REVIEW: The Theon Design Porsche 911 enters the crowded world of Porsche restomods - is it as good to drive as it is to look at?
You know the recipe: botoxed arches, polished velocity stacks, boudoir-eque cabins. Most of these very fancy creations are based on the 964, which has always been the most obvious sacrifical lamb in the family tree.
All bear flat-six engines based on the 3.6-litre block they were born with, though the outputs are way in excess of the 247bhp the basic Carrera had back in 1990 and comfortably more than even the 316bhp of the whale-tail Turbo. Go to Theon and your options currently range from around 370bhp up to 450bhp in the case of the middle car of the three, whose Rotrex-supercharged heart nestles beautifully inside its neat, quad-piped tail. One for another time, I hope.
Visibility is phenomenally good by modern standards, though, and the dials equally clear. It’s an exciting and tactile place to sit but this is nothing compared to what happens when you fire the engine. At this point the entire chassis begins to pulsate to a syncopated beat, as though some creature is attempting to break its way out.
The chassis balance is also surprisingly neutral, though there's never any question about where exactly the flat-six engine is positioned. In the firmest damper mode the car is most sensitive to what you’re doing with the steering and throttle, and superbly so, but set as such the ride quality flirts with brittleness on UK roads and so even for pushing on you’re best in the mid setting.
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