Bugatti Head of Design's Personal 911 Project - /DRIVEN 

Wish you guys could revisit this and make it more detail and longer. Really intriguing!!

Keep coming back to this

Lot of sense spoken by that gentleman

This is one of the best, most intelligently thought out reworkings of a Porsche that I have ever seen. Absolutely beautiful, increased performance via major weight-loss of a car that already sparkles in pretty well any arena of road performance. :-)

I like his comment on the doing his fuchs. Using water to level the wheel line to tape it off for painting. Very smart.

He ha a Deus Motorcycles shirt on! That is fantastic, his 911 absolutely has a cafe racer mentality to it as well. Just like Colin Chapman said "Simplify, then add lightness."

not surprised of the eclectic 911 depicted here....it mirrors the owner..you can just tell this guy is so proud..so pleased of the results..and the biggest smile he gave was in reference to how he painted the rims..i wish they would interview this guy as he walk around the Bugatti design studio...

I always loved the look of bare, clear-coated composite/Kevlar/Carbon. I see the weave as a work of art when you look at it! Wonder if he should have left the composite panels unpainted and painted the rest of the (non composite) car dark gray/black to match the panels. That said, I also love how they're hidden & it looks like a factory Porsche (the point I guess). Always had a soft spot in my heart for old silver Porsches (Germany's official racing color)

Love this video. Drive channel this was a high point of your channel.👍🏼

I just wish the video was longer and more detailed about what he removed from the car and why. Really refreshing to see a very simple car that's not only fun to drive but also iconic.and beautiful.

I have seen this video like 1000000000000000 times n still love it even more each time what a incredible car n true art

This is a great episode. Love this.

Those panel gaps are so 👌🏻. That is incredibly hard on a backdate in general, but with the use of carbon/kevlar in lieu of steel (as one does), it's even more difficult. Props.

Loving the eclectic mix of backdating the car with pre-74 bumpers, single chrome mirror, pepita seat upholstry, and the motorsport bits like the pedal box, gear linkage, steering wheel and kevlar body panels. A quintessential 911! seeing those velocity stacks i bet i goes like stink too!

"I want the Porsche Bugatti designed."

I UNDERSTAND THE CAR AND THE POINT OF THE CAR .. VERY NICE .

the water painting thing was the most ingenious and most German thing I've ever heard

Great video! As a Porsche fan, I would have liked to have seen the car being driven and the actual performance of the car! 800kgs is a massive change feom the original weight of the car which may have been closer to or more than the 1200-1300 kg mark? Just guessing. What about the glorious sound of that incredible flat six engine? I don't believe any Porsche should be featured without one of the most important aspects of the car that made it an icon..... that beautiful sounding and performing air-cooled flat six!! But thanks for sharing a well made interesting video!

I could really see this guy has a really fantastic perspective on cars. A true appreciation that is inspiring.

wow this video is artsy. first thought it was a petrolicious video. nice details mentioned, cool guy, dark sounds, good editing. chapeau :)

Since this is a 1981 Porsche, he probably has owned it since he was still in school. I know my first Corvette is still my favorite car, and I heavily modified it as well, so it's probably his 'special' car.

I had the exact same issues with the Fuchs wheels when doing a restoration for a relative of mine. Difficult to judge where to place the tape lines... It took me many hours to get the masking correct. Its interesting to see that other people found it difficult too!

I love 911s. a beautiful car, a beautiful video! God bless you guys!!!

The (inaudable) at 0.65 was 'karosserie', German, and some slavic languages, for bodywork. He has found the essence of 911 and it's great, I wish I had Talbot mirrors.

Still coming back to watch this one.

Also if you're interested to see what a person can do in their garage, Google "sv650 carbon fibre tank zoran". That follows the production of a carbon fibre motorcycle fuel tank. Cost of materials on that one was $350 (USD), and about 100 hours spent over 10 months. That includes making the plug, mould, and final part plus attaching fittings etc. It's not a quick process, but isn't that why they're called projects? To buy a CF tank would cost anywhere from $1,500 to $2,800.

exactly! hear this man right here. we need a longer uncut vid.

beautiful car. I've been scanning the online used car sites for a 1980's porche. I have zero mechanical skills and am overwhelmed at a fixer upper project. But the idea of a stripping down project where then engine and core systems are left intact is intriguing...

indubitably. This is the quintessential porsche. Love it!

please, longer! More details! great 'documentary', but I would watch the 2 hour version also.

