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This Porsche Tuner’s Singer Rival Was 17 Years In The Making

German tuning house TechArt’s new GTclassic is a Singer-style backdated 911. It’s based on the 964 coupe and gets an air-cooled, 375 hp, 3.8-liter flat six. A twin-vent frunk lid, ducktail rear wing and 18-inch forged wheels are standard. Seventeen years have now passed since Singer was founded in 2009. To put some context to that, the 964-generation 911 Singer based its builds on had only been off sale 15 years at the time. But only now, in 2026, with the Porsche market flooded with backdated 964s, has TechArt jumped on the trend. And that may seem kind of strange, because TechArt has been in business since 1987, though until now it’s always focused on contemporary Porsches, including the Stuttgart brand’s SUVs. But the restomod scene is obviously hugely lucrative, judging by the number of competitors, and the result is the GTclassic. Related: TechArt’s Cayenne Magnum Is Packing Some Serious Heat You get the longer hood fitted to Porsches ...

The BMW M3 Is Going Electric, But Not Every M3

BMW’s G84 M3 has been spied near the automaker’s Nurburgring R&D test center. Latest spy shots show the production LEDs lifted from the base i3 electric sedan. Gas M3 shares electric M3’s Neue Klasse design, but rides on different platform. The BMW M3 is going electric ! And there’s a good chance you’re kind of intrigued by that, but also disappointed. That’s how we feel. We want to give new tech a chance – hey, the M3 has switched from four, to six, and eight cylinders over the years, and is even available as an all-wheel drive, automatic wagon these days, and we’ve enjoyed all of them. But we’re not ready for the gas-powered M3 to go just yet. The good news is, neither is BMW. Another round of spy shots landed on our desk this week, reminding us that while BMW is talking up the new electric M3, the combustion version will live on. Compared with earlier prototypes, this one has the production LEDs we’ve already seen fully revealed on the...