Porsche Carrera GT Car Review - Top Gear - BBC

this is the most exciting the best-looking the most expensive and the fastest road going Porsche ever made it's called the Carrera GT and I'm going to start by looking at it from a Germans point of view this is interesting the crank is only ninety eight point five millimeters from the floor of the car the reason why the crank is so low is because the clutch which I have here is so small it's got two plates made from carbon fibre and silicon carbide sorry that sometimes when I say silicon carbide anyway let's see how much it weighs pop it in the scales that we have here and we've got some sugar there's two bags three bags and four bags or less than four bags of sugar I'm speaking to you now inside the venturi tunnels and what I have here is a cutaway of one of the one of the brakes also very light because it's made from silicon carbon at this point a German would come out of the lavatory say everything's perfect and move on but I'm not German so let's look at it from a British point of view [Music] [Music] mass of goose pimples are you never heard of feeling like this before I've never felt anything like [Music] [Applause] [Music] except 20.7 leads out feeds head originally designed for racing the performance figures really are biblical you get 612 brake horsepower and that means nought to 60 in 3.9 seconds flatout you'll be doing 205 [Music] fastest most exotic cars there's a point where the power starts to lose its battle in the friction of the man in this [Applause] [Music] not only is it one of the fastest and most exciting cars I've ever driven it is also one of the most beautiful [Music] it isn't styled with a verb or the passion of a Ferrari or a Lamborghini it's its form following function and every piece every detail is as precise and as perfect as Germany's rail timetable really there's only one car vez can be compared with the McLaren Mercedes SLR we tested two weeks ago they both cost more than three hundred thousand pounds and they both produce more than six hundred brake horsepower but there is a crucial difference [Music] the Mercedes that's the GT car it's got a big boobs stop the car plates got lots of luxury equipment this though much more focused carbon fiber here and magnesium transmission tile or simple beechwood gear lever [Music] as a result it's much lighter than the McLaren and that makes it nimbler and edgier and that makes it more of a handful it really isn't an easy car to control the clutch is brutal the power is savage and a handling you really are on a knife edge but if you put in the effort boy oh boy do you get the rewards [Music] [Applause] normally I like British and Italian cars because they have so much soul and character German cars always find the long-run engineering but a bit short on passion this though my god it's that good really it is a phenomenon honestly mind-blowing ly good so I'm expecting it to beat the McLaren Mercedes which is at the top of the board of course one 20.9 because they both got the same power but the Porsche is 240 kilos lighter which is a lot thing is though that McLaren Mercedes is easy to drive automatic you can go very very fast and it's not difficult the Porsche well put it this way you know the Stig right mighty car control yes he got into that Porsche right here we go and we've done she got a tape which I think we can show you all these first attempt where's that but then he comes into the Hammerhead very close to the tyres honestly - big sister if the Mercedes forgives you that make a mistake good advice your head off it's that simple he had another go after that spun it again and again and again but then after a whole morning's practising he was ready to take on the Mercedes okay this is the big one massive wheelspin off the line down to the first corner he has got to tread carefully he knows that that big v10 landline will bites [Music] a surprise display these power ballads today because really he has look at that through Chicago he's gently on the power doesn't want to lose it he really doesn't want to lose it bit of a wiggle he's okay coming up to the Hammerhead this is what responded before cannot afford a mistake now he's already off the SLRs place at this point but now this is maximum attack mode he's really opening the taps now really really working that manual gearbox well yeah every millisecond advantage over the automatic McLaren this is the center last Bend hard on the ceramic brakes keep it steady measuring out the power Gambon corner okay mclaren-mercedes did it 120 yes point nine we know that which is pretty fast compared to all the others yes yes and Porsche yes what it here 119 [Applause]

Channel: Top Gear

Views: 7,490,815

Rating: 4.9107537 out of 5

Keywords: BBC, Porsche, Carrera, Review, Top, Gear, Challenge, Race, Hot, Auto, Vehicle, Video, Car, Funny

Id: vE_WqdKbTvY

Length: 7min 58sec (478 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 15 2008

Reddit Comments

[u/miltown_muscle]

It just hurts that it was such an avoidable accident. As the hoons we all are, we've all had those times we've come upon an empty road and decided to have a little "fun" with our cars. Let's use this tragedy not to attack the driver for driving recklessly, but to remind ourselves to do our spirited driving in a controlled manner.

[u/[deleted]]

I really hope his daughter is well taken care of, shes only 15

[u/[deleted]]

Just because the driver was a pro doesn't make it right to drive like that on a public street. The fact that both of them are dead just proves my point. I know I'm sounding a bit like an asshole, but this should be a lesson to everyone else - not even talent will save you.

[u/Kcee101]

"Fastest car we've ever had"

• Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear

[u/[deleted]]

As soon as I saw the wreckage and realized it was a Carrera GT, I wasn't surprised at all. Supposedly one of the least forgiving and difficult cars to drive.

[u/BimmerAddict]

ITT: People acting like they have never hooned their cars on public roads at least once.

Quit trying to be superior, shit happens when you're being reckless. Most of us are just lucky enough to have not died, yet.

Edit: Speeling.

[u/[deleted]]

I watched this last night on Netflix. Fucking scary car. I cringed when I saw the Stig spinning out in the car, then heard Clarkson say he had to practice the entire morning in it. If he can't even handle that car, I would think the majority of the driving public shouldn't go near it.

[u/ojs_white_bronco]

Kind of reminds me of James Dean's death a little... very sad.

[u/BonderRodriguez]

Does Paul Walker really deserve BLAME for this? As a passenger?

Also, thank god all of you are such perfect drivers. Please, continue to lecture on how dangerous cars are in everyone else's hands.