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Carrera GT no more...?

Micra

Micra

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I just read in the automotive section in my local newspaper that Porsche has just stopped/soon will stop producing Carrera GT's, now that they've sold 1,111 of them. My comp is busted and I'm on a uni one now so I don't have time to Google, but does anybody know more of this? Is it true? My newspaper doesn't bother giving sources with their articles>_<

Would suck though, if they'd actually take the GT out of production. It's such a gorgeous car and it seemed to be selling pretty good (so why discontinue production if it's bringing in money? )
 
http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2006/01/02/laatste_porsche_carrera_gt_in_

article in Dutch:

They want to keep the Carrera GT exclusive. They wanted to sell 1500. But because the GT is not allowed to drive in America (true?) they could not reach those figures.

But they claim it's the most succesful supersportscar of the moment. But indeed, seems like in March, the last Carrera GT will be produced.

Sad day.
 
jensked said:
From september on it wasn't allowed in the states because cars had to have a 'smart airbag'. Porsche didn't want to include that in GT's cause the costs were to high for that car.
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Yeah, there's some stupid legal issue with the airbags in the US. It's a new law, not sure when exactly it takes effect. But to avoid it most of the Carrera GTs last year were shipped to the US, before the law came into effect.

The Carrera GT sells pretty well for a supercar, but in America there are many just sitting at the dealer, waiting for a buyer.
 
Is it the same thing thats making the F430 "illegal"?
 
Buba said:
Is it the same thing thats making the F430 "illegal"?
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No, but it's also an airbag issue.

But the F430 lacks sufficient protection for a small number of female occupants who aren't strapped into the correct position in the event of a crash. The same problem applies to child occupants. If the waiver isn't granted, Ferrari will be unable to sell cars built after September 1, 2006.
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http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?&id=2391403&postid=26140397

Ridiculous if you ask me.

The Carrera GT airbag issue is the fact it does not calculate the power of the impact or something like that.
 
IVIaster said:
Americans...
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not: "americans...."
its: "americans and their shitty-ass safety rules"
 
"It isn't that the F430's airbags aren't safe ? they meet or exceed most NHTSA guidelines. But the F430 lacks sufficient protection for a small number of female occupants who aren't strapped into the correct position in the event of a crash."

If they aren't strapped in correctly, then wouldn't it make sense that they get hurt in the event of a crash? It doesn't make sense.

I guess some politician is bitter for never being able to afford a Ferrari.
 
It's called "non tariff barriers to trade" to protect the American auto industry. Protection from what, I don't know...not really much competition for the CGT and F430 here.
 
Maybe its not legal in the US. But it must be legal in Canada because I saw one crash in Vancouver BC. Apparently the guy was going to quick and he spun out and landed over the median on Broadway near Arbutus street if I remember correctly. So in Canada the GT is definately legal.
 
oliB said:
jensked said:
From september on it wasn't allowed in the states because cars had to have a 'smart airbag'. Porsche didn't want to include that in GT's cause the costs were to high for that car.
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Yeah, there's some stupid legal issue with the airbags in the US. It's a new law, not sure when exactly it takes effect. But to avoid it most of the Carrera GTs last year were shipped to the US, before the law came into effect.

The Carrera GT sells pretty well for a supercar, but in America there are many just sitting at the dealer, waiting for a buyer.
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yup, its almost like every single porsche dealer here has a carrera gt just sitting there....but then again there aren't a lot of porsche dealers in the first place.
 
zenkidori said:
There is a CGT running around here somewhere, a buddy of mine has followed it on the highway like 3 times.
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That's not contradictory as long as it was imported before the ban. They rarely ban car's that were road-legal and registered.
 
I read the demand for the C GT was and is still pretty high in the USA. It was their hope to sell 250 more in the USA, but now they can't due to the ban.

I agree with klutch that it's a non-tarrif barrier to trade. It's a problem of standardization. In the EU, member states used to shit about norms and safety of products...

For example a copy machine designed in Italy was not allowed on the Dutch market because they had other safety standards for copiers. (of course to protect their own copier producers)...but of course that's just idiotic so they decided (finally after years and years) to agree that if a product is safe in Italy, it's supposed to be safe for every other country. Damn right.
 
You must have been listening in class, good job. But I doubt that the government agencies in America (or anywhere else) would go after such an exclusive car to boost their own economy. Nobody is going to be like "hey I can't but a Carrera GT, so I'll by a Neon and pretend I'm cool and get all the ladies."

klutch said:
It's called "non tariff barriers to trade" to protect the American auto industry. Protection from what, I don't know...not really much competition for the CGT and F430 here.
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