This Porsche GT1 is the road version built in 1997 and is powered by a 6-cylinder Boxer Turbo with 3163 cc displacement (makes a power of 544 hp (400 kW) makes a top speed on the highway of 310 km/h possible. The racing car was built from 1996-1998.
However, the Porsche GT1 was designed as a pure racing car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. 24 pieces were built in different versions and for a few Porsche seconds especially for road use. The unit price at that time was 1.550.000,- DM. Of it 20 pieces of the homologation models with road registration.
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…