Singer Debuts Chic Duo of Louis Vuitton 911 Reimaginations

• Singer introduced a pair of new Porsche 911 recreations in partnership with Louis Vuitton, the French luxury fashion brand.
• The partnership includes “reimaginations” of a 964-era Singer Classic and a 964-era Classic Turbo.
• The special-edition Singer models are finished in unique liveries and are awash with Louis Vuitton design choices, from their dashboards to their keys.

Luxury design houses and commissioned Porsches whose prices tend to run in the hundreds of thousands, if not more, are a match made in heaven. Still, it’s quite the catch for Singer, the boutique California-based reinventor of Classic Porsches, to land Louis Vuitton. The two brands partnered to build a pair of 964-based 911s—one a Singer Classic and the other a Singer Classic Turbo. The results speak for themselves.

Singer Classic

The Classic is finished in a saffron-and-cobalt-blue livery and designed with a roof rack that Singer says can fit a luggage trunk, a surfboard, or a pair of skis. The Turbo Cabriolet is finished in a limestone-and-gold color scheme that’s intended to evoke the limestone that shapes the Parisian landscape.

Inside, the Classic Turbo’s literal centerpiece is the Tambour dashboard clock, which draws inspiration from Louis Vuitton’s Tambour watch and can be converted to a desk clock. It’s joined by a 40mm Tambour Automatic watch finished in ceramic and yellow gold. According to Singer, the team from Louis Vuitton spent a year working to perfect the design of the speedometer, tachometer, and gauges.

Singer Classic Turbo

The Classic Turbo comes with a veritable wardrobe of accessories. Along with the dashboard clock and watch, the Turbo comes with a made-to-measure silk suit, driving gloves, sneakers, sunglasses, and a helmet, all of which bear LV’s touch. There’s luggage too, of course, with a custom suitcase fitted specifically to the front trunk.

Singer Classic

Singer Classic

The Classic comes with a 4.0-liter flat-six, which we think is the same engine found in the newly reimagined Singer Cabriolet models. The unit makes 420 horsepower and has water-cooled heads paired with air-cooled cylinders. It also has variable valve timing, assuming we’re correct about which engine Singer used. It pairs with a six-speed manual transmission, uses carbon-ceramic brakes, and sends its power to the rear wheels.

The Classic Turbo, on the other hand, sources its power from a twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter flat-six that uses air-to-water intercooling. It’s paired with a six-speed manual gearbox and also comes with carbon-ceramic brakes. Plus, it gets the added luxury of selectable drive modes. Singer didn’t list the exact specs, but the special edition likely makes 510 horsepower, assuming the team at Louis Vuitton splurged for the more powerful variant.

Singer Classic Turbo

Neither model comes with an attached price tag, but we’re pretty confident that the builds cost a small fortune. Typical Singer creations easily crack the $500,000 mark, with the LV cars likely surpassing that figure by a wide margin.

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