A controversial rear wing with a Porsche 911 bolted to it. This is Singer’s DLS Turbo, arguably the wildest thing anyone’s ever done with an old Porsche 911: a 710bhp twin-turbo flat-six levered into the back of a 35-year-old 964 and allowed to send all its power to the rear wheels alone through a manual gearbox. Back in time, turbo’d Porsches with half this horsepower were nicknamed ‘widowmakers'…
It’s a proper opinion divider. Some adore it, others are convinced this is the moment Singer jumped the shark. Were it any other restomod company trying to pull it off, I’d be inclined to agree, but Singer is a master of the tasteful modification and restoration process, the gold standard to which all others must hold themselves, and has an uncanny ability to tread a fine line between sculpture and disaster.
It’s not just skill with a pen that does this, but picking out stories from Porsche’s past, giving them new life and treating them faithfully. In this case it’s the 934/5 racer, a car that won six of its eight Group 4 races in 1977. Yes, it was a pure racing car, and this one never will, but honouring Porsche’s heritage is at the core of Singer’s offering.
There’s also a question of viewpoint. I drove the DLS Turbo in California. Out there, amongst chrome-wheeled Escalades and towering F150s, it slots into the auto landscape perfectly reasonably. Transported to a Sainsbury’s on the outskirts of Corby, it will look jarring.
And Singer lets you have them. For the small matter of $175,000 (£131,000) you get a pair of giant flight cases with the other front/rear ends in them. Plus another with a different set of wheels if you fancy. The take-up for having both is around 75 per cent of the 99 cars being produced. Switchable body panels aren’t unheard of – AGTZ has done it for its Twin Tail Alpine – but it is close to unique and in this case gives owners two very different looks.
© 2026 Imhotion. All rights reserved.
This website is copyrighted.