Carrera GT

The other thing to note which I have said many times before this cars lineage is that of the plastic cars, the composite cars, the monocoque cars, the prototypes. Porsche celebrated its decades long endurance racing by creating the CGT for the plebeians. Listen to some in car rennsport videos of these flat 8 engines from lets say a 908 and they even sound similar! Those cars wail too.

904,906,910,907,908,917,956,962,98’ GT1 EVO,CGT

Every other street car is just a 911 IMHO. That’s not to say those cars aren’t fantastic, but this car, it’s special. That balsa shift knob not only harkens to the 917 it goes back further than that.

It’s truly bespoke from mechanicals to chassis to design. Ground up how it’s supposed to be done.

 

Here is another great in car video of track duty in a properly set up and driven CGT. Can still be fun on a short track even though she’s got legs built for the ring!

 

Ripping off a 1/4 mile in 11.1. Car hooks up crazy good.

 

That is an impressive ancestry!

 

I have been offered this PTS Dark Metallic Blue CGT (1426) and was advised that it is the only one for the USA in this livery, can anyone confirm this?

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PTS Arancio Borealis?

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Correct. Would look pretty nice next to a Miura....

 

can't confirm but damn that looks good.

 

Top two cars are spectacular ..... Just spectacular

MDS

 

I love my CGT, absolutely amazing and every time I drive it, it just feels like an occasion.

One never to be repeated, the only car that gives me this sense of awesomeness is the F40.

Raw, analogue and mechanical.

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I think you'll remember retired GM Design Chief Ed Taylor tell us that the reason so many manufacturers use silver as a launch color and at Motor Shows for debut cars is, silver shows off the lines and shape so well.

 

Jerry may be a comedian but he knows his cars, as we found out when we supplied him with the 288 GTO for his recent show.

 

Can’t get enough.

I think I need another one in a different colour.

Maybe one that I can drive more
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I believe the time it took to make one chassis was 500 man hours? This was still early enough to where they were hand laid then autoclaved.

Compared to today where the tubs get produced in minutes.

 

I don’t think so, the CGT in GT silver is how it’s supposed to be. In the 50’s and 60’s Porsche motor sports color was SILVER! Really just the color of aluminum. It changed to motor sports white much later on. The original 550 718 spyders were all silver, the proverbial silver bullets. That’s why the Carrera GT in silver it is actually the most correct in my view.

An added bonus as joe points out totally correctly is that it shows the lines best and is a mature color for a mature car. There’s no childish wings and appendituwres on this car.

 

These are fantastic videos on YouTube documenting the full design/build project 980.

 

Who was his guest for that episode?

 

Can't say.

Indeed, underscored by the complimentary F50 in the background, which he has had for just 3 years.