Porsche Carrera GT

2005 Porsche Carrera GT for sale in the USA!

Chassis no. WP0CA29895L001488

The 980 Carrera GT pays homage to the most successful GT and racing cars of Porsche’s competition legacy and was built from the ground up on a carbon fiber monocoque made by the ATR company in Italy. High-strength steel tubes in the A-pillars and in the rolling chassis made the chassis and engine frame structural elements and set a new record for torsional stiffness for open cars. It was the first car in the world to use carbon fiber reinforced plastic to carry all of the vehicle’s mechanical units and electrical components. Rotating mass was significantly reduced by the use of center-locking magnesium wheels and carbon-ceramic brakes which were approximately half the weight of similarly sized cast-iron discs. The sweeping center console, door panels, and body panels were all fashioned from carbon fiber, as well as the composite carbon and kevlar fixed bucket seats. Atop the center console, a featherweight magnesium galvanized trim panel houses the switches and buttons. At the time, the Carrera GT was the epitome of modern-day extreme weight-saving measures. The days of stripping the car to its bare essentials in order to gain a competitive edge were left in the past in favor of well-engineered, lightweight composite materials that allowed for luxuries such as a Becker Porsche online Pro radio with integrated phone and navigation system, generous leather appointments throughout the interior, and the comfort of climate control while still maintaining weight to power ratio of 5.03 pounds per horsepower.