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Light My FireHigh tech is not only a question of logic. Sometimes purepassion serves as a motivating force. Porsche proves it.Here are some first impressions on how the upcoming high-performance sports car, the Carrera GT, fans the flames.Photos: Stefan Warter

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Inconceivable, really: Tune in and mellowout, leave the rat race behind you. Faster than ever.That speck, then a silhouette, on the horizon—youovertake it, right or left. Just forget everything—es-pecially everything you ever knew about “driving acar.” Because the fire is on. In ten hungry cylinders.

Inconceivably, really, that the fastest way to thisfeeling is the easiest. Although it seemed so diffi-cult: Carbon, processed so meticulously that it wasworth a patent, forms the skin and the bones. Thelightness of being is defined by 1,380 kilograms(3,037 lbs.), governed by 612 bhp. Synthetics asa synthesis of art, the Porsche Carrera GT a high-performance sports car for all the senses. Driventhrough six gears, the engine at every speed sendsa message to its companion: simply enjoy!

Light stuff: Behind the extremely light magnesium wheel (left) is the Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB). The ten cylinders of the racing assembly under a net of perforated light metal alsoprovide some deep insights

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A question of style: Purism, as racing demands it, combined with futuristic elegance—whether in the cockpit of the Carrera GT or in the bi-xenon headlights

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The pleasure can be accelerated by pure per-ception. The Carrera GT maintains its composure in a way that puts you at a loss. Classically eternalcurves combine with air intakes for the coolness youneed in the cockpit.

To venture into the lion’s den is to succumb—to theseduction of leather, wood and magnesium. A gentlepush on the accelerator only makes everything evenmore intense. The Carrera GT sucks itself to theasphalt, leaving everything behind, follows its courseand wakens inner sensations you didn’t even knowwere there: Desire.

Under cover: The two roof halves weigh only 2.5 kilograms (5.5 lbs.), and fit into the front trunk

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