RE: Spotted: Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion

[Si_man306]

I'm sorry, £1.5 million for a flat 6 turbo with 500 odd bhp? Not keen on the looks either sorry! And agree about the arches. It looks like an ebay toy copy of a porsche gone wrong.

I know it's an racer-copy but that's a lot of cash even for that. People who buy porsches never cease to amaze me.

Edited by Si_man306 on Tuesday 7th August 17:23

[mat777]

I remember watching a video on how this car was made - it was the opening feature on a 1996 Duke VHS entitled "Supercars". IIRC it was a huge step forward for Porsche as their first ever watercooled car, and even the Porsche test driver said that comparing it to his 991 GT3 car was like comparing a horse to a donkey!

[Verde]

As long as you can't mount another seat on them, they're still considered sills
BTW, that Merc is incredible, but there is nothing like the original and that Porsche, in all it's nastiness is on my top 10 list for sure (I suspect it's now longer that 10, but I'm just hopeless). That it's impractical to sit in, to peer out of, to scrape your way out of a drive, to get an unexpected turbo kick when merging on the expressway, to struggle to get it registered (at least here in California) matters not at all. If you even mutter any of those concerns, then you are just not passionate about cars.
I had the good fortune of slipping in to the back of the Porsche museum some years ago and they opened up one of their mid-90's LeMans competition cars for me and dang, it was impossibly impossible to get seated, get fastened, to reach for the controls and to (imagine) shift and drive and? IT WAS SIMPLY INCREDIBLE!!!
And since I'm used to driving my Ultima GTR, it looks kinda comfy!
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SAndals said:

BelfastBoy said:

I meant that the CLK GTR's exterior looks far better than the Porsche's. For what it's worth, the CLK's interior just looks like standard 90s Merc to me. Like most things at this level, it really comes down to the personal taste limitations of the owner.

Not sure those cills are wide enough...

[jakeb]

mat777 said:

IIRC it was a huge step forward for Porsche as their first ever watercooled car

They obviously forgot about the 924/944/928 etc. 959 had water cooled heads

[Essex Exile]

melvster said:

Incredible car, if i was in the position to buy such a car, i think this would be my choice.




http://www.anamera.com/en/detail/car/183093/index....

I used to have one of those.
The tail lights are identical

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F1GTRUeno said:

moreflaps said:

Expensive alternative to a much better car which it seems to be trying to copy (given the limited styling ability of Porky designers), the Maserati MC12

Well this was a stupid comment.

OK I got the dates wrong, but the MC12 is a better car in every regard (including price) IMHO

Cheers

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RudeDog said:

I don't think it was that stupid but I think it copied more from the Bugatti Veyron and the McLaren MC12-4C. Definitely.... Don't you agree?

Rotten bait. Try more subtlety when fishing old man.

Cheers