Fifteen Eleven Design, the classic arm of the world Rally championship racing team Mellors Elliot Motorsport, will soon launch a modern interpretation of the Porsche 914. The first production models aren’t expected to be finished until June, but UK buyers can place their orders now, with prices starting from around £230,000.
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Unlike the original Porsche 914, which was powered by a Volkswagen-derived 1.8-litre flat four engine, this resurrected variant will feature the same 3.4-litre flat-six engine and six-speed manual gearbox as the first generation Cayman S.
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Performance figures are yet to be confirmed, as the firm’s engineers are only just signing off the car’s chassis setup. But, even if Fifteen Eleven design makes no upgrades to the powertrain, its reimagined 914 will have much more than three times the power of the original car. The conventional 987 Cayman S had an output of 291bhp and 340Nm of torque.
This revived 914 will be much much more than a rocket strapped to a roller skate, though. Fifteen Eleven plans to fit larger vented discs, four-piston Brembo calipers and some chassis reinforcement plates to help include the extra power. The firm also borrowed the Cayman’s suspension architecture, improving it with some new manually adjustable coilovers.