Very cool, I like his philosophy about minimalism and personal touches.

Wow, very interesting to find that even the heads responsible of the most advanced and tech pack cars in the world need a little gateway to no fripperies minimalist design and feel. I hope he actually drives it regularly.

Please keep more videos like this coming! This was awesome. Thank you Drive!

He's so right. Simplicity is the new goal.

Beautiful, cannot express more than that.

Wow. 800 kg. Wow

The quality of this video is outstanding! Beautiful car, beautiful video.

Amazing how the man who purveys one of, if not the most complicated car ever made, makes a simple back-to-basics car for himself. I think it would be amazing if Bugatti made anther model next to the Veyron that was just stripped down and basic, but absolutely perfect in its craftsmanship and dynamics. The goal being, THE best street-legal driver's car sold in the world, ever. They're Bugatti, they can charge whatever they want to fund that. I might actually like Bugatti if they did that.

THAT'S MAGNUS WALKER! (& one of his custom, lightened, "pure" 911s). Very similar to what Achim Anscheidt did. Also check out Jay Leno's Garage, where he stopped by with one of his "special" 911s a few weeks ago.

it doesn't really mean bodywork in this context, the "Karosserie" is the actual body of the car.

I love the arial camera work....... Thumbs up for the copters!!!

No heater in Berlin...? That's tough.. everything else, I agree with. Perfect build.

The older porsches just so much more of a driving piece of art. The newer ones I just dont get that feeling. Newer ones to me just sound different too, Ive driven a lot of porsches new and old. 1968-1982 are the best years for me at least.

Awesome video. Wish it was longer!

I wasn't expecting that spec of a car... Awesome 911. Superbly executed.

Waauw, I've watched a lot of videos on the Drive channel, but this has got to be the first one I favourited, to me this is meaning something! (:

That´s right, Christopher Kippenberger did his magic on this video.

"Approaches that don't cost the world". Haha, yeah like replacing most of the panels with kevlar units? I don't think so :) Anyway, kevlar panels aside, this car has a lovely philosophy behind it I think. I have a nice copy of an RSL, but this film has inspired me to make it even lighter and tighter!

This is the most intelligently hot-rodded car I have ever seen. Beautiful on an intellectual as well as on an aesthetic level. :-)

that deus ex machina tee is the cherry on top!! freakin essence of awesome!!

This car is so beautiful while still being so bare-bones. I love it. I want one...

all these people are so interesting and inspiring

Fanastic video superb shots and what a guy!!

911s are amazingly smooth underneath already. The BEV drive-train is a silly idea in a car designed specifically with lightness in mind and good luck finding the space for batteries in such a tiny car.

these are the videos that made me subscribe!!!

Great attitude to evolution and development of a personal 911, Now, where can I get those Kevlar panels he speaks of? Its a wonderful expression of a 911 ethos, I've a '76 911 2.7 which hasn't been on the road for years. I will need a full restoration and rebuild always made easier by ditching the old and bringing in the new, would like to efi the engine too. Lighter and more power, He's damn near current 911 power to weight ratio's

For the average enthusiast the main "cost" is in time. There's a lot of different methods that could be used, but the most simple is wet layup which anyone with basic fibreglassing skills would be familiar with. Equipment for that is very basic, most DIY'ers would already have most of what they need. I'm not sure about cost on a bumper (I'm a bike guy), but for my supermoto project I estimate about $5-600 (AUD) total cost. But that amount of materials will be enough for every single body panel.

As much as I love how he described painting or finding the perfect paint line on the Fuchs, I was never a big fan. Imagine a set of custom steel wheels with hubcaps. Makes it even more of a sleeper! (and period correct). My plan (when I have the money) is to polish the areas that are painted black & leave the raised areas "brushed" or "satin" looking. The polished areas would match any chrome (engine grill, window surrounds, mirrors & other minor trim). There's no other black on his 911.

