Singer lifts lid on new 911 Carrera Cabriolet
A new roof design, more than 8,000rpm, and an '80s-inspired look for new 75-unit edition
While it’s the wild DLS Turbo studies that are easily the most dramatic Singer builds of late, its Carrera Coupe announced last year seemed equally compelling. A combination of 420hp, 8,000rpm-plus and a carbon body inspired by the Super Sport felt like a nice return to the original Classic combinations, before Porsche restmodding went a bit OTT.
Clearly it’s been a hit with Singer customers, too, as there’s now a Carrera Cabriolet available. Limited to 75 units, the 911 CC is described as a ‘big-hearted, naturally aspirated sports car, restored, reimagined and reborn at the request of each owner, with a focus on beauty, craftsmanship and innovation.’ Which doesn’t sound too bad - it’s hard to imagine those 75 build slots hanging around for very long. Mechanically, it’s identical to the coupe, with 420hp from the new four-valve-per-cylinder, Cosworth-enhanced 4.0-litre, a titanium exhaust and a six-speed manual. There’s also plenty of the same chassis smarts that mark out the hardtop, including four-way adjustable dampers, ceramic brakes and centre-lock wheels.
But the big news, of course, is the roofless bit of being a Carrera Cabriolet. And this being a Singer product, no half measures have been employed. The 964 monocoque is reinforced using composite and steel to create ‘an optimized foundation for each subsequent stage of the restoration, with increased torsional rigidity benefitting handling, braking and overall refinement’. Notably it would seem that the newly announced Red Bull carbon strengthening doesn’t make it to the Carrera Cabriolet. Or at any rate, there’s no mention of it in the associated bumf. As for the roof itself, it’s a new ‘Z-pattern’ design, intended to make operation smoother and tidy up the looks with raised or lowered. It definitely seems to stow much more neatly here than in the usual 964 pram style.
Roof down provides an even better look at the redone interior, with a new look for the familiar five dials, leather and carbon throughout plus a very cool exposed mechanism for the manual. The cars seen here feature a Tangerine interior with stitched and burnished leather seams plus sports seats with velvet corduroy centres, then an Ink interior with the same seams, ‘Inteferenza’ cloth and the track seats. Whatever the customer wishes for the inside, Singer will make happen.
This extends to the outside of a Carrera Cabriolet as well. Probably the most notable options for this new edition are the auxiliary driving lights (that rise out of the bonnet when required) and the rear wing, which can be fixed (as on the red car) or speed-activated like the blue 911. All Carrera Cabriolets will get the Turbo-style bodywork in carbon, including the beefed up arches, prominent front spoiler and chunkier intakes for the air-cooled engine. Enough to probably make it seem like just another old Porsche to most, while special enough to mark it out to those in the know.
Rob Dickinson said: “By the mid-'80s the personalisation Porsche first offered for the Carrera Coupe had reached the Carrera Cabriolet, which could be ordered with the wider body of the 911 Turbo but powered by the company’s latest, naturally aspirated flat six. Our services reference this car and celebrate another chapter in the evolution of the 911, with the ultimate, open-roof, naturally aspirated G model 911, reimagined for the twenty-first century. The sporting nature of the Carrera led us to reappraise the period roof mechanism to reduce weight and enable a sleek profile with the roof raised or lowered. The remarkable flat-six brings together our learnings from the last fifteen years and can now be heard more clearly than ever.” As always then, it sounds like a pretty astonishing array of talents. Exactly what a 911 Carrera Cabriolet Reimagined by Singer is going to cost hasn’t been shared, but given the calibre of these things, it’s probably best to start around a million and hope for the best. Expect the first ones to be ready for a perfectly preened golf course later in 2026.
I wish they''d done the same as they did on the Turbo version. This screams of making them different for difference sake. I do like the pop ups, a nod to the 70's ones that were an option.
Oh and one more thing.....the windscreen surround would look better in body colour, though you could probably option this.
Perhaps you might love 911s and you love convertibles but through some strange twist of fate you can only have one car and then I suppose you could be allowed one.
No doubt some incredible engineering and finish which when seen in the flesh may make more sense.
I do like the bonnet lights though.
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