Watch the Porsche 918 Spyder make its way across the assembly line

There are some cars so beautiful and special that it can be easy to forget that they were built in a factory rather than willed wholly formed onto the Earth by some speed-crazed deity.

It is however important to be reminded that they are actually built by a skilled group of engineers and craftsmen. And that’s just one reason why this video of the Porsche 918 Spyder making its way across the assembly line is well worth a watch.

It’s also intriguing to see the obsessive attention to detail required by the assembly line workers in the creation of this beguiling supercar.

You become even more aware of how important that attention to detail is when you remember that Porsche is only building 918 of these cars and that they’re already all sold out.