The prototype in a concept Porsche Carera GT car shown at the 2000 Geneva Motor Show, mainly in an attempt to draw attention to their display. Surprising interest in the vehicle and an influx of revenue provided from the Cayenne helped Porsche decide to produce the car, and development started on a road-legal version that would be produced in small numbers at Porsche's new manufacturing facility in Leipzig. Porsche started a production run of Porsche Carrera GT in 2004, shipping the units with an MSRP of $440,000 USD and a dealer invoice price of approximately $414,800 USD. In addition, the delivery charge could be as much as $5,000 USD. The first Porsche Carrera GT went on sale in the US on January 31, 2004.The Porcshe Carrera GT can be traced back to the 911 GT1 and LMP1-98 racing cars. Due in part to the FIA and ACO rule changes in 1998, both designs had ended.
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Porsche Carrera GT at the time had planned on a new Le Mans prototype for 1999. The
Porsche Carrera GT car was initially intended to use a turbocharged flat-6, but was later redesigned to use a new V10 engine, pushing the project back to planned completion in 2000. The V10 was a unit secretly built by Porsche for the Footwork Formula One team in 1992, but later shelved. The engine was resurrected for the Le Mans prototype and increased in size to 5.7 litres. Unfortunately the project was canceled after two days of testing for the first car, in mid-1999, mostly due to Porsche's wish to build the Cayenne SUV with involvement from Volkswagen and Audi, thus requiring engineering expertise to be pulled from the motorsports division. It was also speculated that VW-Audi chairman Ferdinand Piëch wanted Audi's new Le Mans Prototype, the Audi R8 not to face competition from Porsche in 2004.
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Porsche Carrera GT is powered by a 5.7 litre V10 engine producing 612 DIN (605 SAE) horsepower (450 kW), whereas the original concept car featured a 5.5 litre version rated at 558 hp (416 kW). Porsche claims it will accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in 3.9 seconds and has a maximum speed of 330 km/h (205 mph), although road tests indicated that in reality the car can accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.5 seconds and 0-100 mph (160 km/h) in 6.8 seconds. The Carrera GT has a basic five colour paint scheme which includes Guards Red, Fayence Yellow, Basalt Black, GT Silver and Seal Grey. Custom colours were also available from the factory. A traditional six-speed manual transmission is the only available transmission.
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The In Years 2012 - 2013
Porsche Carrera GT is capable of ushering in a new standard in its class with its overall impressive performance with due importance to safety. Key innovative technologies that went into the making of the Years 2012 - 2013
Porsche Carrera GT include a ceramic composite clutch and brakes beneath the body, a nickel and silicon combination coating improving the wear resistance while minimizing the internal friction of the engine etc. The
Porsche Carrera GT vehicle comes with a slim trunk that comes handy in holding the stuff for a weekend getaway. Using lightweight materials such as magnesium for the car's wheels and the frames make the
Porsche Carrera GT more swift and dynamic thereby helping it deliver a fabulous performance.
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