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Why did this super Porsche go up in flames?
The Porsche went up in flames at this Esso gas station in Toronto
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A Porsche 918 Spyder is standing at a gas station, surrounded by a fireball. The professional world is puzzling over the cause. Apparently, it is not the first time that a hybrid supercar has caught fire.
W.hen a super-super car goes up in flames, it’s always a big upset for automakers. Even more if it is a so-called eco-car and a Porsche. A 918 Spyder The Swabian sports car manufacturer caught fire on the weekend in Toronto / Canada, and the incident was documented in a passing car.
The cause of the accident is still unclear, but the fact that the Porsche flared at a petrol pump, of all things, suggests that the freshly filled gasoline from the pump nozzle may have ignited, possibly via the exhaust system, and then spread to the Porsche. At a sensitive point like the exhaust system, which can reach temperatures of several hundred degrees, a few splashes of fuel are enough and the car is on fire.
Porsche 918 Spyder on the racetrack
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With the new Porsche 918 Spyder, the feat should succeed, one…
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…To offer road-legal sports cars that are suitable for the race track and have extremely low fuel consumption. For this, Porsche chose the…
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…Plug-in hybrid technology, so combined a V8 petrol engine (as a mid-engine behind the seats, but placed in front of the rear axle) with an electric motor each at the front and rear. Add…mmen do it…
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…887 PS, catapult the car to 100 km / h in 2.6 seconds (19.9 to 300 km / h) and make it 345 km / h. The regulations for consumption measurement in Europe play this role…pt in your hands, the standard value is given as 3.1 l / 100 km, in the "Weissach Edition", which has been slimmed down by 41 kilos, it is exactly 3.0 liters. In practice…
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…this value can hardly be achieved – especially because nobody who takes a seat in this cockpit just strokes the accelerator pedal. He’s more likely to watch,…
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…how the boost display (right) shows the extra portion of power from the electric motors, or how the 4.6 liter V8 revs up to 8700 rpm. Still you can…
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…Move the car even without fuel by turning the selector switch in the steering wheel to "E" for electric. Then the current is sufficient for about 30 kilometers at speeds of up to 15…0 km / h. The plug-in hybrid technology is used at…
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…Porsche referred to as "E-Hybrid", the first series model as a plug-in was the Panamera S E-Hybrid.
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The full-LED headlights, whose individual lamps are arranged like a four on the cube, are also new on the 918 Spyder.
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Another uncertainty factor could be the electric motor. E-sedans such as the Fisker Karma and Tesla Model S are considered dangerous because of their highly flammable batteries and have been hit several times as a result of fire accidents hit the headlines. According to a spokesman, Porsche is currently lacking information about the accident in Toronto in order to be able to provide more information.
Blazing LaFerrari
The Porsche 918 Spyder is one of three hybrid supercar models alongside the LaFerrari and the McLaren P1. The German racer reaches a top speed of 345 km / h and races from standstill to 100 km / h in 2.6 seconds.
The LaFerrari and its fast competitors
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LaFerrarri – the Ferrari: The model’s special position at the Italian sports car manufacturer is based solely on its technical data. 800 PS from a V12 and still egg…n once 136 hp from an electric motor – there has never been so much at Ferrari.
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The price of the high-performance model, which passes 100 km / h from a standstill in less than three seconds and crosses the 200 km / h mark after another five seconds, is also unbelievable…is enough for Ferrari: the model costs 1.19 million. Ferrari specifies the maximum speed as "faster than 350 km / h".
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Looking into the cockpit made easy, but the cumbersome entry requires a certain body control: bend your back, tense your stomach and hold your body under the double door…turn. Only then do you take a seat in the seat shell – by the way, six centimeters lower than in the Ferrari 458 Italia.
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The McLaren P1 is one of the few competitors of the LaFerrari. Unlike the Italian, the British racer offers its pilots the option of using electrical energy when accelerating…to be switched on manually.
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The Porsche 918 Spyder drives in the same league as the LaFerrari and the McLaren P1. With a base price of 768 026 euros, it is the most expensive car from German production. Auc…h the extras are sometimes bizarrely expensive. The ignition key in the same color as the car costs 952 euros extra.
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Carbon wedge: The LaFerrari is limited to 499 copies. The models from Maranello are collector’s items anyway.
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That the uber-Porsche achieves this peak value is also thanks to two electric motors, which come with a 4.6 liter V8 with a total output of 887 hp. At the end of last year, delivery of the first of a total of 918 copies of the plug-in hybrid began.
A LaFerrari has already shown that such road-legal cars can catch fire in extreme conditions or improper handling, despite the greatest safety precautions. A witness reported how he claimed to have seen the 963-horsepower bullet with flames blazing out of the exhaust pipe during the Trentino-Bondone hill climb.
Fire accidents are also said to have occurred in the first models of the 458 Italia sports car from Maranello. And after a fire, Porsche felt compelled to replace the engine in all GT3 models.
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