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I love how James talks. You can see he's been reading a lot. He has a way with words.

The Singer 911 is now officially my dream car!

I love it when May gets to do his once-a-series sensible piece.

"A love letter to a car"... Bring back Top Gear. 😢

YES! THIS is what the future needs! The old model's look with the modern technology! Thank you Singer I hope they will do it with the Lamborghini Diablo or the Ferrari F40!

I've driven a friends Singer. 4,000 man hrs goes into each one. That's less than $100 an hr. Amazing cars. When you figure that a 70's 230hp 930 sells for $250k, these cars start to make sense. The car is kept numbers matching, and Singer's reputation means that it will hold it's value.

Years later and it still gives me goosebumps. Absolute perfection.

was that helicopter in the background really worth it? LOL gotta love Top Gear

A very interesting point he made there.... "The sensation of performance".... Everyone now a days is so stuck about "bhp/whp" "power to weight" "top speed,0-100".... But what really matters is the sensation of performance.... Hw the machine makes u feel.... Think of it this way.... Whenever u take a flight to some place... Ur easily always doing more than 400 mph. But you don't enjoy it... It doesn't matter.... But doing 60mph while dodging moving traffic is the best feeling ever... Real driving isn't about moving extremely fast from A-B.... Its the smile on your face when u throttle the beast....

the sound of the old air cooled engines was mad

James NAILED this review! Oh and good job Singer for making an original even better. Stunning car, stunning review, and what a stunning show. I am going to miss you Top Gear.

"A love letter to a car" ........ That is about right!! +993

"A love letter to a car" That makes the car nerd inside me emotional.

What a car. I hate it, when people complain, that the 911 looks the same, like 50 years ago. It's tradtion and a timeless look, but well haters gonna hate...

This is, by far, my favorite Top Gear clip online. The camera work, James May, the car, everything. Perfect.

"The Monks of this Monastery of the 911 have prostrated themselves before their icon, and anointed it with exquisite gifts." The man weaves a tapestry of words that in my lifetime I have no hope of matching. This is easily my favorite video that James ever did that wasn't a part of his "Cars of the People" special.

James can drift! HE CAN DRIFT! His Captain Slow's name is gone! He should change it to Captain Lost or Captain Sensible.

Top Gear was such a good show, I will miss it a lot...

The singer 911 is one of the most beautiful cars ive ever seen, so simple and elegant.

For a second there I thought "Singer" would be the same "Singer" as from the sewingmachines... ^^

Some say that even Jeremy loves the Singer 911..

I was expecting Richard Hammond doing this lol

what a work of art.

10 years later and I still come back to drool at the Singer.

This is the kind of car that, if you're not a Porsche fanatic, you really can't wrap your head around why it costs as much as it does. If you do appreciate the mythos of Porsche, however, the price tag is completely irrelevant in light of the amazing care and passion applied to this work of art.

i love jame's reviews. as a kid they were boring but now i've grown to appreciate his slower, calmer and more studious approach to cars. its wonderful.

Seeing May do skids and slides is hard to believe..

that is the prettiest car ever

"it's a love letter to a car!" ... loved it!

Companies should remake [Not upgrade] classic cars more often. They're so nice!

God, that Singer 911 is absolutely beautiful!

3:26 Music: Hybrid Mr Smith

3:05 I cannot believe i saw this care irl you guys wont believe me, its in michigan rn

James: “This electric power steering is fine, people shouldn’t complain about it” Also James: “This (hydraulic) steering is utterly intuitive and tremendous!”

So glad to see this in full screen. Love the 911. Thanks.

The quality of this car is amazing, the attention to detail and the passion put into building each car. Speechless.

That "older" 911 is absolute sexiness.

There are two types of enthusiasts in this world: Those who like cars because of Image (Badge, Horsepower, popularity, design) and those who like cars because of the sensation of everything else (The sound, the ownership, the cruise, the drive). The first ones, are the ones who usually don't like, don't mind a 911.

Wish i had this car.

There has never been, and I do not foresee there ever being, a car that pulls at my heart like a Singer. My god. Since I watched this episode when it aired, to 2023, it’s been number one icon and dream car for me, and nothing has come close to toppling it.

I've never been particularly interested in the 911. I always knew it was a fast and competent car, built the quality and simplicity expected from German automakers, but because I've never driven a rear engined car I could never really relate to what one would be like to drive. Instead, because I could only afford Japanese cars that's where I found my happy place. I'd take my car in stock configuration and modify it, to try and make it something more than it was when it was completely stock. And although examples abound of people doing modifications poorly, the instances where such a task is done right always stand out. I've always loved modified cars, it doesn't matter what make, what region. The simple idea of seeing someone take a car and treat it like a blank canvas to bring to life their vision of what the car should have been is mesmerizing. For this reason I think the Singer 911 is probably the best of both worlds, and even though I've never been a huge fan of the 911; I think its one of the most beautiful cars in the world.

