Porsche Carrera GT

Porsche Carrera GT (body code 980) - mid-engined sports car produced by Porsche in Leipzig (Germany).

At the Geneva Motor Show in 2000 one of the most significant was the prime-concept supercar Carrera GT, and the serial he became only 4 years later. In fact, the history of this project is even longer, and it all started with a racing engine developed for the formulaic McLaren team in 1992. Financial difficulties forced the Porsche work in this area is to be suspended. Then it was converted into a regulation race "24 Hours of Le Mans" and then abandoned. In the end, Wiedeking has decided that this motor is the case in the future Carrera GT. This is a V10 of 5.7 liter capacity 612 hp Its potential match all the rest: 6-speed gearbox with ceramic clutch, brake and uglekeramicheskie some weight body components made from carbon-fiber composite.
During those two years, which he produced in a factory in Leipzig, collected 1,270 copies, while previously planned to do in 1500. The reason - the introduction of the new requirements in the U.S. Motor Vehicle Safety, which made meaningless further production or modernization of this supercar, as well as the fact that the ideal requires restrictions.
Through the efforts of Walter Röhrl, factory test driver and brand champion rally, 980 th was the fastest production car at the Nordschleife of Nürburgring - Improve 7 minutes 28 seconds for half a second could only giperkar Pagani Zonda F in 2007 alone.

On the Carrera GT is set 5.7-liter V10 engine producing 612 DIN (605 SAE) horsepower (450 kW). On the original concept car was fitted with a 5.5 liter engine 558 hp (416 kW). Porsche said acceleration to 100 km / h in 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 330 km / h
Porsche Carrera GT has five basic colors coloring: GT Silver, Guards Red, Fayence Yellow, Basalt Black and Seal Grey. There is also the possibility of ordering the other colors from the factory. Vehicle equipped with only a 6-speed manual transmission.
The production of the car stopped.