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The final theme is described by Designer Director Michael Mauer as a “continuation of the principles introduced with Panamera and Cayenne MkII. The new touchpad reduces the amount of buttons but still offers direct operation.”
The 918 Spyder’s designers took the inspiration from the reflecting aluminium bodywork of the Bugatti Veyron and the ‘Rome-Liège’ Porsche. “The exterior colour of the 918 should make the impression of a liquid metal,” says Porsche Design Director Michael Mauer. “The iPhone stands for the clean ‘touch panel’ approach of the centre stack; the engine for the solid aluminium crossbeam of the IP which has both decorative and supporting functions.”
Like the open cockpit of the Porsche 917 PA that Jo Siffert drove in the CANAM series of 1969, the 918’s interior features an asymmetrical cut with an indentation towards the passenger side (as indicated by the red line visible in this sketch). Mauer: “Thus we wanted to stress the driverorientated architecture of the interior.”
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