Didn't think of that, that he may of changed the weight distribution and thus, handling. Then again, the steel body panels he replaced, were replaced with kevlar composite (should be stronger than steel). He also changed the doors, rear "hood" (bonnet for U Brits), windows are thinner and/or plastic now, sound deadening, carpets, even heater removed. So when you get down to it, I don't know if the weight distribution has really changed. But overall, it's definitely lighter & I WANT IT!

The perfect example of less is more. Makes me want to go out to the garage and pull parts off the jag.

Incredible camera work.

Who the hell dislikes a beauty like this?

It could be a bit more personal but an excellent build nonetheless. Those panels he described are really what make it, for me at least. I'm curious about the weight savings versus the steel panels.

Such a nice thing to see a car under 1000kg that should feel like a riot to drive

Badass, was not expecting kevlar panels :)

Beautiful Video and a great piece again.

simply beautiful

Like the Drone shots.

nice Deus ex Machina tee shirt. Definitely earns some 'spect points there... oh yeh and the car is amazing.

Wooow this is the kind of car I would love to have, technology is in materials, not in complex electronics, this is a purist car, a car that you really drive, not a car that drives you, like the modern cars.

That's what Lotus is (I mean was). The philosophy of many companies used to be, light/lower weight = speed. But, in addition to government regulations, which add of weight, people are expecting and wanting things like sat-nav and lots of "gizmos" which add weight. For years I've said/believed there's a market for a back to basics, minimal "gizmo"/electronics vehicle. If U want new minimalism, I guess the Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ is the closest you can get? Even the Miata has gotten heavy.

I was waiting for him to give it a beating!!

Interesting perspective when he mentioned that a half *kevlar* porsche "does not cost the world" . I guess if you make Bugattii all day long, this could euphemistically be called cheap.

@Buttnutt105 SC's are an excellent choice for a base car. I just had one shipped from California to Detroit, the car's condition is incredible. Good luck.

If he did it on the cheap how you suggest, then I applaud his effort. Even using his contacts to reduce the cost of weaving (if that's what you do), I would call resourceful. Especially considering he could afford to just buy the parts outright. But, on what total cost would you estimate a single bumper (for instance)? Taking into account a number of failed attempts to do it properly and cost of obtaining (renting, I guess) the necessary equipment for an average enthusiast to give it a shot?

You know porsche is the best when bugatti design has to have one! Ive always said if i could have any car in the world porsche 911GT2! Ever since i was 13 and my best friend/my uncle bought his brand new black on black 911 non turbo but it had the whail tail. Ever since and im 39 now my love has never changed for either the car or my uncle who passed away 4 years ago to als i lost one of my best friends in the world but not the love for porsches! 930 or 911 to be exact! That was like a 72,000 dollar car back then! Amagin that! I drive a bmw 325 xi competion model for now . but some day i hope to have my own 911!

He's wearing a Deus Ex Machina Motorcycle t-shirt, I think... This guy has got an awesome vehicle taste.

That's why Bugatti is on top right now...

thank you, so refreshing to see this!

Just looks like a early 70's 911 with shaved bumpers to me. Maybe thats what makes you think of the 964

Simply a beautiful car.

Beautiful 911. Looking forward to picking one up soon and doing the same with it.

Now if he could apply what he has learned to making a new car for Bugatti that is light weight. A Veyron weighs 2.5 times as much as this.

Such a smooth looking car

Vintage 911=my dreamcar

rims look so perfect

loving the Deus T-Shirt!

that sounded beautiful 0:11

Does anyone know which company/companies did the restoration? What an amazing machine.

Im digging his DEUS shirt.. representing!!

Too short! Could watch this all day!

Fantastic classic updated to current times, drive this 911 can be amazing sure.

Sometimes I watch this more than once a day... This movie makes me wonder if I should sell my much-better-in-every-way (other-than-charm) 996 and buy an SC...

It's a 1981 911 SC body, but looks like these early 911 (pre-1974 models).

when he says kevlar, does he mean carbon fiber? awesome car. thats how i would do it as well. hot rodded. stripped down. love the color too.

Perfect antidote to his work of designing ludicrously powerful cars weighing over 2000 kilos ..

Beautiful car. Did they say how much power it has?

LOVE IT.. i really really love that car. going to make something similar in 4-5 years when i get the money

Great aerial shots!

Videos like this, only in Drive! Thanks drive!!