If you happen to love Porsche 911’s, particularly the 964 mannequin 911’s, you’re most likely accustomed to Singer Automotive Design and their one-off customized fabrications “Reimagined By Singer.” If you happen to’re not, it’s worthwhile to be as they’re fairly presumably the top of 911’s. Whereas I hate to make use of the time period “resto-mod” as a result of it doesn’t seize the diploma of thoroughness present in every individualized Singer mission, it at the very least will get the purpose throughout that these are reimagined 964’s with fashionable technological upgrades, enhancements, and design enhancements. Thoughts you, Singer doesn’t construct automobiles – they restore and reimagine them to their shopper’s wishes, creating absolute masterpieces of workmanship, design, and engineering.
Singer Automotive Design was began in 2009 by Rob Dickenson, an avid fan of Porsche’s most well-known and ubiquitous mannequin. The primary restoration carried out by Singer Automotive Design was exhibited to the general public at The Quail: A Motorsport Gathering in the course of the Monterey Automotive Week. It was obtained with reward from all quarters of the automotive world and regardless of the, ah, appreciable costs required to carry out these restorations, their order books shortly crammed. With every new Singer mission revealed to the general public, the accolades grew and extra orders rolled in.
Singer sees their initiatives as being a part of a number of design research that they’ve undertaken. The primary was the Traditional Examine, which centered on optimizing naturally-aspirated air-cooled 911 coupes and targas. Their subsequent research centered on Dynamics and Lightweighting, bettering the dealing with and efficiency, and lowering mass by means of carbon fiber applied sciences.
Their present space of research is the Turbo Examine, and the automobiles being proven at The Quail this 12 months come from this research. The primary is the primary automobile to be completed below the Turbo Examine mission – a Wolf Blue instance designed with an emphasis on high-performance grand touring skill.
The second is nothing lower than the primary ever cabriolet design research ever undertaken by Singer Automotive Design and it’s additionally from the Turbo Examine. Highlights of this mannequin embody a Cadiz Purple carbon fiber turbo-style physique, a 510 hp 3.8L biturbo air-cooled flat-six with air-to-water intercooling, a six-speed handbook gearbox, rear-wheel drive, grand-touring suspension, “shark-fin” fender air-intakes, a whale-tail spoiler, carbon-ceramic brakes, air-con, an electrically operated high, electrically-adjustable sport seats in black with Tartan pink inserts, and wooden trim in Black Forest – Purple.
The entire re-imagining is solely beautiful. If you happen to noticed it on the road and solely caught of a glimpse of it, you might be forgiven for mistaking it for some other previous 911, however the longer your eyes stray over it, the extra particulars you discover and the extra impressed you change into as you understand that there’s little or no unchanged within the design of the automobile, whereas on the identical time it honors Porsche’s authentic design in each side, solely updating and reimagining it.
Singer’s mantra is “All the pieces is Essential” and the outcomes of that mantra manifest in each design research mission they undertake. If you happen to get an opportunity, remember to cease into The Quail and see Singer’s work up shut. You received’t be upset.
