Porsche Parallels: How Two Race Cars Influenced the Development of Porsche’s 918 Spyder Hypercar

As we approach the 10 year mark since the Porsche 918 Spyder arrived onto the roads of the world, we thought that it would be appropriate to look back not at how the car was conceived and designed, but how two completely different race cars from Stuttgart heavily influenced that final car that arrived in 2013.

While Porsche has used race car technology in previous years to create a supercar with the Carrera GT, it was with the 918 that they moved to the next rung up on the ladder, and produced a hypercar. In fact, it was such a revolution in technology and speed that it is now considered one pillar of the “Holy Trinity of Hypercars.”