The Car or Thing that gets you Inspired Thread

[Jarred]

Really?
I thought it kept the colour shceme and smooth lines of the audi rather well.

Can't say I was either. Totally wrong style match!

THIS, however, is Awesome!

[bigfoot]

A Porsche that will cost Australians at least $1.5m has gone on sale in Europe.

The German car maker has put a starting price tag of 645,000 Euros on its new 918 Spyder that won't go into production until late 2013.

Porsche will build only 918 units of the Spyder, which will be left-hand drive only.

Advertisement: Story continues below Porsche Australia says wealthy customers here can still order the 918 Spyder for use on a race track, though it has criticised the government for still applying the luxury car tax to a car that cannot be registered for the road locally.

"We have genuinely interested buyers [for the 918], even though they know it's left-hand-drive only," says company spokesman Paul Ellis. "It's absurd that luxury car tax should be applied to a car that cannot be registered for road use in Australia."

The luxury car tax adds 210,000 Euros to the price, and with GST and other charges means the 918 Spyder is a $1.5 million proposition for buyers.

Porsche says Australians are being denied the company's most fuel efficient model yet.

The two-seater 918, which will stay faithful to the 2010 concept car of the same name, is a plug-in hybrid estimated to use just three litres of fuel per 100km, with CO2 emissions of 70 grams per km.

It teams a 368kW mid-mounted V8 with two electric motors - one on each axle - that will produce a minimum combined output of 160kW.

The front electric motor effectively makes the 918 an all-wheel-drive car, with the V8's power sent to the rear wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch auto.

Porsche's 918 concept didn't feature a roof but the production version will include roof panels that can be removed by hand and stowed in the car's front luggage compartment.

Customers ordering a 918 will also be given the option to purchase a limited edition 911 Turbo to ease their minimum two-and-a-half-year wait for the supercar.

Both the 911 Turbo S 'Edition 918 Spyder' coupe and convertible feature different leather seats, instrument dials, extra carbonfibre touches and decals to regular Turbo S models.

In Europe, the 'Edition 918 Spyder' 911 coupe and convertible cost €173,241 ($244,000) and €184,546 ($259,000) respectively.

[aisekulic]

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think this looks ok... its kinda weird but im drawn to it.

[aisekulic]

Twin-supercharged M6

sweet engine... not sweet looks.

[bigfoot]

sweet engine... not sweet looks.

yea a bit of a pig...new one is heaps nicer

[drewr]

if you have a spare 30 minutes, watch this.

[ryana89]

if you have a spare 30 minutes, watch this.

That truly is AWESOME!
Bring's out the inner kid in me just watching it.

[walshydub]

Really?
I thought it kept the colour shceme and smooth lines of the audi rather well.

Its's a great photo, but all the smoothing & moon discs just don't suit it.
It reminds me of the cars they mock up in movies to make current cars look futuristic, like the A6's used in I Robot.

If that makes sense

[straight_fresh]

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I guess I miss how FPV/HSV is seen in NZ, they're just that much more exclusive and mature, and rare (more boy-racer focused, not the really rare stuff) imports are commonplace.

mature is the last thing i would call the guy (matt) who ownt that xr8 haha... my case in point, exhibit A, the number plates... [RU 16 WA]
it now wears some nice simmons fr19's and the number plates [POKE]... fitment matches plates, front camber is v8 super car spec!

[dubbed]

I thought I recognised that XR8 from somewhere. Looks hot and would look even better with the FR19s droool. Got any pics?

Also agree with the sentiments regarding our local product.