Beautiful and expensive restmod of the old Porsche 914 (11 photos)
British atelier Fifteen Eleven Design has built a modern version of the Porsche 914. The sports car uses redesigned Cayman S chassis and its engine is a 3.8 V6 liter capacity of 400 horsepower. The body is made of carbon fiber. IN Inside, Recaro seats and AP Racing pedals. Building such a machine will cost the buyer 350 thousand pounds. 
The Porsche 914 is a car with a difficult fate. Even before the release model to the market around it, a scandal broke out involving Volkswagen and Porsche. The then Chairman of the Board of VW Kurt Lotz demanded exclusive rights to sell a sports car, but in the end the parties agreed to compromise: the model was called VW-Porsche and decided to sell through joint dealer network. The 914 was produced for only seven years. In America he became the best foreign car of the year, and the version with four-cylinder engine outsold Porsche in four years 911.
Well, in 2021, the British Fifteen Eleven Design, owned by rally team Mellors Elliot Motorsport, said it intends to breathe new life into the once popular sports car. Then the car existed only on renderings, but recently the company showed a “live” a sample of the rethought Porsche 914. The two-door was built on a reinforced Porsche Cayman S chassis of the 987 generation and equipped with a “six” 3.8 with a capacity of 380-400 horsepower. Not a bad result considering that the limit of the usual 914 was 110 forces removed from the carburetor "Opposite" 2.0.
The body of the sports car was made of carbon fiber and expanded, and under the oil cooler had to change the shape of the front bumper and hood. The headlights were replaced with LED, projector type, and supplemented running lights in the style of "Moby Dick" Porsche 935. The interior of the car is sheathed leather, Recaro bucket seats and AP floor pedal assembly Racing, as well as a wooden gear lever knob. Locations in legs are noticeably larger than the original - all thanks to the new rear baffle and fuel tank.
Other features of the car are a six-speed “mechanics”, Reiger suspension with separate compression and rebound adjustments Porsche Brembo brakes with four-piston calipers, exhaust stainless steel rail and 18" Fuchs wheels wrapped in tires Michelin Pilot Sport 2. Targa price starts from 350 thousand pounds sterling. At the same time, for the original Porsche 914 with a 110-horsepower engine is asking for about 110 thousand euros. 
