The collector's edition of Need for Speed: Carbon includes the following additions:

• four new cars: 2006 Chevrolet Camaro Concept, 2007 Jaguar XK, 2006 Koenigsegg CCX, 1992 Nissan 240SX
• ten pre-tuned versions of existing cars
• extra events: six new races and three challenge series, including drift courses in the city
• ten new vinyl kits
• bonus DVD with a behind-the-scenes feature about the cars, environments, characters and actors, and the Need for Speed AV Wars Remix Project, a collection of six audiovisual remixes based on the game.

Windows version - there is additional content available if the collector's edition was pre-ordered through EA Downloader. It includes:

• two new cars: 1971 Dodge Challenger and the 2006 Pagani Zonda F
• every performance upgrade in the game automatically unlocked