The Veyron Part 2

[Dave A]

The Carrera GT was only made after a GT-1 race car was scrapped due tothe old GT-1 class being scrapped. Thats what killed the original TVR Speed 12 too.

 

[Crash]

As live4speed said, the CGT project originally was intended to be a Le Mans racer until the class was scrapped, so they decided to turn it into a road car.

The Maserati MC12 was designed to race at Le Mans, but that too, didn't pan out because of rule changes by ACO.

 

[TheCracker]

Well, except for the C6.R and Z06, which were developed side by side using much of the same technology.

Don't get me started on that whole C6R/Z06 thing again - the two cars share an engine block - thats it.

 

[Dave A]

And TheCraker's post it correct.