay off 770 horsepower, value that makes it new 918 Spyder as the most powerful mass-produced Porsche in the brand's history. In terms of torque, combined its maximum value will exceed 750 Nm. THE 918 Spyder will be able to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in a time less than 3 δλ., while the final will be over 325 km / h (125 km/h when the car is driven exclusively as an electric drive and up to 25 km). And all that, with average consumption 3 lt/100 km (CO2: 70 gr / km. The length 4,643 μ. latitudinal 1,94 μ. and height 1,167 μ. 918 Spyder will have five default modes (E-Power, Hybrid, Sport Hybrid, Race Hybrid and Hot Lap), PASM active suspensions with double wishbones in the front and multi-links in the rear, ceramic brakes and electromechanical steering.

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