TESTED 21.7.22, ESSEX ON SALE NOW
AUTOART 993R
British Porsche 911 specialist aims to deliver the optimum 993 experience
TESTER’S NOTE
The mirrors weigh only 250g each. Very sweet, but I might opt for ones that afford better visibility. MP
While Californian Porsche tuners get bags of attention, British specialist Paul Stephens has long been quietly going about buying, selling, maintaining and, under the Autoart banner, tweaking old 911s at his site near the Essex-Suffolk border.
Recently a customer asked him to take a 993-generation 911 and turn it all up a bit – about 25% all round, please, Paul – and this is the result. They’ve called it the 993R, and while we have here a development car, it willbecome generally available.
It’s based on the basic Carrera 2, so unlike the hotter 993s, which had wider bodies, this caris as narrow as it can be. I quite like that idea.