Get A Load Of The New Porsche 911 Speedster's Incredible Details

You can sum up most cars fairly well in four to five pictures. A front three-quarter, a rear three-quarter, an interior shot, perhaps a side-on - that’s generally all you need. But, the new 911 Speedster concept is no ordinary car.

Built by Porsche as a 70th birthday present for itself, it’s a “road-ready study” which is almost certainly heading for limited-production. And with so many incredible details to pore over, we can only do this thing justice by spamming you with pictures. Sorrynotsorry.

The engine and chassis are lifted from the 911 GT3. That means a fat rear axle, a track-friendly suspension setup and a 4.0-litre, naturally-aspirated flat-six that’s good for 493bhp. That makes it a far more serious car than previous Speeders - the 997 version, for instance, was based on a 911 GTS.

The body, on the other hand, has been pinched from the Carrera 4 Cabriolet, albeit with extensive modifications. The wings, bonnet and the retro ‘double bubble’ rear deck are all made from carbonfibre, the windows are shorter, and the windscreen is more heavily raked.

There’s no electric folding roof, with the Speedster relying instead on a simple, lightweight tonneau cover for when the heavens open.

And now we get to the best bits: the details. Do the “Talbot shape” wing mirrors put the Speedster a little close to retro pastiche territory? We’ll let you thrash that one out in the comments, but they look to be beautifully made. They’re teamed up with other cool features including fuel filler cap slap bang in the middle of the bonnet, milled, gold-plated Speedster badging and much more besides.

Have a gawp at the following pictures, and pray that this thing gets built…