In the light of Paul Walker’s death, we decided to shed some light on the car the Fast & Furious star and his driver Roger Rodas died in, a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT.
According to a CNN article, the Porsche Carrera GT is a different breed of super sports cars, which makes it hard for the average person to handle or, to be more specific, drive fast. CNN focuses on five different points that make the Porsche Carrera GT very different from the tech-loaded supercars of nowadays (e.g: Porsche 918 Spyder).
First off, the car was intended to race as a Le Mans Prototype, but the project was cancelled due to Porsche’s desire to build the Cayenne SUV, which required engineers to be pulled from its motorsports division. The Carrera GT’s got a 5.7-liter 612-hp V10 engine derived from Porsche’s racing program.
Having the engine at the middle makes it an extremely agile and responsive supercar, therefore, it is very tricky to drive. However, the most unforgiving aspect of the Carrera GT is the lack of a stability control system, in other words, it doesn’t correct your errors for you, you have to do most of the driving.
Supercars don’t just go up in flames for no reason (well, unless it’s a Ferrari), so Roger Rodas, we suspect, must have been really pushing that Carrera GT, and as we’ve all seen, the results were catastrophic.
Only 1270 examples of the Carrera GT were built, and it’s truly saddening to see one example go, not to mention the loss of two honorable men.
Rest In Peace Paul Walker and Roger Rodas.
Dejan Sokolovski ©