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Chassis No. WP0CA29805L001170
Carrera GT No. 0555
Just when it seemed that a supercar successor to the 16-year-old, world-beating 959 was less likely than ever with Porsche pulling the plug on its sports racing program in 1999 and reassigning its motorsport engineers to the utilitarian Cayenne, Porsche shocked visitors at the 2000 Paris Auto Show with a concept dubbed the “Carrera GT.” Unbeknownst to Porsche racing fans, the concept’s 5.5-liter V10 engine, internally designated “Type 3512,” traced its origins back to the early 1990s when Porsche was an engine supplier in Formula One.
Meanwhile, Porsche’s legendary sports racing car program during this period is recognized as the most dominant in the marque’s history, with the Group C program—headlined by the 956/962 series—achieving five consecutive World Sportscar Championships and six consecutive overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1982 to 1987. The three-year 911 GT1 program extended Porsche’s international sportscar racing efforts into the late 1990s, until the cancellation of the production-based GT1 class and the expansion of dedicated Le Mans Prototype (LMP) racers at the turn of the millennium.
Reviving the long-shelved “Type 3512” engine, the engineers in Zuffenhausen pursued the development of an LMP900-class car internally designated “9R3,” with the now 5.5-liter V10 mounted amidships. However, like its Formula One predecessor, Project 9R3 was abruptly canceled after building just one running prototype, never to go racing. Thankfully, the Porsche production department deemed the V10 suitable for the mid-engine Carrera GT concept, which entered production in 2003 with a target of 1,500 units.
As Porsche’s halo supercar of the decade, the Carrera GT’s options list was minimal. In fact, Porsche’s official price list stated that, “In order to minimize the vehicle’s weight for possible competition use, the Carrera GT is delivered as standard without air conditioning and without an audio system. However, these items, together with all other personalization features, are available as no-cost options.” The Carrera GT’s color palette was equally rigid, with just five basic colors to choose from. Out of 644 cars bound for the North American market, just 19 examples were optioned with a Paint to Sample color, making uniquely specified examples such as this exceedingly rare.
This 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, limitation number 0555, is the singular Carrera GT delivered in the United States finished in Paint to Sample Gulf Blue over Ascot Brown leather. The optional light blue color first appeared on Porsche’s color charts in 1972 after two consecutive years of dominance by John Wyer’s Gulf Oil-sponsored 917s and 908/3s—as well as a silver screen debut resplendent in Gulf Blue at the hands of Steve McQueen in Le Mans. To say the motorsport-derived color is legendary within Porsche circles is an understatement as it is equal parts rare and effortlessly elegant. The original window sticker for Carrera GT number 0555 reveals an additional cost of $15,500 for the Exclusive PTS option, one of just 19 so finished in the U.S. during its three years on offer.
Factory equipment included the Porsche Online Pro CD radio, all-leather driver and passenger XT Bucket Seats, air conditioning, an indoor car cover, as well as a set of Ascot Brown luggage. Originally delivered to Maplewood Imports (now Porsche St. Paul), the accompanying clean CARFAX Vehicle History Report notes first registration in March 2005 in South Dakota with later servicing by Porsche of Omaha at 109 miles traveled. The CARFAX reveals just three careful private owners over the past 21 years, with the car residing in Florida since 2007.
Since 2011, the V10-powered supercar has received regular servicing at The Collection in Coral Gables including the recent completion of the critical APA3 suspension recall campaign in January 2026. A six-page invoice records the work completed at 2,807 miles registered on the odometer, which additionally includes the installation of a fresh set of Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 ‘N-Spec’ tires specially developed for the super sports car. Racetrack-based performance and handling tests at the Nürburgring Nordschleife paid dividends with former factory pilot Jörg Bergmeister stating, “The new tires do not just make the Carrera GT faster, they also make it easier for the driver to pilot the car in a spirited manner.”
This one-of-a-kind Carrera GT is now offered with only 2,807 miles at the time of cataloging and retains numerous delivery items that include its original window sticker, owner’s manuals in their pouch, service paperwork, and its desirable complete luggage set in Ascot Brown. This ultra-rare PTS Gulf Blue over Ascot Carrera GT—the only one of its kind delivered to the United States—offers an unmissable opportunity to acquire a one-off specification of one of the most celebrated analog driver’s cars of the modern era.
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