3:54 That engine noise...

beautiful car and as always great work by the BBC team - amazing picture

Topgear wont ever get old!! FTW!!

Excellent. That's just a gorgeous car. Period.

Just Perfect .. old with new performance!! Just love it

Goosebumps just by looking at it... it´s beautiful!

I first knew this car as an Assetto Corsa mod Then I came across this video and realised that it's actually a modern classic At the end of the video you can say I appreciate the Singer crew for their hard work, dedication and passion.

Best Porsche ever! Singer

so gorgeous, both of the 911s

You are all the best in what you do for linving! Thank you Top Gear team!

Ohhh old top gear in 1080p and good quality, mate. A Dream come true

James May can drift !!! OMGGG !!!!!

I had a Pantene Hair Collection ad before watching this by RU-vid... hommage to James' hair?

I don't normally like retro stuff but that thing really is immense.

"It's a love letter to a car" OMG .... chill bumps

I keep hoping I'll see one of these around LA. Nothing yet. So beautiful...

"How could you not like a 9/11?"

Super awesome job with the new 911 Porsche! Keep up the good work guys

Absolutely beautiful, love the custom interior.

Might want to fix the spelling error on the annotation on the outro. Other than that, this was a great video on the Singer 911!

fantastic car

Really appreciate how James brings out the romanticized history of the car. Keep it up, James.

One of the best car reviews on Top Gear, ever.

I have noticed that james may like to drive fast in proper driver cars.

The thumbnail looks like a GT Sport screenshot!

it's pretty nice that you reviewed this absolutly phenomenal car 👍

i m in love with its sound , and shape , and every thing else !

SIGUR RÓS!!! What an amazing machine!!!! What a gorgeous car! And I agree - the feeling of the car is more important than the performance... even because most of us mortals (and the guys who actually have the $$ to buy such a car) will not drive those cars all the time on a race track. It sure is fun to go 0-60 in less than 3 seconds, but you won't use that "feature" all the time.

I don't like Porsches, but that's one that I do like.

911 Singer forever...the best romantic racing classic street car of the world....Thanks Top Gear...!!!

In my opinion his best told, beautifully brought piece of car review ever, across all shows. Just like Jeremy and his piece on Lancia… utterly magnificent

Put electric power steering on a Lamborghini, no one bats an eye. Put electric power steering on a 911, everybody looses their minds!

damn, those old Porche's look sexy

That proportion right there is the key to life.

Singer! Reborn classics! Awesome!

Great, something else that I want that I can not afford.

My god, that Singer is gorgeous! Anyone who would take the new one doesn't know the world 'beautiful'.

I revisit this video from time to time.

How could you not like a 911? Fricking amazing.

Gotta love James May

Woah James can actually drift...

Absolutely beautiful...

James May power sliding like a boss. Nice. That Singer Porsche looks amazing.

I want a Singer so bad

I love James but shouldn't Richard be reviewing 911s?

the design is just timeless !

There's an owner with a teal Singer locally. I'm not a huge fan of Porsche in general but this one is one of the coolest and most beautiful cars out there. Like who would have thought about putting quilted leather in the engine bay? Wasn't aware that so much time went into that car and made me appreciate it even more!

5:06 can he please tell that to all those annoying 1000 hp gt-r tuners ?

Grand Tour is great but I miss the o.g. Top Gear...never will be quite the same

Un reportaje espectacular,estos tíos de top gear son unos fenómenos

Singer Porsche has literally been in my top 5 favorite all time cars! Knowing that I will never be able to afford one and will never even ride in one is kind of depressing, but i will always admire the work they put in to these works of art!

The song on 3:23 is Hybrid - Mr Smith

4:40 Clarkson would have said: And the brakes actually work.

I've seen the Singer Toolshed in California... several of these wonderful cars exist there. They are beautiful! and bravo for Capt Yob! Never seen him drive so Clarksonian!

So much warmth and magenta in the driving part of the video

Ohhhhhhh it's sooooo pretty... I WANT IT

Love the old one so much better

This video was done awesome thank you very much that's a beautiful car they both are. Very well done.

That Singer 911 is freakin' sweetness. Great concept and follow through. Definite future classic like the GT3 4.0. As for the new 911 and Turbo S, they should have gone with 4 HID "angel eyes" per headlight. Make'em smaller and squeeze them in there so they go along with the 918 and of course the 919 hybrid P1 racecar, and give the Caymen and Boxter the same treatment, so that the quad HID thing would be the current Porsche design signature.