Is the Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Reimagined by Singer a hit or a miss?

Tom Ford: TG’s associate editor is bored of the Singer negativity

Backlash. Suddenly it’s not ‘cool’ to like Singerised Porsche 911s; but that’s the automotive world for you. And I do get it with the DLS Turbo and big winged stuff. For me, Singer as a company has always been about the edit, the detail, the thought.

And that’s what we’ve got here; a 964 with a better roof mechanism, an interesting profile, a nat-asp, 420bhp Cosworth-fettled flat six that’s going to be fired straight down your earholes.

This is where Singer does its best work when it reimagines a 911 (of any stripe). The subtlety of working out why that 911 looks so good, and whether or not it actually is a Singer. That’s this kind of car.

Ollie Kew: TG’s deputy editor has well and truly had his fill of Singers

At last! I’m officially cool, as I’m sticking my head above the parapet to have a pop at a Singer. I can accept this is a beautifully executed machine. But for me, the Singers are simply coming too thick and fast. Turbos, DLS and DLS-Ts, Carrera Coupes and now Cabrios.

I’m sure I’m not alone in preferring the original ‘Classic Study’ – the least caricatured, the purest, and quite simply the Singer, before each variant needed naming and explaining.

The Classic works anywhere in the world too – this new drop-top should never set stretched tyre outside its native California. How do I know? Easy: apparently, I’m unarguably cool.