Louis Vuitton and Singer: two Porsche 911s, and a first for both

It began with a clock. A request reached Louis Vuitton for a dashboard timepiece to sit in a Porsche 911 being rebuilt by Singer, and it grew from there into two complete cars, revealed at Monterey on 12 August 2026. Jean Arnault, Louis Vuitton's Watch Director, says it became clear early on that the collaboration could extend to every functional element of the vehicle. They are the first co-branded cars Louis Vuitton has put its name to in 172 years, and the first for Singer.

The first, the Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer – Classic, is built on a Type 964 coupé. The bodywork is carbon fiber in saffron with cobalt blue, over cobalt blue demonstration tires, with a speed-activated rear wing. Behind the rear axle sits a 4.0-liter naturally aspirated air-cooled flat-six driving the rear wheels through a six-speed manual, with carbon-ceramic brakes. A fitted roof rack takes a trunk, a surfboard or a pair of skis: the surfboard built in Angers with monogram marquetry in blond oak and walnut, the skis made in the French Alps from wood, titanal and steel.

Inside, leather in a natural hue carries diamond embossing and yellow stitching, with Monogram flower shapes cut into the seat ventilation eyelets, the sun visor and the headrests. Switchgear is metal rather than plastic, most of it rhodium-plated. The clock that started the project detaches and becomes a desk clock, its case following the Tambour watch with twelve polished and engraved letters around the bezel. Redrawing the speedometer, rev counter and auxiliary gauges to the same graphic language took a year.

The second car, the Classic Turbo, is a Type 964 cabriolet, directed by Nicolas Ghesquière, Louis Vuitton's Artistic Director of Women's Collections. It is finished in Calcaire Lutétien white, named for the limestone Paris is built from, with gold accents and a whale tail. The engine is a 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged flat-six with air-to-water intercooling, again through a six-speed manual, this time with selectable drive modes. Varnished wood laid in the manner of a runabout deck lines the rear engine compartment and the front boot, and leather straps with pin buckles fasten the front and rear hoods.

Singer built the Classic in California and the Classic Turbo in England. Neither car was priced publicly at the reveal, and no power or torque figures were published for either. Rob Dickinson, Singer's founder and executive chairman, says the specifications Louis Vuitton chose exposed the company to techniques developed over decades.

Neither car is for sale, and neither ever was. A Singer of your own is a different conversation: a commission runs through Singer directly, and it starts with a donor Type 964, the last of the air-cooled 911s and the platform nearly every restomod of this kind is built on. Finding a documented 964 with honest history is the hard part, and it is the part we do. Tell us what you have in mind and we will come back with a straight answer on whether it can be done, what it costs landed in Thailand with duty, and how long it takes. If it cannot be done, we will say so.