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If nothing else, the 2012 911 Turbo S Edition 918 Spyder wins the contest for the Porsche with the longest and perhaps clumsiest name ever. But after a day of driving it on good roads all around Stuttgart’s farm country and blasting along the no-limit Autobahn, however, we break down like always and decide it’s pretty damned cool to possess any 911 Turbo S whatsoever.

What’s ultimately best about this admittedly opportunistic offering from Porsche’s marketing department is that it doesn’t cost one red cent more than the standard 530-horsepower 911 Turbo S – $160,700 for the coupe or $172,100 for the convertible. You just know that they talked about charging more in a meeting. “Perhaps we should charge $10,000 more, c’mon. That’s a cool $10 million!” You know they did.

Besides, even more than a normal 911, you probably can’t afford one anyway, so there’s no reason to start bellyaching. That’s because only 918 units of this special Turbo S trim are being shifted out the door at Zuffenhausen, and they are offered only to those magnates who will have their “people” stand in line to fetch a $845,000 Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid. You do not have to buy the accompanying Turbo S 918 edition, but as a Porsche spokesperson tells us, “so far, all 918 Spyder customers have taken their matching-number Turbo S.” Naturally, the numbers on the little badges inside match, which is totally cute. Our tester was numbered “000,” which automatically made us cooler than anyone.