Chassis No. WP0CA29895L001166
Carrera GT Limitation No. 0911

Internally dubbed SCM (Super Car Millennium), the development of the Carrera GT prototype was shrouded in secrecy with just a small team of designers and engineers responsible for the project. Expected to be a “one off” design and prototyping exercise, they chose an exotic 5.5-liter V10 from an aborted racing project to power the concept car. So fantastic was the reaction to this prototype driven along the Champs-Élysées to the 2000 Paris Motor Show that the approval of a production version became a foregone conclusion. To no one's surprise, the Carrera GT became the standout supercar of the 2000s, employing a more analog engineering approach that benefited from over a decade's worth of engine development.

Featuring a normally aspirated 5.7-liter V10, the Carrera GT powerplant first began as an engineering exercise to stay current with Formula One's new engine rules after their all-new (Typ 3512) 3.5-liter normally aspirated V12 failed to impress in 1991. Later, this engine was selected for use in Porsche's LMP2000 sports racing prototype program (Typ 9R3), and enlarged to 5.5-liters to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Surprisingly, the promising LMP2000 racing program for this engine was ultimately abandoned, but this special V10 engine, underutilized for so long, would soon find the ultimate application in the Carrera GT.

As Porsche's halo supercar of the decade, the Carrera GT's options list was minimal. In fact, the U.K. Price List stated that, “In order to minimise the vehicle's weight for possible competition use, the Carrera GT is delivered as standard without air conditioning and without an audio system. However, these items, together with all other personalisation features, are available as no-cost options.” The Carrera GT's color palette was equally as rigid, with just five basic colors to choose from. Out of 644 cars bound for the North American market, just 19 examples were optioned with Paint to Sample colors, making uniquely specified examples exceedingly rare.

This 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, limitation number 0911, is the singuar Carrera GT finished in Paint to Sample Signal Yellow—a 1970s hue that has become a stalwart PTS color among Porsche connoisseurs. Inside, the Dark Grey leather interior has been optioned with air conditioning, Carrera GT sound system, and Porsche Online Pro CD radio. Since production, the car has been upgraded with Surface Transforms carbon ceramic disc brakes and Öhlins shock absorbers.

Carrera GT limitation number 0911 was ordered new by Mike Valentine, the late trailblazer in radar detector technology and a highly respected Porsche collector based in Ohio. According to its clean CARFAX Vehicle History Report, Valentine enjoyed the car for the majority of its mileage, driving approximately 6,900 miles before parting ways with the unique super sportscar in March 2017. The car was serviced and inspected during this time before passing to its next Delaware-based owner in July 2019. Following a full application of paint protection film in February 2022, the car passed to Florida-based Porsche experts Zweck that October and received its APA3 suspension recall shortly thereafter.

This one-of-a-kind Carrera GT is now offered with just under 8,100 miles at cataloging and retains its delivery items including owner's manuals in pouch, service literature, and four pieces of its desirable luggage set in Dark Grey. This Signal Yellow Carrera GT offers an unmissable opportunity to acquire a one-off specification of one of the most celebrated driver's cars of the modern era.