India, Feb. 16 -- Singer has turned its attention to the drop-top. The California-based outfit has introduced the Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Reimagined, a project that brings their obsessive air-cooled restoration programme to the open-air Type 964. The process is a total transformation: an owner-supplied donor car is stripped to its bare steel monocoque, assessed for structural integrity, and then meticulously reinforced before the real work begins. The goal is simple, yet technically daunting: a naturally aspirated, manual 911 that offers a visceral open-roof experience without sacrificing an ounce of engineering rigour.

Only 75 of these commissions will be built, each one put through its paces at proving grounds like Millbrook and ...