Singer Brings Rally and Art Together

Singer Vehicle Design, or commonly known as just Singer, has become a by-word for quality, personalization, and craftsmanship in the circles of restorations and modifications of older generation Porsche 911 models. 

The California-based company has only been working with customers and projects that are impeccable for daily usage, but an unnamed customer has commissioned Singer to build a classic 911 that can go off-road racing.

Singer, in partnership with renowned 911 rally specialist Richard Tuthill, aptly calls their latest research and development work the All-Terrain Competition Study or ACS.   

As with all motorsports and competition builds, every single body panel, inspired by the Dakar-winning Porsche 959, is made from carbon fibre material. The chassis, based on the 964-series, has also been strengthened to take the punishment of off-road racing and all-terrain explorations. 

In off-road competition, traction and control are more important than outright power, so the Singer ACS gets a competition-grade permanent all-wheel drive system. Each axle, together with the centre differential, is fitted with a mechanical limited-slip differential (LSD).

Depending on regulations of the specific race event, the user can customize the performance characteristics of the meticulously restored air-cooled 3.6-litre twin-turbocharged flat-six engine. 450 hp and 569 Nm is the standard power output. 

The cockpit features a special occupant rehydration system together with the competition required items such as roll cage, bucket seats, and GPS navigation.  

Apart from using the tall gear lever to select any of the five gears, the driver can also use the steering wheel-mounted shift paddles to sequentially cycle through the gears.  

The unnamed customer ordered two specifications of the ACS builds to tackle either high-speed desert rallying or high-grip tarmac events.