Are Wide Body Porsches Getting Played Out?
We acknowledge the popularity of wide body kits on a Porsche, but we like svelte ones, too.
This one will probably end up on Facebook’s “unpopular carpinions,” group, where you’ll see opinions, such as manual transmissions being overrated. While that is an incorrect opinion (in our opinion), we would submit to that same peanut gallery that wide body Porsches are a bit played out.
RWB Porsches essentially escalated started the the craze which was established by Konig, Gemballa and others back in the day. And ever since then, people have been eager to cut up the fenders of classic Porsches, and even modern ones, in order to get points on Instagram. But we feel that narrow body Porsches look far better.
We came to this conclusion, after finding this 986 Porsche Boxster. It’s built by a company called Miles Works Automotive. There’s nothing about this car that is particularly offensive. It actually even looks like a really well-built kit. But it just happened to hit at the right time, where we could form an opinion. We want to see if anybody else out there in the automotive enthusiast world agreed with us.
The first generation 911 models all were narrow body, and are arguably the very best of the bunch. As a replacement for the similarly narrow 356, these first 911 models had a purity unmatched by even the most focused newer 992’s. They were simple, basic, and punched well above their weight.
Then came the 930 Turbo. It was – and remains – one of the most important evolutions of the 911’s history. And the fender flares it carried served a purpose. A whole lot of fender was needed to house the fat rear tires to tame the wayward rear axle.
But then, people wanted the wide body just for the look. And when excess meant everything in the 80’s, your social status was directly tied to your prodigious rump. Fast forward to today, and much of the same is still true. Except the flares today are obtuse.
And to this point we bring up one of the best performing cars in Porsche’s not so distant past: the 996 GT3. It’s potential is unquestioned, and yet, its show doesn’t include flares at all. It is slab sided, and brilliant all in one.
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Photos courtesy of Miles Works Automotive
