Written by: Autocar staff
London, UK – 7/6/2006

Carrera GT-based car is expected to target 254mph top speed. (Jerry Chung/Autocar illustration)

Porsche is poised to burst Bugatti’s bubble when it rolls out the fastest road car in the world in 2009 — and Autocar magazine has revealed how it expects it to look.

This radical supercar is expected to be dubbed GT1, and will be a 950hp, road-legal version of Porsche’s future Le Mans challenger. According to insiders, the target top speed is 254mph — a crucial 2mph faster than the claimed top speed of the 987hp Bugatti Veyron.

The core of the new car is the Carrera GT’s carbon fiber chassis, fitted with modified nose and tail structures. The interior is also based closely on the Carrera’s distinctive dashboard and center console.

Autocar’s exclusive illustration is drawn entirely from leaked official technical drawings of the car. Sources have also revealed that full-bore 950hp engines are under test, as well as work on weight distribution and aerodynamics, both of which will differ from the competition versions of the car.

One thing that’s not clear at this stage is how the massive slug of power will be delivered. One suggestion is that it would have to come from a turbocharged version of the Carrera GT’s V10 engine. However, other motorsport sources say it will be powered by an enlarged, twin-turbo, 5.5-liter version of the Cayenne’s V8.

In fact, Porsche is already racing a 600hp, normally aspirated V8 engine in the American Le Mans series with the Penske-prepared RS Spyder, and it’s expected to be adopted by Porsche’s own European Le Mans racer. However, Le Mans racers will switch to the closed-coupe format from 2010.
-Hilton Holloway /Autocar

 

I liked the looks of the older GT1 more. Any word on if it will be any cheaper than the old one?

EDIT:

 

I need to get me one of those.

 

much better looking than the Bugatti too!

 

Nobody will believe me(till december anyways)
Weber GT
2100 lbs
936 hp on 93
270 ish mph top speed
1.5 mil or there about
It will debut in december.
I know this because I designed the motor and have about 1200 hrs on the dyno with the combo. 435 SB twin-screwcharged, intercooled(totally new design)GM's MIFI-4 injection, shit, about 400 hrs in just manfiold design, cylinder heads another month(and 4 sets)
Will be sold by a local company in Sarasota, they will be the exclusive North American dealer.
Go ahead call BS.
Car and Driver did.
And then wait till december.

 

if i dont call bs can i go for a ride?

 

dibs on second?


either way its badass

 

This is all coming from a disgruntled ex-employee of a certian company(forgot to sign the confidentiality agreement...oops)

 

I thought the Bugatti was a Porsche. It's a Volkswagon isn't it?

 

VW owns Audi, Bugatti, & Lamborghini (and is brothers with Seat)

Not Porsche (they're the enemy )