Our colleagues from GTspirit recently got to spend some time with the Porsche 918 Spyder in Finland, where the German company hosted a winter driving experience program. Taking advantage of this opportunity, they decided to have a bit of fun with the million dollar hyper car by having a spot of snow drifting.

The Porsche 918 sent to Finland for this program was outfitted with spiked winter tires. But even so, we are staggered to see a hybrid hypercar, which is supposed to be extremely fragile, handling snow and ice like nobody’s business. We reckon a Ferrari LaFerrari would be stumped in a situation like this.

Video by GTspirit

Porsche 918 Spyder Specs:

Engine
Configuration 90º V8
Location Mid, longitudinally mounted
Construction aluminium block and head
Displacement 4.593 liter / 280.3 cu in
Valvetrain 4 valves / cylinder, DOHC
Fuel feed Direct Fuel Injection
Lubrication Dry sump
Aspiration Naturally Aspirated
Power 599 bhp / 447 KW @ 8700 rpm
Red Line 9150 rpm
BHP/Liter 130 bhp / liter

Electric Motor
Location Front, transversely mounted
Fuel Lithium-Ion Battery
Power 127 bhp / 95 KW

Electric Motor
Location Mid, longitudinally mounted
Fuel Lithium-Ion Battery
Power 154 bhp / 115 KW

Drivetrain
Body carbon-fibre composite
Chassis carbon-fibre monocoque
Suspension (fr/r) double wishbones, electronically controlled twin-tube gas-filled shock absorbers
Steering four wheel steering
Brakes ventilated and perforated carbon ceramic discs, all-round, ABS
Gearbox PDK Twin Clutch 7 speed Automatic

Performance figures
Combined Power 874 bhp / 652 KW
Combined Torque 1280 Nm / 944 ft lbs
Power to weight 0.53 bhp / kg
Top Speed 345 km/h (214 mph)
0-100 km/h 2.8 s