Singer Vehicle Design: Eight Custom Porsche Restomods Prove Specification Shapes Character
Singer Vehicle Design reveals eight bespoke restorations that demonstrate how colour, interior trim, suspension geometry and performance specification transform the classic sports car into a deeply personal machine. Each owner's choices, from touring focused suspension and woven leather to track focused carbon fibre and rally lighting, reshape the character entirely.
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The philosophy at Singer Vehicle Design pivots on a single conviction: the car belongs to its owner, not the other way around. The company has spent two decades restoring and reimagining the classic air cooled Porsche, but the eight cars presented now demonstrate that specification is not a constraint imposed from above but a conversation between the maker, the owner and the road ahead. Colour, suspension geometry, seat configuration, materials and performance all bend toward the driver’s vision of what the car should be.
Singer Vehicle Design has built its reputation on a single principle: the car should belong to the driver, not the market. The company spends two years on average restoring and reimagining the air-cooled Porsche 911, and eight new commissions now demonstrate how suspension geometry, interior trim, wheels, lighting and exterior finish transform the same platform into eight entirely different machines. Each owner’s choices reveal not just taste but how they intend to drive.
The Pen Purple targa opens with the most obvious choice: no roof. An open car is a statement of intent. Inside, the four-way adjustable touring seats are trimmed in light grey and purple woven leather, and the suspension is tuned for compliance rather than sharp response. The nickel details and the colour itself suggest an owner who will spend hours in the car and measure pleasure in the quality of air and engine note rather than cornering speed.
The Irish green coupe takes the opposite approach in almost every dimension. Nickel trim instead of chrome, light tan leather paired with houndstooth fabric in the four-way adjustable touring seats, the same compliance focused suspension: the owner has chosen restraint. Yellow and green coupes follow, each with different wheel finishes and interior configurations, each telling a story through material and colour rather than words.
Where the specification turns is in the Brewster green coupe. Rally-inspired bonnet lighting and exterior graphics appear for the first time, borrowed from competition cars. The track-focused seats are trimmed in cognac leather with woven centres. The touring suspension persists, but the lighting and graphics signal an owner who wants the visual language of performance without abandoning real-world comfort.
The Plantain green coupe abandons that compromise. Carbon fibre track seats painted to match the exterior, burgundy leather with bespoke woven centres, graphics that cover the body: this owner has chosen intensity as the primary language. The ultra dark blue coupe intensifies it further. Bronze Minilite wheels, front vents, fixed rear spoiler, rally lighting, and carbon fibre seats in espresso leather create a cockpit. The colour itself absorbs light.
The Grand Prix white coupe adds a rear cabin bracing hoop with crossbars and racing harnesses. Exposed carbon fibre track seats in anthracite suede, fixed spoiler: this specification reads as confession. The raw materials and the harnesses are not decoration but the equipment of serious driving. The final car, Blue Blood with topographical map livery, personalises the machine further. Perspex glazing, rally lighting, carbon fibre seats in black leather with perforated centres, racing harnesses: each detail serves the owner’s vision of what the car should do.
What these eight commissions reveal is how customisation shapes character when it is made with knowledge and discipline. Each owner’s choices explain how they drive: the hours they spend in the car, whether they value responsiveness or comfort, whether they want the visual language of competition or the quiet authority of restraint. The cars are not variations on a theme. They are eight separate machines built for eight separate drivers. To commission a Singer, visit singervehicledesign.com.
The final car, the Blue Blood light coupe with topographical map livery, fixed rear spoiler, additional rally inspired bonnet lighting and Perspex glazing, adds a storytelling element. The map livery personalises the machine beyond colour and trim. Carbon fibre track seats in black leather with perforated centres and the racing harnesses complete a specification that is both utterly individual and utterly purposeful.
What Singer demonstrates across these eight cars is that customisation, when it is done with discipline and knowledge, does not dilute identity but sharpens it. Each owner has made choices that reveal something about how they drive, how they think about speed, how they value the relationship between comfort and performance. The cars are not variations on a theme; they are eight entirely separate conversations about what a sports car can be when it is built for a single driver’s vision rather than a market segment’s expectations.
Imagery courtesy of Singer Vehicle Design (@singervehicledesign).
