PORSCHE MISSION R
⋆ Rating 5.0
MOTOR Dual PESM, 82kWh battery
POWER 800kW
TOP SPEED 309km/h
0-100KM/H <2.5sec (claimed)
WEIGHT 1500kg • PRICE $12.8m
LIKE: Sheer pace; excitement; styling; finish; dynamics
DISLIKE: Not exactly accessible; not as close to next Cayman as we hoped
WELL, THIS IS strange: a race car that comes with its own 45-minute safety briefing, conducted days before you’re to climb aboard. Then, just before you do, there’s another. I could describe it all to you, but the essence is that if all the dashboard lights suddenly turn red, get the hell out.
There’s some advice about how to exit in a hurry while touching either the car or the ground but never both at the same time, but the days of ejecting myself from a car like a champagne cork departing its bottle are
