Porsche has made since its establishment by Ferdinand Porsche is a manufacturer of sports cars. Worthy of note is the iconic 911 model that has evolved over the years to become a benchmark against which others are measured in many sports cars. The 911 in all its guises has been the bread and butter of Porsche, the Boxster and Cayman in recent years. Every ten years or so, however, Porsche offers something special that is the factory. Great!
First of two luxury cars Porsche have been produced to meet the certification standards of the FIA. This required 200 road cars were legal to be manufactured and sold to the public for the car to qualify for races in the FIA sanctioned races. The first car was the 959, which was introduced in 1986. It looks like a heavily modified 964, the 959 was, however, much more. Wore a sequential twin-turbo 2.8L flat-six engines get to 444 HP. This was abolished by an innovative 4-wheel system. A first for Porsche, which has worked so well, a similar system was later adapted for use in a Turbo 993, and it was a blessing for the Porsche 911 Turbo since. In time, the 959 was actually the fastest production car in the world with a top speed of 200 km / h and a 0-62 time of 3.7 seconds. Still impressive. The 959 remained in production until 1989.
The second was the Porsche 911 supercar GT1, based on a heavily modified platform 993. Like the 959, which was produced and made available for public approval so that it can be done by Porsche at Le Mans. The 911 GT1 was produced from 1996-1999. It has a water-cooled twin-turbo six-cylinder engine that produces 700 hp dishes. With 2,400 kg curb weight, the 911 GT1 was extremely rapid. He had a 0-62 time of 3.3 seconds and a top speed of 235 mph.
In 1999, Porsche was looking for a new racing car for Le Mans. Originally scheduled for a flat six-cylinder engine as before, he had his runners. Later, however, has developed a 5.5L V10 engine, however, delay the project until 2000. The displacement was increased to 5.7L. Shortly after, she canceled the project of Le Mans. At the same time, some of Porsche management had hoped to produce a new supercar to the public. Something Porsche that would bring a lot of attention worldwide. A new supercar green lighted by the administration, without the restrictions that the parties shares one of its normal production cars. This freedom to build what they wanted to open the team project to build a zero car. Since the project of Le Mans had been canceled, the new design of the V10 engine, is waiting to be used in any way. It turned out to be exactly what the design team was looking for. With some modifications to make it more driver friendly, Porsche now has a V10 engine of 5.7 liters as 612 hp at 8400 rpm output. This engine needs a vehicle to drive again. A new carbon fiber frame is designed compound that has been, with the sub-frame made of aluminum. The body panels also designed carbon composite.
Instead of using a manual transmission with automatic transfer of the pallets has become popular in the world supercar, a six-speed manual transmission has been decided to offer a driving experience more complicated. However, he was taken by the design team to keep the engine mounted as low as possible to the center of the car to lower the center of gravity and a better self management. To do this, engineers designed the smallest of the friction that has been used in car production, a clutch 6-inch diameter carbon fiber double. The small size of the clutch has very little inertia, which allows the engine very quickly. Some have said that the clutch is hard to get off the first time at the wheel. He said however that the way to drive is to first release the clutch, and once laminated apply the accelerator. Stalling should not be a problem then. The Carrera GT long held the record for a production car at the Nurburgring in 7:28, set by Walter Rorhl Porsche driver. The Carrera GT has a speed of 0-62 in 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 205 mph. E ‘sold at a base price of 440,000 $. The Carrera GT was produced from 2003-2006.
It is expected that a new supercar is being developed by Porsche and will be published in 2011 or 2012.