A 980 Kg Sports Car

Mid-engine limited production sports auto manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche

Motor vehicle

Porsche Carrera GT

Overview
Manufacturer	Porsche AG
Production	2004–2006 (1,270 produced)
Assembly	Frg: Leipzig
Designer	Jason Hill (concept) Harm Lagaay (product)
Body and chassis
Grade	Sports car (S)
Torso style	2-door Targa roadster
Layout	Longitudinally mounted rear mid-engine, rear-wheel bulldoze^[ane]
Powertrain
Engine	5.vii L (five,733 cc) 980/01 DOHC V10^[1] ^[2]
Power output	450 kW (612 PS; 603 hp) 590 Northward⋅g (435 lbf⋅ft) of torque
Manual	six-speed manual^[2]
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,730 mm (107.five in)
Length	4,613 mm (181.6 in)
Width	1,921 mm (75.6 in)
Meridian	1,166 mm (45.ix in)
Curb weight	i,380 kg (3,042 lb)^[3]
Chronology
Predecessor	Porsche 959 (straight)^[four] Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion (straight)
Successor	Porsche 918 Spyder

The Porsche Carrera GT (Projection Code 980) is a mid-engine^[5] sports car that was manufactured by German language automobile manufacturer Porsche from 2004^[6] to 2006. Sports Car International named the Carrera GT number one on its list of Top Sports Cars of the 2000s, and number eight on its Superlative Sports Cars of All Time listing. For its avant-garde technology and evolution of its chassis, Popular Scientific discipline magazine awarded information technology the "All-time of What's New" honor in 2003.^[vii]

History [edit]

The development of the Carrera GT can be traced dorsum to the 911 GT1 and LMP1-98 racing cars. Due in part to the FIA and ACO dominion changes in 1998, both designs had ended. Porsche at the time had planned a new Le Mans prototype for the 1999 flavor.

The car was initially intended to use a turbocharged flat-vi engine, but was afterwards redesigned to use a new V10 engine, pushing the projection back to planned completion in 2000. The V10 was a unit secretly built by Porsche for the Footwork Formula One squad in 1992, but later on shelved. The engine was resurrected for the Le Mans prototype.

The project was canceled after 2 days of testing for the first car, in mid-1999, mostly due to Porsche'south wish to build the Cayenne SUV with involvement from Volkswagen and Audi, thus requiring engineering expertise to be pulled from the motorsports division. Information technology 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Porsche did go on part of the project live past using the 5.5 L V10 from the prototype in a concept auto called the Carrera GT shown at the 2000 Paris Motor Show, mainly in an endeavor to draw attention to their display. Surprising interest in the vehicle and an influx of revenue provided from the Cayenne helped Porsche determine to produce the motorcar, and evolution 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 the Carrera GT in 2004. The get-go Carrera GT went on sale in the United States on 31 January 2004.

Originally a production run of ane,500 cars was planned. However, Porsche announced in August 2005 that it would non continue production of the Carrera GT through to 2006, citing irresolute airbag regulations in the Us. By the cease of product on 6 May 2006, more than 1,270 cars had been sold, with a total of 644 units sold in the United states of america and 31 units sold in Canada.^[viii] In the U.k., 49 units were sold.^[9]

Design [edit]

The Carrera GT is powered past a 5.7 L (v,733 cc) V10 engine rated at 450 kW (612 PS; 603 hp),^[10] whereas the original concept auto featured a v.5-litre version rated at 416 kW (566 PS; 558 hp).^[half-dozen] A road exam in June 2004 past Automobile and Commuter showed that the motorcar can accelerate from 0–lx mph (97 km/h) in three.5 seconds,^[10] 0–100 mph (161 km/h) in 6.8 seconds^[ten] and 0–209 km/h (130 mph) in ten.8 seconds. The official top speed was 330 km/h (205 mph).^[ten]

Interior
Rear view
Tiptop view

The Carrera GT was initially offered with 5 bones colours: Guards Red, Fayence Yellowish, Basalt Black, GT Silver metallic and Seal Gray. Custom colours were later available from the factory. A traditional six-speed manual transmission is the merely available transmission.

The Carrera GT has large side inlets and air dams that help cool the large V10 engine framed by the carbon fibre rear bonnet. Fitted with Porsche's latest Carbon fibre-reinforced Silicon Carbide (C/SiC) ceramic composite braking organization, the 15-inch (380 mm) SGL Carbon disc brakes are fitted inside the 19 inch front and 20 inch rear 5-spoke blend wheels. Similar to other Porsche models, such as the 911, the GT includes an electronically operated rear fly which deploys at speeds to a higher place 113 km/h (lxx mph).

