Perhaps the best pitch for the Singer DLS I’ve seen so far is the first 20 or so seconds of Top Gear’s latest video review. Pretty much limited to just the sound of the engine howling on track, that alone is enough to make you want Singer’s latest creation.
Known as the Dynamic and Lightweighting Study, the new model goes even further than Singer’s previous creations in cutting weight and modifying the 911 with a new carbon-fiber, aero-optimized body.
Under the hood, meanwhile, the car gets a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter four-valve-per-cylinder flat-six engine that was designed with help from the legendary Hans Mezger. It produces 500 hp (506 PS/372 kW) and revs all the way up to an intoxicating 9,300 RPM.
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Designed with the help of a who’s-who of automotive partners, Singer got help from Williams Advanced Engineering, Bosch, Michelin, Brembo, Hewland, and BBS. In combination with the Singer’s obsessive attention to detail, it makes for a car that’s surgically precise.
“The whole car is just shot through with this precision and communication,” says Ollie Marriage, Top Gear’s head road tester. “And if you’ve got this instant feedback, you’ve got confidence in it. And the confidence allows you to play with the balance of it so you can sort of tweak it into corners.”
Shockingly, though, Marriage says that the Singer DLS Project is even better on the road than it is on track because of how well it flows. And since it has 500 hp instead of something truly ridiculous, like say 1,000, it could be used every day. Unfortunately, very few people are going to be able to do that since the company is making just 75 of these truly magnificent cars.