How Singer Remixes a $500000 Porsche 911 - Yahoo Autos (blog)
I’m accustomed to signing paperwork before driving a car, with fine print concerning insurance coverage and admonitions about road-tripping to Juárez. But before I drive Virginia, the latest creation from Singer Vehicle Design, the paperwork and pinkie-swears concern the terminology I’ll use when referring to the car: this is “a Porsche 911 that has been restored by Singer Vehicle Design. The Germans, it seems, will drop the legal hammer with a quickness on any company that entangles its brand with Porsche’s, even when that company celebrates and glorifies the 911 with cars like Virginia, here. Singer founder Rob Dickinson — former lead singer of the band Catherine Wheel, hence the name —doesn’t take it personally. “I think they appreciate what we do,” he says, noting that the car before us wears both Singer and Porsche badges. Virginia, under the skin, is a 1990 Carrera 2, its matching-numbers 3. 6-liter flat six punched out to 3. 8 liters and fettled by Cosworth to produce around 360 hp. But the car looks sort of like a re-imagined 1972 Carrera RS. Every detail of the... Yes, Virginia, your engine compartment is upholstered like the seats on a Bentley Mulsanne. Source: www.yahoo.com
