Porsche 718 Spyder manual 2020

BIG SPEC 718 SPYDER!

Fitted with a £4,000 Brooke Race Exhausts Inconel alloy valved system. Click here for more details. (Original (and unused) Porsche Sports exhaust system supplied with the car).

Topaz Level 5 detail plus application of full paint protection film (PPF) carried out at OPC East London on initial delivery in November 2019, at a cost of £10,000.

Retro Houndstooth seat inserts fitted (approx £1,200). Original Alcantara seat inserts supplied with the car.

Factory specification includes: (items marked with * are additions to the standard Spyder equipment)

• Crayon paintwork with a black hood.
• 20 inch 718 Spyder alloys with satin black finish and gloss black brake calipers*.
• LED main headlights including Porsche Dynamic Light System* (the LED option is not available on new order Spyders).
• Tinted tail lights.
• Sport Chrono Package including mode switch, with Racing yellow stopwatch dial*.
• Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) with mechanically locking rear diff.
• Dynamic engine mounts (PADM).
• Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) including ride height lowered by 10mm.
• Electrically folding exterior mirrors with courtesy lighting*.
• ParkAssist (rear) with reversing camera*.
• Heated, Sport bucket seats* (the heating option is not available on new order Spyders).
• Full leather (seats, dash, centre console, steering column casing, sun visors and door trims) and Alcantara interior in black, with contrast yellow stitching and Racing yellow seat belts*.
• Carbon fibre interior trim package, plus illuminated carbon fibre sill guards*.
• Heated*, multi function GT Sports steering wheel finished in Alcantara.
• Aluminium pedals*.
• Light Design Package*.
• Cruise control*.
• Two-zone climate control*.
• Porsche Communications Management (PCM) with voice control, online navigation, telephone module, digital radio, Online Services, Apple CarPlay and USB interface.
• BOSE Surround Sound System*.
• VTS Security Package (including Porsche Car Connect).

Serviced by OPC Exeter in January 2022.

The Spyder is, in effect, a drop-top GT4. It shares the same 4 litre, naturally aspirated 6 cylinder making 414 bhp, the same chassis, suspension, steering and brakes, and the same 6 speed manual gearbox (complete with the choice of auto blips on the downshift!).

Unlike its Boxster brothers, the Spyder’s roof requires some manual effort to drop and then raise again, but it’s fully worth it for the resulting driving experience.

In the words of Porsche themselves:

The 718 Spyder is an exclamation mark in a world full of ‘what ifs’. A roadster like no other. Without compromise. Without regrets. Without rational arguments.