http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=108679
Basically, C-GT production will wind down in April after they build the 1500th C-GT...'cuz they said they would only build 1500 when they first introduced it.
I just wish they kept selling it until it was no longer viable (I think there are some new rules coming in 2007 that will kill it off) instead of pulling the plug prematurely, but at least Porsche didn't take the assinine Ferrari route and limit production to a small fraction of total demand.
Full Version: Carrera GT Production drawing to a close
prices will probably skyrocket
they should make #1500 special. like give it racing stripes or a new paint color or something
The Carrera GT still holds a high posistion on my "most desired cars" list. The Carrera GT is also one of the best sounding cars ever. The V10 is epic
I wish they weren't $440,000+
I wish they weren't $440,000+
That's very Ferrari of them. "Ve know ze demand for our car be vwey high so ve only make so many so all you yankee americans cant all be zdriving around in zwan" They should make more than 1,500.
Yeah it doesn't seem like it's been around that long, but it seems like just about every magazine and car site has mentioned that it's production run is coming to an end. One of the best cars Porsche has produced I think...only wish I could afford it...
its very porsche to have a limmited number of cars made, this whole trend set with the most recent GT's (2&3) of having an unlimmited production run is very new, and it is effecting resale values...only a handful of 993GT-2's were made, dido for the all the RS models.
furthermore there is a limmited number of people who can afford these cars, and im sure 1500 comes close to satisfying that number. from what I have read, a significant number of people who bought the car, before they had a test drive, sold them right away, as they thought it would be easy to drive...like the 996 Turbo...many people have problems with the creamic clutch...so even with the limmited number, there will most likely always be one avalabe to people who would like one.
furthermore there is a limmited number of people who can afford these cars, and im sure 1500 comes close to satisfying that number. from what I have read, a significant number of people who bought the car, before they had a test drive, sold them right away, as they thought it would be easy to drive...like the 996 Turbo...many people have problems with the creamic clutch...so even with the limmited number, there will most likely always be one avalabe to people who would like one.
QUOTE(Koof @ Dec 31 2005, 01:08 PM) 
they should make #1500 special. like give it racing stripes or a new paint color or something
They are.
When I went to America for SEMA we were fortunate enough to be able to make it to Crystal Cove, to see the infamous car show. There was two silver CGT's that came...but they were late (there's a cutoff), so they left, a few seconds later they did a flyby (for those that don't know the area there is a highway that's long and straight in front of the car park) OH MAN IT SOUNDS LIKE AN F1, it was like sex to my ears.
LONG LIVE PORSCHE CARRERA GT
QUOTE(Cyclone @ Dec 30 2005, 09:29 PM)
That's very Ferrari of them. "Ve know ze demand for our car be vwey high so ve only make so many so all you yankee americans cant all be zdriving around in zwan" They should make more than 1,500....zdriving?
1500? Shit thats a lot more CGT's than I was expecting to be made anyway. Especially since it's in Enzo/F1/Zonda style territory.
Looks like i'm the only one who thinks 1500 is enough
I always considered cars in that calibre to be in the hundreds only.
Does Porsche make a lot of profit out of that car anyway? Don't they usually make these type of cars for name/brand/image/feel like it/showing off new technologies rather than profits?
Looks like i'm the only one who thinks 1500 is enough
I always considered cars in that calibre to be in the hundreds only.
Does Porsche make a lot of profit out of that car anyway? Don't they usually make these type of cars for name/brand/image/feel like it/showing off new technologies rather than profits?
they made less aniversary first gen boxsters than the CGT... lame.
QUOTE(Cyclone @ Dec 30 2005, 06:29 PM)
They should make more than 1,500.Originally Porsche were supposed to make only 1000 Carrera GTs. But because of the large demand from the US market, the production number was exstended to 1500...
Ferrari's philosophy has always been to make one car less than they think they can sell. I think Porsche can sell more than 1501 C-GT's. So with that in mind, 1500 isn't that much...
QUOTE(Espen @ Dec 31 2005, 03:05 AM)
yes, Porsche makes a profit. The car was originally a pure racer that was cancelled (hence the open cokpit) and the development cost was largely written off. Then of course some brilliant person suggested to put it into production, thankfully retaining the carbon monocoque with inboard suspension and a development of the original engine.
1500 was a lot more than I thought too, but then used prices have slipped unlike on it's competitors. Supply and demand I suppose, but then I suppose economy of scale means there will be adequate supply of parts and knowledgeable garages around. Getting parts and expertise for an exotic can be painful!
1500 was a lot more than I thought too, but then used prices have slipped unlike on it's competitors. Supply and demand I suppose, but then I suppose economy of scale means there will be adequate supply of parts and knowledgeable garages around. Getting parts and expertise for an exotic can be painful!
I think that only the engine from the C-GT was linked to the LeMans LMP900 programme, I'm fairly sure the chassis for that project was sold to Audi and became the R8...however the chassis does rely heavily on LeMans technology, but it was built specifically for the C-GT.
And used C-GTs are such a bargain because as i mentioned earlier, alot of noodle armed choir boys originally put down deposits, and then found out that the car was more of a race car for the road, than a road car with track potential. primarily the clutch gave people the most problems, as it is not condusive to stop and start driving conditions.
I sincerely doubt that the R8 came out of the stillborn LMP2000...the R8 debuted at the beginning of the 2000 season. I don't think Audi would have enough time to build a kickass racecar from a Porsche prototype that got abandoned sometime in '99. Not to mention that the R8 and C-GT are really very different cars...and we KNOW the C-GT started out as the le mans racer.
Im fairly sure that the C-GT chassis was not from the LMP2000...I read about the still born LMP project in one of my magazines...ill try to find it...but it stated that the R8 was based off of the Porsche LMP project...and if you look for pictures of the LMP2000, it does bear a striking resembelance to the R8.
I don't think they're one and the same...I am finding nothing on the internet that indicates they are.
And although it's not definitive evidence, the C-GT and the LMP2000 car both used 5.0+ liter watercooled V10s as stressed members in a mid-engine configuration, as well as using a full carbon fiber monocoque. I suspect the C-GT shares a lot of its structure with the stillborn LMP car...
And although it's not definitive evidence, the C-GT and the LMP2000 car both used 5.0+ liter watercooled V10s as stressed members in a mid-engine configuration, as well as using a full carbon fiber monocoque. I suspect the C-GT shares a lot of its structure with the stillborn LMP car...
well my research thus far has yeilded nothing...so althougth I am sure I read about that in a magazine somewhere...I cant prove it...so I will concede to you two (clark and Espen)
but back on the subject of the C-GTs chassis...I dont think the engine is a stressed member of the Chassis. I remember being disapointed when the production version was finally anonuced, as it did not have the engine and transmition as stressed members, due to the strain and eventual failure it would cause the CF over the lifetime of the car (something you don have to worry about in a race car)
although the original concept did have the engine as a stressed member.
but back on the subject of the C-GTs chassis...I dont think the engine is a stressed member of the Chassis. I remember being disapointed when the production version was finally anonuced, as it did not have the engine and transmition as stressed members, due to the strain and eventual failure it would cause the CF over the lifetime of the car (something you don have to worry about in a race car)
although the original concept did have the engine as a stressed member.
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