ULTIMATE SUPERCARS By Thomas K Adamson SPYDER PORSCHE 918 Kaleidoscope Minneapolis MN
CHAPTER 1 High Speed Hybrid Power A supercar crawls onto a road course It’s in the forests of Germany Engineers from Porsche POR-shuh have gathered This course has tight turns There are dips and hills It’s perfect for testing sports cars The engineers think their new supercar can make history They want it to break a course record Nürburgring Nordschleife is a famous racetrack in Germany It’s where engineers tested the Porsche 918 Spyder
The Porsche 918 Spyder is a hybrid A hybrid has a gas engine and electric motors People think that a hybrid can’t go fast The engineers want to prove them wrong This course is a great test A good result here means the car can handle anything