New Singer/Williams car is complete...

[Twinfan]

990kg and 500bhp. Err, yes please!

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/modified/singer-a...

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-ca...

[MDL111]

Mmhh it Sounds impressive and I am a sucker for light weight and high revving engines, but this might just look a little too bling/tuner car for me. I think I prefer their original effort, albeit with a little less power and a little more weight - helps that probably also half the price

[Slippydiff]

MDL111 said:

Mmhh it Sounds impressive and I am a sucker for light weight and high revving engines, but this might just look a little too bling/tuner car for me. I think I prefer their original effort, albeit with a little less power and a little more weight - helps that probably also half the price

Agreed. A bit too RWB perhaps ?
Would have been truer to the original 2.8 RSR, if the arches had been neatly integrated rather than highlighted as being add ons.
Not feeling the centrelock Fuchs, nor indeed the front indicators/vents, ‘’sill extensions’’ or the front splitter...

[CarreraLightweightRacing]

Love the window air intake, engine, front bumper and side skirts, but other than that, I'd stick with the original MkI Singer. I also don't think 500bhp at 1T will add anything to the experience; 350bhp at 1000kg is more than enough. I guess at half a Mil though, these aren't the difficult decisions I'll ever have to face in life.

[nudgerwilliams]

I'm sure it's a wonderful thing, but looks wise it's a bit too much for me. A bit too hot rod / tuner. The "standard" Singers are so appealing because they can almost pass as a standard car, whereas these are clearly heavily modified.

If you can get the motor in the more standard shell, then my fantasy lottery winnings will be heading in the direction of California.

[toon10]

Take my other half and the kids. Have the house, I'll live in a tent and park this alongside.

[smudger911]

Looking at those pics, I have just experienced a "trouser accident"

[suffolk009]

Slippydiff said:

MDL111 said:

Mmhh it Sounds impressive and I am a sucker for light weight and high revving engines, but this might just look a little too bling/tuner car for me. I think I prefer their original effort, albeit with a little less power and a little more weight - helps that probably also half the price

Agreed. A bit too RWB perhaps ?
Would have been truer to the original 2.8 RSR, if the arches had been neatly integrated rather than highlighted as being add ons.
Not feeling the centrelock Fuchs, nor indeed the front indicators/vents, ‘’sill extensions’’ or the front splitter...

I alsways thought that the Singer 911 stood out in a world of spoilers and wheel arch extensions and bare-carbon as a beautiful subtle piece of work. This had taken all that and thrown it out the window.

I'm sure the Williams engine is stunning, but if I somehow ever had the money to spend, I'd go with the subtle.

[SignalGruen]

Slippydiff said:

MDL111 said:

Mmhh it Sounds impressive and I am a sucker for light weight and high revving engines, but this might just look a little too bling/tuner car for me. I think I prefer their original effort, albeit with a little less power and a little more weight - helps that probably also half the price

Agreed. A bit too RWB perhaps ?
Would have been truer to the original 2.8 RSR, if the arches had been neatly integrated rather than highlighted as being add ons.
Not feeling the centrelock Fuchs, nor indeed the front indicators/vents, ‘’sill extensions’’ or the front splitter...

Initially thought RWB but then thought maybe it was 934 inspired since the arches are relatively subtle.

[Desert Dragon]

They've made a cool car look a bit naff with a couple of 991 GT2 RS styling cues. I'd still have one though

[PantsFire]

suffolk009 said:

I alsways thought that the Singer 911 stood out in a world of spoilers and wheel arch extensions and bare-carbon as a beautiful subtle piece of work. This had taken all that and thrown it out the window.

I'm sure the Williams engine is stunning, but if I somehow ever had the money to spend, I'd go with the subtle.

Remember singers are built to order, neither the wheel arches or the spoiler are required, that's just want the new owner wanted.

[RSVP911]

Does nothing for me

[Chris Stott]

I can't quite make my mind up if it's the most amazing thing I've ever seen, or if it's just a bit OTT.

The original is a thing of wonder... and some elements of this are just stunning. But the visible seams on the arches and rear difuser don't look right to me... that interior though... Jesus Christ... so much want.

And the colour is just amaizing.

[SRT Hellcat]

Its a bit 934 but not quite. The detail is something special. $500K I can see but not $1,000K.

[patch5674]

PantsFire said:

suffolk009 said:

I alsways thought that the Singer 911 stood out in a world of spoilers and wheel arch extensions and bare-carbon as a beautiful subtle piece of work. This had taken all that and thrown it out the window.

I'm sure the Williams engine is stunning, but if I somehow ever had the money to spend, I'd go with the subtle.

Remember singers are built to order, neither the wheel arches or the spoiler are required, that's just want the new owner wanted.

Now see I thought that. But then I also remember on the original Harris vid them explaining how the very first car body was hand shaped etc then baked into carbon fibre and that was their mould for every car made since.

So part of me wonders wether this owner wanted wheel arch extensions or wether to hand make another body from scratch for what is potentially a one off was just too rich even for this clearly well off customer.


ETA: Just gone back to watch the Harris vid. It is interesting, as in the first 5 mins they say that when they were starting out, when they decided the change the shape of the car quite far into the process it set them back by 2 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Edited by patch5674 on Tuesday 14th November 23:52

[davidc1]

I prefer the original singer .this is ott.

[xjay1337]

I like it.

Of course the "purists" wouldn't.
Luckily Singer make other cars to suit your personal tastes.

[Dammit]

Handy that the simple " mark is available for you to denote scorn isn't it?

At least your views (vulgar, ignorant, barely literate) are consistent across all your posts.

[v8ksn]

Dammit said:

Handy that the simple " mark is available for you to denote scorn isn't it?

At least your views (vulgar, ignorant, barely literate) are consistent across all your posts.

Once again in grammatically correct English please

[Dammit]

Please feel free to get your red pen out.