2005 Porsche Carrera GT (the vehicle Paul Walker was a passenger in)

Due to the recent death of Paul Walker this post is going to be about the car that Roger Rodas was driving during the car accident the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT.

I chose to do this segment because I feel like it is a rarely discussed part of car accidents in the media. Anyways the Porsche Carrera GT is every bit of a muscle car boasting a 605hp V10 that also produces 435 lb ft of torque. The cars curb weight is 3042 lbs making this little convertible Porsche a rocket ship. With zero to sixty times in the sub 4 second range. Porsche rates it at 3.5 seconds but that’s probably for a professional race car driver none the less that puts this Porsche in the same breath as purpose built race cars, which is exactly what the car is intended to be, a race car that is street legal.  The price tag in the 2005 year was $440xxx and there were only 1300 ever produced that year, meaning this is a very rare car.  The car did the quarter mile in 11.1 seconds at an impressive 133.4 mph and has a top speed of 205 mph.  All this being said it is perfectly understandable how such a tragic even could have happened to Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas. The two were virtually driving a race car that could be very dangerous when driven recklessly in the public, as opposed to a race track. R.I.P. Paul Walker and Roger Rodas.