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Singer 911
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:20 am
by Mr Kleen
Singer 911 offers vintage looks, modern appointments, exotic performance
Autoblog wrote:Singer Vehicle Design rolled out its first prototype, plainly named the "Singer 911," at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance last month. Based on an '80s-era long-wheelbase 911 donor vehicle, the company strips each chassis to its bare shell for "reinvention" into what Singer calls a "celebration of the golden air-cooled era of the world's most important sports car."
Incontestable is its vintage Porsche 911 look. However, the Singer 911 is far from antiquated. The complete reincarnation includes chassis stiffening, new active aerodynamics, and a lightweight integral backbone structure and roll cage to improve torsional rigidity. Most interestingly, nearly all of the steel body panels are replaced by full carbon fiber composite bodywork candy-coated in Singer's exclusive "Racing Orange" paint.
Under the rear decklid is an air-cooled 3.82-liter flat-six sporting six individual throttle bodies. With a GT3 crankshaft and titanium connecting rods, the powerplant spins eagerly to 8,000 RPM. The engine sends 425 horsepower and 340 lb-ft of torque to a proper Getrag G50 six-speed manual transmission. According to the engineering team, the 2,400-pound Singer 911 will sprint to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Top speed is in excess of 170 MPH.
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:15 am
by ElZorro
Thats cool.
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:23 am
by complacent
I do love a good remix
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:29 am
by sirwilliam
Tastefully done! And I like the orangey-orange!
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:17 pm
by schvin
that is hot.
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:38 pm
by snaab
I want to go to the Pebble Beach Concours next year. It's supposed to be the best in the country. I was just in that area last week for a wedding, too.
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:40 pm
by snaab
Bee-tee-dubs, I would surely kill a man for this vehicle.
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:57 pm
by complacent
snaab wrote:Bee-tee-dubs, I would surely kill a man for this vehicle.
oddly enough, not the first time i've seen this statement and an article regarding this car.
(i also agree. it goes way beyond hot.)
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:51 am
by Libra Monkee
I can dig it, but why does it have to be orange?
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:54 am
by Sabre
Libra Monkee wrote:I can dig it, but why does it have to be orange?
Off with your head! It's HOT!
I've always thought this body style was great, and now it has a powerplant that can really get it moving!
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:23 am
by Libra Monkee
The body is cool but the color looks like a red car that sat outside too long and got sun bleached.
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:04 pm
by Mr Kleen
Orange is hot, end of story.
Re: Singer 911
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:22 pm
by complacent
Sabre wrote:Libra Monkee wrote:I can dig it, but why does it have to be orange?
Off with your head! It's HOT!
I've always thought this body style was great, and now it has a powerplant that can really get it moving!
this x eleventy.