Voitures Extravert is a Dutch specialist that rescues abandoned Porsche 911s and rebuilds them into the Quintessenza, an all-electric restomod with the timeless look of a 1960s 911 and a thoroughly modern drivetrain. Each car is built to order from a 1970s or 1980s donor, fitted with a 60 kWh battery good for around 400 km of range, and priced from roughly 300,000 EUR.
Who is Voitures Extravert?
For purists, this would be a crime. They would tear their hair out at the transformation, claiming the process is an exorcism that extracts the living soul out of these cars. We beg to differ. Voitures Extravert takes abandoned and abused Stuttgart legends and turns them into modern day heroes, blending classic Porsche 911 design with a clean electric powertrain.
How is the Quintessenza built?
It all starts with the donor cars, abandoned 911s that are way out of their legendary shape. Rusted and forgotten, these cars are breathed new life into by the Dutch experts at Voitures Extravert. They start with 70s and 80s models and strip them down to their bare essentials, building them to look as similar as possible to the 60s 911s. Touching and modifying an original 60s 911 would be a crime, because those cars possess far too much monetary, historic and automotive value.
What is the Quintessenza price, range and performance?
The cars are given a 60 kWh battery pack offering around 400 km of range, more than enough to commute, joyride and cruise on a beautiful sunny day. The 0 to 100 km/h time is by no means blistering, but a brisk six seconds is far from slow. Priced from around 300,000 EUR, Voitures Extravert will source the donor car, build it from the ground up over roughly nine months and then deliver it to your doorstep. The finished product is a Quintessenza, an electrified Porsche 911 with as much character as there could possibly be. They have arguably created the world's coolest electric car, and paired with the eCub 2 by Shanghai Customs, it would make the world's best retro-futurist garage. The build process is detailed on the company's official site, and the project has been profiled by Top Gear.
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