Porsche Carrera GT 980
A Le Mans V10, a carbon tub, a clutch that bites back — and no driver aids to save you.
7 reviewers · 13 videos · 4 hours watched
Reviewers strongly agree on its performance and handling, but split on daily drivability.
across 7 reviewers
"Carrera GT is so much more usable. It's just so much more normal and drivable."
Doug DeMuro · ▶ 19:52"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"
Top Gear · ▶ 8:21Performance
5.0/57 of 7 reviewersstrong consensus“nothing can touch this for engine sound and response. This is the goat for a reason.”
positive · Zygrene · ▶ 23:30“It's got supercar performance. It's got supercar sound, it's got supercar feel, supercar response. It is an engine like no other, and I absolutely adore it.”
positive · PistonHeads · ▶ 5:26“The performance figures really are biblical you get 612 brake horsepower and that means nought to 60 in 3.9 seconds”
positive · Top Gear · ▶ 4:00Handling
5.0/56 of 7 reviewersstrong consensus“it's much lighter than the McLaren and that makes it nimbler and edgier and that makes it more of a handful”
positive · Top Gear · ▶ 7:20“This is probably one of the scariest cars you can drive. Um, so much power in the rear. The car is literally all over the place.”
positive · Tom Hartley Cars · ▶ 1:56“The way that it steers is so predictable and wonderful.”
positive · Doug DeMuro · ▶ 9:17Fun to drive
5.0/57 of 7 reviewersstrong consensus“I am just grinning ear to ear. This car is amazing.”
positive · Zygrene · ▶ 7:00“This manual has just aged like fine wine. It's absolutely wonderful... it just adds so much to the experience because it's so rewarding.”
positive · PistonHeads · ▶ 6:44“not only is it one of the fastest and most exciting cars I've ever driven it is also one of the most beautiful”
positive · Top Gear · ▶ 5:29Daily drivability
2.0/57 of 7 reviewerssplit“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”
critical · Top Gear · ▶ 8:21“The Carrera GT is not a usable car. It's really for those days you want to get out and you want to have a tear up.”
critical · Tom Hartley Cars · ▶ 9:56“Carrera GT is so much more usable. It's just so much more normal and drivable.”
positive · Doug DeMuro · ▶ 19:52Value
4.0/57 of 7 reviewersstrong consensus“I think that the Carrera GT is probably worth it in today's market conditions.”
positive · Doug DeMuro · ▶ 24:51“These cars are still incredibly undervalued.”
positive · Tom Hartley Cars · ▶ 13:44“the fact that this gets so close, even 80 to 85% as close [to a 750S], is nothing short of extraordinary.”
positive · Zygrene · ▶ 20:18Hear it in the reviewer’s words
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