Porsche 911 Singer Automobile Design DLS Turbo “Sorcerer” – 9,000 rpm 3.8L twin-turbo; 710 hp, 750 Nm

Singer Automobile Design has unveiled its first buyer unit to emerge from its DLS Turbo Providers programme, which, as its identify signifies, brings a turbocharged powertrain to the Dynamics and Lightweighting Examine collection that first emerged in late-2017 with a naturally aspirated engine.

The instance proven right here is dubbed “Sorcerer” by its proprietor, who has specified the automobile in a graduated Fantasia Blue with a big rear wing, together with double-seven-spoke magnesium alloy wheels in a Champagne end.

As with the naturally aspirated DLS mannequin, the DLS Turbo begins its renewed life as a 964-generation Porsche 911, and is rebuilt with carbon-fibre bodywork. The DLS Turbo may be commissioned with road- or track-focused bodywork, and “Sorcerer” right here will get the latter with its bigger rear wing and entrance splitter, whereas the road-oriented configuration brings a ducktail rear spoiler and a lower-drag entrance fascia.

Being a DLS Turbo suggests the usage of a turbocharged engine to the DLS-spec “reimagined” 911, although there’s extra to it than simply compelled induction. Singer says that is the primary 911 reimagined by the agency to make use of water-cooled four-valve cylinder heads together with its air-cooled cylinders and an electrically-powered fan.

Displacing 3.8 litres, the flat-six engine includes a pair of variable-geometry turbine turbochargers, outputs 710 hp and 750 Nm, will spin as much as 9,000 rpm, and drives the rear wheels by way of a six-speed handbook transmission. The exhaust system is product of titanium and Inconel, and terminates in side-exit retailers.

Chassis gear is comprised of double wishbone entrance suspension and trailing-arm rear suspension, whereas its magnesium-alloy centrelock wheels measure 19 inches in entrance and 20 inches on the rear; these home carbon-ceramic brakes with monobloc calipers. A five-mode selector provides various ranges of traction and stability management intervention, and this explicit automobile has additionally been specified with a nose-lift system.

Inside, this instance, “Sorcerer” has been specified with leather-based and Alcantara seat upholstery, with distinction piping in Champagne. Cabin brightwork can be in Champagne, whereas satin-finish carbon-fibre is used for the decrease sections of the cabin.

In right here as within the earlier, naturally-aspirated DLS, the gearshift mechanism is uncovered. The proprietor of this instance has specified hand-built, floating dials with bezels in Champagne, whereas trendy expertise is “included with restraint”, the place Singer provides a nod to modernity with Apple CarPlay connectivity.

Although Singer Automobile Design is predicated in California, United States, restorations that turn into DLS Turbo completed merchandise are carried out on the agency’s United Kingdom facility.

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