WE ARE SURE we are going to test-drive the V10 Porsche Carrera GT in the near future. Porsche AG in Stuttgart still won’t confirm, if the midengine car will go into production or not – latest news is, that the decision will be made in the beginning of 2002.

Never the less is Porsche eager to tell us all about the car and especially the V10 engine. The ultra-low weight of the Carrera GT is attributable to the new, extra-light V10 normal-aspiration power unit displacing 5.5 litres. Maximum output is 410 kW or 558 bhp, maximum torque more than 600 Newton metres or 442 lb-ft, with the engine speed range extending to well over 8000 rpm.

Four valves per cylinder and intake ducts designed for optimum flow conditions ensure a perfect charge of fuel and air to all cylinders. These engine data and performance figures are incidentally still provisional and may become even more impressive should the Porsche Carrera GT enter series production.

And a hint more – Porsche even whispers the price of the car; between 500 and 800.000 DEM.


FACTS
· Porsche Carrera GT
· In production or not – the decision will be made in the beginning of 2002
· 559 bhp
· 600 Nm
· Front 265/30 R 19
· Rear 335/30 R 20
· 1250 kg
· Top speed: 330 km/h plus
· Acceleration 0-100 km/h: less than 4 sec
· Acceleration0-200 km/h: less than 10 sec

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Porsche Carrera GT interior, drivers position, engine in the test bed, engine in the engine department, engine - model