Welcome to your summer desktop background. Or bedroom poster. Or the new image for your phone’s home screen. It’s the [deep breath] Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Reimagined by Singer; a powerful, widebody tribute to an Eighties classic.
What’s a ‘Singer’, you ask? This little-known Californian outfit has been busy earning its spurs restoring and reimagining the Porsche 911 in all its wonderful (retro) guises. As all 911s Singer reimagines, this one’s very specific.
“By the mid-1980s the personalization Porsche first offered for the Carrera Coupe had reached the Carrera Cabriolet,” explains Singer founder and creative director Rob Dickinson, “which could be ordered with the wider body of the 911 Turbo but powered by the company’s latest, naturally aspirated flat-six.”
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So…surprise! It’s a 964-gen 911 reimagined through the guise of the G model 911 Cabriolet with the Turbo widebody. And, long story short, it’s pretty damn cool.
Naturally, it all begins with an owner’s 964, which is then duly stripped and inspected, before being strengthened and filled with a 4.0-liter flat-six jointly developed with Cosworth. And it’s a bit of a Unit, as they say.
Because Cosworth, as it turns out, has some experience with engines, and this one—also used in the [deep breath] Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe Reimagined by Singer—features four valves per cylinder, variable valve timing, water-cooled cylinder heads, air-cooled cylinders, and precisely zero forced induction.
So that’s four hundred and twenty naturally aspirated horsies rampaging through the 964’s stronger, slender bones, redlining at 8,000pm, delivered through a six-speed manual and fired out the back wheels and a titanium exhaust.
Each and every horse is controlled via four-way adjustable dampers (with a handy nose lift), carbon-ceramic brakes, and 18-inch center-lock wheels shod in Michelin Pilot Sport rubber.
More widely, the car is shod in as much carbon fiber as Singer can get its hands on: the G model-style widebody is all built from the stuff, while a lightweight folding roof has been fitted, too.
Two other quietly important bits to note about the bodywork: there are auxiliary lights that fold flush into the hood, and there’s the option of specifying the classic ‘whale tail’ rear wing. You should definitely specify the classic whale tail rear wing.
“We’ve concentrated on a high-revving, naturally aspirated sports car that’s compelling to drive and beautifully executed,” said Singer CEO Raj Nair (the same Raj Nair who helped birth the Ford GT).
This execution comes, of course, at a price, and it’s one out of reach for the great many of us. So, like we said, welcome to your summer desktop background.
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NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
