Achieving the lightest weight, an extremely low center of gravity, high torsional rigidity and the most downforce of any road-going Porsche have been the four guiding principles during the ...

There’s no snorting or crackling coming from the exhaust ... This makes the 918 Spyder the first front-drive sports car in Porsche history. Sort of. Say you want to go a little faster in ...

Finally, the midmounted 4.6-liter V-8 engine roars to life, the exhaust pipes booming inches behind my head. The 918 Spyder is Porsche's next supercar, following in the footsteps of the Carrera GT ...

Now you have truly rabid performance and a sonorous exhaust note ... the corners. The 918 Spyder is the stuff of dreams for any enthusiast. At $845,000 it is also Porsche's most expensive road ...

The exhaust system is noteworthy for its ... Concurrent with the debut of the 918 Spyder at the Frankfurt show, Porsche announced more news related to Nürburg, Germany, where the Targa-topped ...

Porsche's landmark hypercar is a monument ... the throttle or tapping the wheel-mounted downshift paddle. The 918 has top-exit exhaust pipes. (The Germans charmingly call them "top pipes," which ...

Porsche's hybrid 918 Spyder is a 770 bhp ... adaptive rear axle steering and the upward-venting ‘top pipes’ exhaust system. The 918 Spyder's new drive train comprises a mid-engined 4.6-liter ...

This was one of the most popular answers, and for good reason: the 918's exhaust is freakin' sick, especially when it shoots flames. I mean 1st gen Dodge Viper is the answer. It would be wrong not ...

RELATED: 5 things I learned while driving the $845,000 Porsche 918 Spyder Step 1 ... CAD and then in the wind tunnel to perfect that anti-exhaust device. Oh, and the 918 can also hit 60 in ...

The 918 Spyder might pay homage to Porsche’s illustrious past ... 4.6-liter V-8’s exhaust piping, voluminous catalytic converters, and colossal mufflers because the engine itself is buried ...

The exhaust is crackling through the huge "top ... We pull into the pits and my pulse subsides and I realize that, really, the Porsche 918 Spyder is equally exhilarating and easy to drive.

That's my first thought sitting shotgun in a Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid prototype hurtling ... which positions the exhaust ports in the valley of the V-8, so the exhaust blows out the top rather ...