The interior is trimmed in soft leather. Bose audio organization and a navigation system were standard. In typical Porsche fashion, the ignition is present to the left of the steering bike. This placement dates back to the early days of Le Mans racing when drivers were required to brand a running outset, hop into their cars, start them and begin the race. The placement of the ignition enabled the driver to start the automobile with the left hand and put it in gear with the right.

The basic colours available from the factory
Fayence Yellow
Guards Red
Basalt Black
Seal Grey
GT Silver

Custom colors from factory

Technical specifications [edit]

Engine ^[eleven]
- Layout: Longitudinal, rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-bulldoze layout
- Engine type: 68° V10, aluminium block and heads
- Code: 980/01
- Valvetrain: DOHC (chain-driven), 4 valves per cylinder (40 valves total), variable valve timing on intake camshafts, sodium-cooled exhaust valves
- Diameter × stroke: 98 mm × 76 mm (iii.86 in × two.99 in), Nikasil coated bores, forged titanium connecting rods, forged pistons
- Displacement: 5,733 cc (five.7 L; 349.8 cu in)^[12]
- Compression ratio: 12.0:one^[12]
- Rated power: 450 kW (612 PS; 603 hp) @ 8,000 rpm^[13] ^[12]
- Max. torque: 590 N⋅m (435 lb⋅ft) @ 5,750 rpm^[12]
- Specific output: 78.493 kW/L (105 hp/L)^[12]
- Weight to power ratio: 3.23 kg/kW (five.31 lb/hp)^[12]
- Redline: 8,400 rpm
Transmission
- Clutch: Twin-plate ceramic dry-clutch (PCCC—Porsche Ceramic Blended Clutch)
- Gearbox type: six-speed manual manual
Torso ^[xi]
- Tank capacity: 92 litres^[12]
- Cargo volume: 76 L (2.seven cu ft)^[12]
- Max. payload: 180 kg (397 lb)^[12]
- Ground clearance: three.iv in (86 mm)
- Dimensions:
  - Length: 4,613 mm (182 in)^[12]
  - Width: i,921 mm (76 in)^[12]
  - Tiptop: 1,166 mm (46 in)^[12]
- Mass: 1,380 kg (3,042 lb)^[14] ^[12]
- Track width: 1,612–ane,587 mm (63–62 in)^[12]
- Wheelbase: 2,730 mm (107 in)^[12]
- Drag Coefficient: 0.39^[15]
Fuel consumption for 2004 model
- EPA
  - EPA Rated city, highway: 9 mpg_‑Usa (26 L/100 km; 11 mpg_‑imp)/15 mpg_‑US (16 L/100 km; 18 mpg_‑imp)^[16]
  - Range: 241 miles (388 km)^[sixteen]
  - Tank in gal: 24.3 US gal (92 L; 20 imp gal)^[11]
- NEFZ:^[12]
  - Consumption: 28.3 / eleven.7 / 17.8 50/100 km
  - CO_two emission: 429 g/km
  - Emission level: EURO four
  - Estimated range: 516 km (321 mi)
- Auto Motor und Sport examination:^[12]
  - Max: 22.5 L/100 km
  - Avg: 19.seven Fifty/100 km

Performance Examination Results [edit]

0–60 km/h (0–37 mph) : 2.06 seconds^[17]
0–80 km/h (0–50 mph) : 2.61 seconds^[17]
0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) : 3.57 seconds^[17] (official: three.ix seconds)
0–120 km/h (0–75 mph) : 4.33 seconds^[17]
0–140 km/h (0–87 mph) : 5.xiii seconds^[17]
0–160 km/h (0–99 mph) : 6.46 seconds^[17]
0–180 km/h (0–112 mph) : seven.59 seconds^[17]
0‒400 m ( 1⁄4 mi): 10.97 seconds^[17]
0‒i,000 chiliad (0.62 mi): nineteen.42 seconds at 284 km/h (176.five mph)^[17]
Top speed: 334 km/h (208 mph)^[18] (official: 330 km/h (205 mph))
80–120 km/h (fifty–75 mph): 6.35 seconds^[17] (in 6th gear)
Braking 100 mph (161 km/h) to 0: 277 feet (84 grand)^[eleven]
Braking 60 mph (97 km/h) to 0: 101 anxiety (31 m)^[11]
Braking 100 km/h to 0: 33.5 m^[17] ^[18]
Sideslip pad, 200 ft (61 k) ave g: 0.99^[11]

