Porsche 918 Test Car Filmed with Exhaust Note

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918 Spyder test car with its Martini-livery has been spotted again testing in Spain. What sets the video apart is that the viewers can clearly hear the car's exhaust note, granted at low speeds. 

The V8 has a dry rasp that gets meatier as the revs rise. There is also just the hint of the high-pitched whine that comes from electric motors at low speeds, but it appears they cannot be heard at higher speeds. 

It appears that Porsche's purchase of the Nardo Test Track in Italy on April 11th might have been a huge waste of money. Why else would it have told the world that the Martini-livered 918 Spyder is its test car and have it be repeatedly photographed and filmed testing? Actually, this decision probably comes more from Porsche marketing than its engineering department. The 918 Spyder will not go into production until September 2013, over a year away, but Porsche is making sure that car enthusiasts do not forget about this car. It is a far more sneaky, clever version of how ToyotaToyotaJapan, 1937 > present155 models
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GT3 has also been spotted on it way to test on the Nordschleife. It does not appear much different than the standard 991-chassis Carrera, but there is a distinctive rasp that comes from the car at high revs that gives it away.

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Source: Car Scoop