Look, we know you’ve got things to be getting on with, and we’re sure they’re very important. But surely you can spare a minute or two to look at some lovely old Porsche 911 Turbos? Of course you can.
Obviously, these aren’t just any old examples of the 911 Turbo. They’ve been restored by Singer Vehicle Design, which you’ll no doubt know is the California outfit that pretty much kicked off the now massively saturated market for gorgeous restomodded air-cooled 911s.
Four Singer-restored Porsche 911s
After starting off with the comparatively tame – but still stunning – Classic Study, then creating quite possibly the ultimate naturally aspirated air-cooled 911 in the form of the DLS, the Turbo Study is the firm’s latest thing. While it’s actually based on the slightly later 964 Carrera, Singer reclothes it to resemble a pumped-up version of the original 930 Turbo, and straps a pair of blowers to the base car’s 3.8-litre flat-six (among a whole engineering degree’s worth of other tweaks), for a total of 510bhp.
None of this is news, of course – we first saw the Turbo Study in coupe form back in early 2022, followed by a Cabriolet later that year. Now, though, there are a couple of new members of the family.
First of all is the Targa, the happy halfway point between coupe and cabriolet and quite possibly the coolest 911 body shape of all.
Four Singer-restored Porsche 911s
Or perhaps it would be if it wasn’t for the existence of the Flatnose, or Flachbau if we’re being proper about it. This was a version of the 930 Turbo that could be ordered during the ’80s through Porsche’s Sonderwunsch special order programme, which saw the 911’s insta-recognisable rounded front and bug-eyed headlights swapped out for an angular, wedgy nose with pop-up headlights. Because the ’80s.
Fewer than 1000 were produced, and as a result, they’re among the most sought-after and expensive 911s ever. Singer’s interpretation, we suspect, will cost even more. Still, looks rather cool doesn’t it? Which of these would sit pride of place in your fantasy garage? And no, you can’t say ‘all of them’.
