Arguably Porsche's most exciting supercar, the V10-powered manual-transmission-only Carrera GT was a celebration of Porsche's engineering prowess in the pre-recession boom. It took the fight directly to Mercedes-McLaren's vaunted SLR and Ferrari's eponymous Enzo. It stood then as a testament to the power of carbon monocoque technology and …
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Now is your chance to buy a wrecked Porsche Carrera GT for just a few hundred thousand dollars
Someone in St. Louis wrecked maybe the most iconic supercar in Porsche history, and here is your chance to buy it. I'm going to sound like an old man here, but I remember not that long ago when you could buy a perfect Carrera GT for around 300,000 American dollars. Those days are gone, and the CGT has exploded in value by around a million dollars …
Continue to the full articleThis One-Off Track-Spec Carrera GT-R Can be Yours for a Cool $1M
If you're willing to part with a little more than $1,000,000, you can help write an abandoned chapter in Porsche's racing history. The stillborn racing project that begat the Carrera GT, dubbed the 9R3 LMP900, brought along with it a whole host of tech that might've made it a standout. The crown jewel was its screaming V10—a motor …
Continue to the full articleJay Leno Takes Us on an Emotional Tour of His Carrera GT
He's owned it for seventeen years, spun it at Talladega, and pedaled it to a speed just shy of 200 miles per hour. Jay Leno's enjoyed his Carrera GT far more than most of his cars. Unlike so many of his vehicles which seem to stimulate him on the basis of their engineering alone, this is one of the few cars that visibly thrills him with every prod …
Continue to the full articlePraising the Carrera GT’s Brilliance Twenty Years After Its Debut
Debuting in a Drizzle Twenty years ago, the rolling rendering that eventually became the Carrera GT was unveiled for the Parisian public. As Walter Rohrl carefully metered out the prototype's power over the sodden cobblestones that cover the Place de l’Étoile, those that had risen early enough to see this gleaming prototype pointed in …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche Carrera GT Got Its Parts From Two Different Failed Race Car Projects
The history of the largest engine in Porsche history is nearly as storied as the brand. The 5.7-liter V10 in the Carrera GT supercar is a thing of legend. It's literally a Formula One engine and a Le Mans engine that never raced. It powers the most exciting supercar Porsche ever built. And it almost never happened. As with everything Porsche, …
Continue to the full articleGoing Through the Carrera GT with a Fine-Tooth Comb
For all of Doug DeMuro's fastidiousness, he appreciates the bolder bits of an analog sports car. Perhaps nothing best deserves that title in recent years than the Carrera GT. It's killed actors, struck fear in the hearts of stoic journalists, and rightfully earned a place on the Mt. Olympus of supercars. It's also the last of a breed, sadly, as …
Continue to the full articleIt Takes Two To Tango—997.1 GT3 and Carrera GT Dance Around the Nurburgring!
Short of the footage of Walter Rohrl flinging it between the trees around the time of its debut, footage of the Carrera GT in action is rare. Fortunately, there are a few well-heeled drivers who chance their irreplaceable hypercars at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, and this footage proves the elusive hypercar lives up to its fearsome reputation. …
Continue to the full articleGemballa-Tuned Porsche Carrera GT Driver Arrested For A Hit-And-Run In New York City
The streets of New York City are uncharacteristically empty right now as the Big Apple is ravaged with tens of thousands of cases of covid-19. The city that never sleeps has effectively been shut down as people are ordered to stay indoors in order to keep the spread to a minimum. But when you're an extremely wealthy collector of super cars, none of …
Continue to the full articleWhy the Carrera GT Still Pulls Our Heartstrings
In the era of turbochargers and PDK gearboxes we live in, it's easy to get distracted. Even mid-tier sports cars are just so supremely quick nowadays, there's a good chance that many fans forget about the other things which make a car truly special. Fortunately, we have videos like these. One brief encounter with the sonorous wail of the 5.7-liter …
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