Jerry Seinfeld’s 2004 Porsche Carrera GT is up for sale

A 2004 Porsche Carrera GT previously owned by American comedian and actor Jerry Seinfeld will be auctioned off next week.

Just weeks after another Carrera GT sold for a record-breaking US$1.9 million (AU$2.65 million), this example – one of just 1270 produced – is set to go under the hammer by Bring a Trailer on March 12.

It was purchased new by Seinfeld at a Porsche dealer in New York for US$448,300, before it was sold in 2011 and again in 2015.

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With the current bid sitting at US$1,851,000 (AU$2.5m) at the time of writing, the 2004 Porsche Carrera GT is expected to reach a hefty price when the auction concludes on March 12 (US time).

The advertisement includes the original specification list and New York registration title, while the vehicle has just 5193 kilometres on the odometer.

In production from 2004 to 2007, the Carrera GT is the first and only Porsche installed with a V10 engine – a 5.7-litre naturally-aspirated unit producing 450kW of power and 590Nm of torque, matched with a six-speed manual transmission.

Development of the engine can be traced back to the 1990s, with plans to use it in the Formula 1 scrapped, before it was picked up by Porsche engineers for use in the Carrera GT.

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The two-seat, mid-engined convertible is capable of a 0-97km/h sprint in just 3.5 seconds, with a claimed top speed of 330km/h.

It was not the only Porsche owned by Seinfeld, who transformed a former three-story plumbing business into a sprawling vehicle garage housing a number of vehicles from the German marque.

Several Porsche cars, worth AU$30 million in total, featured in his collection were auctioned off in 2016, however, it is widely speculated that a number of old and new Porsche's remain behind the walls of the New York brownstone warehouse.