Sport Motorcar tested a maximal lateral acceleration of 1.35 g, fifty-fifty ane.4 g was reached at the Schwalbenschwanz section of the Nürburgring Nordschleife, Motor Tendency tested xi.1s at 133.4 mph (215 km/h) for the 1⁄4 mile (402 one thousand).^[xix] ^[11]

Runway tests [edit]

Nürburgring Nordschleife: seven:28^[xx]
Bedford Autodrome: 1:20.2^[21]
Summit Gear Test Rail: i:19.viii^[22]

Technology [edit]

The Porsche Carrera GT'south carbon-ceramic (silicon carbide) disc brake

Notable technology includes a pure carbon fibre monocoque and subframe produced by ATR Composites Group of Italy, dry out sump lubrication and inboard suspension. At speeds in a higher place 113 km/h (70 mph), the electronically operated rear fly raises into the airstream to reduce lift. The radiator of the Carrera GT is about five times the size of that of a 911 Turbo of its fourth dimension. The car's front and rear suspension system consists of pushrod actuated shock absorbers and dampers with anti-gyre bars.

One-offs [edit]

Porsche Carrera GTZ by Zagato

In 2013, Zagato introduced the Porsche Carrera GTZ based on the Porsche Carrera GT. Deputed by a Swiss Porsche collector and onetime racing commuter, information technology has a modified carbon fiber body which is more aerodynamic. The car has the same technical specification every bit the Porsche Carrera GT.^[23]

References [edit]

Notes [edit]

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^ "Porsche celebrates xxx years of the 959". Porsche Newsroom. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ Larry Webster (June 2004). "Porsche Carrera GT - Route Test Page ii: Handling Precision". Photography by Markus Leser. Caranddriver.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Porsche Carrera GT - Auto Shows". Car and Driver. Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ Mike Hanlon (11 May 2006). "Production ends on Porsche Carrera GT: the most successful supercar in history". Newatlas.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ "Production Ends on Porsche Carrera GT: the Most Successful Supercar in History". Porsche Press Release. Porsche Cars North America Inc. 9 May 2006. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved fifteen April 2015.
^ "Porsche Society Great Britain: Carrera GT Registry". Retrieved i December 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Porsche Carrera GT - Road Examination". Motorcar and Driver. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^thousand "A Twist of Le Mans: Ferrari Enzo, the Porsche Carrera GT, and the Ford GT". motortrend.com . Retrieved three October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ^{due north} ^o ^p ^q auto motor und sport: Technische Daten Porsche Carrera GT 5.vii V10 Archived ten Jan 2020 at the Wayback Auto. April 2011.
^ "Celebrating twenty years of the Porsche Carrera GT".
^ "Jubilant 20 years of the Porsche Carrera GT".
^ "Porsche Carrera GT Specs". carsdirect.com . Retrieved 3 Oct 2010.
^ ^a ^b "2004 Porsche Carrera GT". fueleconomy.gov. Archived from the original on xiv June 2011. Retrieved three October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Machine Magazine 11/2008 Cursory operation details Archived 18 November 2015 at the Wayback Auto (Retrieved 21 March 2016)
^ ^a ^b "Motorcar, Motor und Sport 2004 Die-300-km/h-Elite". www.auto-motor-und-sport.de. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012.
^ Horst von Saurma (16 February 2011). "Porsche Carrera GT im Supertest". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Duell auf der Nordschleife - autobild.de". autobild.de . Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ Richard Meaden (10 January 2007). "Litchfield Type-25 5 Caterham CSR 260 v Lotus Exige Due south v Radical SR3 1300 v Ariel Atom v Porsche Carrera GT v Ford GT v Ferrari Enzo v McLaren F1". Evo. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ "Porsche Carrera GT Auto Review - Summit Gear - BBC". British Dissemination Corporation, YouTube. xv August 2008. Retrieved thirty Apr 2017.
^ "Porsche Carrera GTZ". www.zagato.it . Retrieved 12 January 2021.

Bibliography [edit]

Holmes, Marker (2007). Ultimate Convertibles: Roofless Beauty. London: Kandour. pp. 124–127. ISBN978-1-905741-62-v.

External links [edit]

Porsche official website
Terminal Carrera GT Produced
Past master: Porsche Carrera GT