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LOT #1405 - 2005 PORSCHE CARRERA GT - NO RESERVE
THE CARRERA GT

SECOND-TO-NONE PERFORMANCE CREDENTIALS

Throughout its rich history dating back to 1948, While FIA rule changes frustrated its endurance-racing
the Porsche marque has graced the motoring world plans for the new car, Porsche forged ahead with the
with a succession of racing homologation specials Carrera GT road car, repurposed as a range-topping,
engineered and built to meet international competition elite supercar representing the culmination of all the
requirements while remaining perfectly legal for road lessons Porsche learned on the track. The initial show
use. The limited-production Carrera GT of 2004-06 is car generated a firestorm of interest among Porsche’s
an electrifying case in point, rooted in a development top clients and was first shown in production-ready
program that commenced in 1999 and yielded a form at Geneva in March 2003. Powered by an only
prototype shown at the Paris Motor Show in 2000. slightly civilized derivation of Porsche’s V10 race
Conjuring stunning images of the shark-like 904 Carrera engine, the “street” Carrera GT power plant paid
and iconic 550 Spyder before it, the Carrera GT was nominal observance to worldwide emissions and
initially intended as the planned successor to the mighty noise regulations. Factory-rated at 603 horsepower,
and successful Le Mans-winning 911 GT1 race car of the the mid-mounted 5.7-liter Carrera GT V10 engine was,
late 1990s. and remains, ferocious. Technical specifications of the

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