If Porsche is known for one thing, it's incremental progress and refinement. If you look at a Porsche sports car from the 60s ...

Manual gearbox. Roof off. Flat-six symphony. In this MW180 driver-focused review, I take the Porsche 718 Spyder for an ...

With the roof down, it’s an all-encompassing driving ... this with a screen-based system on recent models. The Porsche 718 Spyder RS is easily one of the most invigorating, exciting and ...

There’s no roof between you and nature ... Click here for more photos of the Porsche 718 Spyder RS. Driving an example of the Porsche 718 Spyder RS. Michael Simari, courtesy of Porsche Cars ...

You can also save a further 8kg by leaving the roof kit in your ... tough act to follow. Porsche has the hardcore sports car niche sewn up so tightly the 718 Spyder RS’s closest showroom ...

2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS. And the fenders aren’t the only component that’s gone on a diet, there’s a lighter exhaust, lighter wheels, lighter bonnet, lighter roof, lighter door panels and even ...

Happily, this means I was thrilled to discover that as much as I deeply and droolingly loved driving the Porsche 718 Spyder RS, I don’t actually want one, because its allegedly convertible roof ...

Sure, that fiddly roof is possibly a step too far for the minimal weight savings. But you can’t do “ultimate” without making some sacrifices to ease of use. The 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS is ...

What you’re looking at might just be the most significant Porsche Boxster since the first-generation car was launched in 1996. Why? Well, because the Porsche 718 Spyder RS will be the last ...

The Porsche 718 Spyder RS provides the cerebral overload ... before it tops out at 191mph – with the ‘temporary’ roof stowed it must be said. Yet while this sort of acceleration isn ...

It's been a week now since I drove the 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder ... The other big change from the 718 Boxster and Boxster Spyder is the move to a completely manual roof. The only power component ...

Oh, and a ducktail spoiler – just like the original ’73 RS. Porsche 718 Spyder RS roof weighs 18.3kg including the mechanism – 16.5kg less than a standard Boxster top. Helpfully, Porsche ...