Anyone ever have driven/had ride in a Carrera GT?

[ds475]

when i'm a millionaire, i would like to own one of those. it is just too bad ass of a machine. i wonder what it would be like with a turbo...

[CJFusco]

i can safely say that no-one has, because they aren't even available to the public yet.

yes, it is quite a car. i am anticipating the first official road test...

[Dantilla]

A guy on the 911 board is an automotive journalist, and had one for a few days to evaluate. Tough job, huh? He also had a GT-3 for a week.

You could do a search on the 911 board to find out his impressions.

[ds475]

ah, i didn't know it wasn't even released yet...

[944boyfutureman]

Its quite a car. I bet it can atleast do 210.

[speedracing944]

I think all of them have been sold already.
top speed = 205 mph

[Sabyre]

http://www2.us.porsche.com/english/usa/carreragt/modelinformation/default.htm

Try that.

[bryanthompson]

Originally posted by Dantilla
A guy on the 911 board is an automotive journalist, and had one for a few days to evaluate...

I have a video of one of these evaluations of a new 911. I'll put it on my ftp when I get home from work tonight and link to it here. I think i got it off Kazaa searching for porsche videos.

[very~worn~944]

Um...guys...actually the carrera gt is like 20 years old...right? haha...Actually that is a car I wanna ride in too...and that is what I thought you guys were talking about....<---really DUMB today (partied too hard)

[CJFusco]

"top speed = 205 mph"

Porsche is notorious for being conservative in their claims. Claimed 0-60 of the 996 Turbo? 4.2 sec. More like 3.8ish in the real world.

[ronin]

Originally posted by very~worn~944
Um...guys...actually the carrera gt is like 20 years old...right? haha...Actually that is a car I wanna ride in too...and that is what I thought you guys were talking about....<---really DUMB today (partied too hard)

not dumb at all. first question when I read the headline to this thread was "which one?!" (although sure ds meant the new one) not only would I like to have a ride in (the 924-based) one but drive one as well. perhaps the opportunity to find a good used example will present itself someday, as it would make a very good stable-mate for the 951

in case no-one saw it on the other thread, here's a cool pic

[944boyfutureman]

I saw a test where the GT hit 204 on a runway and it was still accelerating when the driver began to brake. It seems like it would be quite fun to drive, but i'm sure I would get too many speeding tickets. The excuse "my porsche doesnt like to go below 120" doesn't work in the real world.

[SoCal Driver]

I want one! Looks like a Boxster with a V-10.

[ronin]

hehe, how prophetic. downloaded one for NFS Porsche Unleashed a while back and the guy that made it used the Boxter as his 'platform.' it was easily identifiable as such but it was pretty convincing as a Carrera GT

[ds475]

does the 924 based carrera gt have a v10?

[ronin]

yep. 40% of one

[ds475]

heh heh, so i guess it HAS to be turbo

[ronin]

did you have any doubt?

[ds475]

no. is there anything special about it? (from any other turbo 924)

[ronin]

well, other than being really cool...

it was the first iteration of the soon-to-come 944 turbo. Porsche built about 400 924 Carreras in 1980 in order to race them at Le Mans. the Carrera GT was the production version. I don't know how many made it onto the streets, but I'm sure if one looked hard enough, a few good examples could still be found. the power isn't all that staggering by today's standards (210 hp) but it was quite a bit for a 924, as the 931 (924 turbo) only had about 170