New Singer DLS Turbo

[photek]

Not much to say, other than...wow!!

The Intercooler article

Road and Track article

Car and Driver article

 

[IMI A]

My new fave 911 :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:

 

[coullstar]

Too much IMO. Its a bit cartoonish.

I love the "base" Turbo study, more so than the first ones but this is a bit too far for me.

 

[Kadafi39]

It is abit much, and I immediately thought it would look better with a smaller decklid.

Those articles show the grey/gold one with the ducktail and that looks like perfection imo.

Probably priced around £500k+ though

Edit: Just read the article and it looks like £1.5M BASE PRICE!!! :floor:

 

[photek]

It's certainly a lot, but as someone who's into that era of Porsche racing cars...I love it.

:worship:

 

[Slippydiff]

One gets the impression there's an element of 'Anything tasteless Guntherwerks can do, we can build something even more crass" about this latest Singer creation ...
I'd take any of their previous iterations (except the Safari-esque abomination) over this.

 

[GMG]

...my favourite porsches are the kremers so love this :thumbs:

 

[IMI A]

I'd daily one of these and happily use on occasional track day 8)

 

[Marky911]

I like some aspects of that, but I'm not a fan of the bonnet vent and the rear wing looks like it's hanging waayy too far off the back of the car.

Definitely not my favourite Singer.

 

[IMI A]

The original built for CEO of TAG. Just nuts and far less vulgar than most of the modern hypercars and supercars on sale today inc from Porsche's own catalogue IMO.

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/n...e-935-street-is-the-embodiment-of-80s-excess/

 

[Slippydiff]

The original built for CEO of TAG. Just nuts and far less vulgar than most of the modern hypercars and supercars on sale today inc from Porsche's own catalogue IMO.

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/n...e-935-street-is-the-embodiment-of-80s-excess/

That looks utterly incongruous, but no doubt looked slightly less so back in the 80's when the likes of Strosek, Konigg and Gemballa were all engaged in producing monstrosities for those with more money than taste.

Of course you didn't have to flaunt your wealth in the crass, tasteless manner many did, as there was an alternative which was far more subtle :

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15113617/1987-ruf-ctr-yellowbird-911-turbo-driven-video/

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/editors-choice-1989-ruf-ctr1-lightweight

http://www.autosports.jp/vcsMember/stockdetail/384-1_659.html

Of course Ruf's recipe was (and still is) more about go than show, and to such an extent it's been suggested that Alois under-quoted the Yellow Bird's power output by some 50hp, all of which makes the Mansour Ojjeh widebody excess with a mere 380hp at its disposal, look like a sheep in wolf's clothing.

A bit like Singer's "Classic" reimagined cars, you could drive and park a Ruf 3.4 CTR anywhere and no one would give it a second look, let alone realise it was faster than a Countach, F40 etc. A true iron fist in a silk glove for the connoisseur, rather than the "fur coat no knickers" tarts boudoir on wheels Porsche built for Mansour Ojjeh.

 

[Kadafi39]

The original built for CEO of TAG. Just nuts and far less vulgar than most of the modern hypercars and supercars on sale today inc from Porsche's own catalogue IMO.

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/n...e-935-street-is-the-embodiment-of-80s-excess/

That looks utterly incongruous, but no doubt looked slightly less so back in the 80's when the likes of Strosek, Konigg and Gemballa were all engaged in producing monstrosities for those with more money than taste.

Of course you didn't have to flaunt your wealth in the crass, tasteless manner many did, as there was an alternative which was far more subtle :

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15113617/1987-ruf-ctr-yellowbird-911-turbo-driven-video/

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/editors-choice-1989-ruf-ctr1-lightweight

http://www.autosports.jp/vcsMember/stockdetail/384-1_659.html

Of course Ruf's recipe was (and still is) more about go than show, and to such an extent it's been suggested that Alois under-quoted the Yellow Bird's power output by some 50hp, all of which makes the Mansour Ojjeh widebody excess with a mere 380hp at its disposal, look like a sheep in wolf's clothing.

A bit like Singer's "Classic" reimagined cars, you could drive and park a Ruf 3.4 CTR anywhere and no one would give it a second look, let alone realise it was faster than a Countach, F40 etc. A true iron fist in a silk glove for the connoisseur, rather than the "fur coat no knickers" tarts boudoir on wheels Porsche built for Mansour Ojjeh.

Whilst I agree with most of what you said surely a 911 turbo in the 80s/ early 90s would have drawn a considerable amount of attention, never mind a RUF.

There was no finance or internet / social media etc car TV programs were thin on the ground. Seeing cars such as those was a rarity and they would have stuck out like a sore thumb.

 

[Slippydiff]

The original built for CEO of TAG. Just nuts and far less vulgar than most of the modern hypercars and supercars on sale today inc from Porsche's own catalogue IMO.

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/n...e-935-street-is-the-embodiment-of-80s-excess/

That looks utterly incongruous, but no doubt looked slightly less so back in the 80's when the likes of Strosek, Konigg and Gemballa were all engaged in producing monstrosities for those with more money than taste.

Of course you didn't have to flaunt your wealth in the crass, tasteless manner many did, as there was an alternative which was far more subtle :

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15113617/1987-ruf-ctr-yellowbird-911-turbo-driven-video/

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/editors-choice-1989-ruf-ctr1-lightweight

http://www.autosports.jp/vcsMember/stockdetail/384-1_659.html

Of course Ruf's recipe was (and still is) more about go than show, and to such an extent it's been suggested that Alois under-quoted the Yellow Bird's power output by some 50hp, all of which makes the Mansour Ojjeh widebody excess with a mere 380hp at its disposal, look like a sheep in wolf's clothing.

A bit like Singer's "Classic" reimagined cars, you could drive and park a Ruf 3.4 CTR anywhere and no one would give it a second look, let alone realise it was faster than a Countach, F40 etc. A true iron fist in a silk glove for the connoisseur, rather than the "fur coat no knickers" tarts boudoir on wheels Porsche built for Mansour Ojjeh.

Whilst I agree with most of what you said surely a 911 turbo in the 80s/ early 90s would have drawn a considerable amount of attention, never mind a RUF.

There was no finance or internet / social media etc car TV programs were thin on the ground. Seeing cars such as those was a rarity and they would have stuck out like a sore thumb.

I'm not completely convinced To the layman a 930 Turbo looks very (too ?) similar to a 911 SC or 3.2 Carrera with a Sport pack. Put a black '76 Turbo alongside an '85 3.2 Carrera and many wouldn't know the Turbo was something hugely different from the N/A car.

And again, to the layman a Ruf CTR could be 'just another 911 with some nice shiny aftermarket wheels".

The first time I saw a Lotus Esprit Turbo, a 308 GTB, a Countach and a 512BB in the wild I was totally mesmerised, I didn't feel that way when I saw a 930 Turbo for the first time, don't get me wrong, I knew it was a cool looking car, but it wasn't a 'jaw on the floor" moment.

 

[Martiniian]

DLS for me personally! Prefer the NA engine

 

[911UK]

wonder if i can slap on that body onto my 964