Its a cool project, but I'd take a Singer over this any day of the week. The interior is way too heavy in suede, and the addition of the 996 steering wheel doesn't help. 18'' rims also look too big on a 964 imo.

I do like the headlights, and I want to see more of the rear interior for sure. It would be nice to hear a sound clip too! The 964 and 993 are getting so much attention these days its crazy!

 

It does not have a 964 (or any other model, in fact) as base - this is a completely new built and constructed vehicle!

 

Amazing machine.
Ruf>singer
OMG... No dilema what so ever.
Wish I could afford one. Should play the lottery.

 

I guess the SCR 4.2 from last year was a bit of a test bed for this car since it appears to share the extended wheelbase and engine placement.

I still never see any proper road tests of any of these cars. SCR 4.2, Ultimate, CTR3, CTR, etc.

Call up Chris Harris, ship them to Portimao Circuit, and let him and camera crew have at it.

 

I still can't get over this car.

What they packaged underneath the old yellowbird silhouette is just astonishing. All the goodies you'd want plus a couple over the top surprises (that suspension, door handles). Home run all around. I'm sure so many of us consider this the ultimate evolution of a driver's car (before all electric comes).

This is what a big company like Porsche "can't" build anymore. So they say... That makes Ken's point above even more interesting (amazing) from a branding perspective.

 

I am a huge Ruf fan! However, I have often wondered why there seems to be a shortage of proper road test coverage in either magazine or tv media.

 

Ian Kuah has road tested and written about most every Ruf model I can recall. Usually in Excellence magazine but he may be published in other periodicals as well.

 

The numbers are probably to low to justify giving a journo a car to abuse and it seems they sell well enough anyway...

 

How the car was designed. Amazing.

 

Wow amazing stuff.

This puts RuF way up on top once again.

The singer is an overpriced glorified kit car in comparison.

I am not sure who buys a Singer for $500k. If you price them out you re looking at over $700k with the right options not including the cost of a 964 tub. This just blows it away and offers far more for what would probably be a bit less.

Best part is it doesn't cut up a perfectly good 964 to build one.

Thanks for sharing.

 

^^^^what he said!

 

Very impressive! I saw an interview with Alois and he indicated all of these are already sold.

Does anyone know how much the Ruf Ultimate and SCR 4.2 cost (roughly, as I'm sure there are "options")? Does one send their 964 to Ruf to be turned in to an Ultimate or SCR?

 

Many thanks for posting the video, shows a lot of the process very clearly, makes it look so easy creating a carbon fibre road car

I think one of the dudes in the video may have worked for me, need to watch it a few more times as there is so much useful info. in it.

A long time ago I helped create the world's first carbon fibre production road car so can appreciate the magnitude of the problem's and challenges they had to conquer. The team has done a stunning job and should be massively proud of how its turned out.

RUF shouldn't be compared to Singer or any other Porsche performance tuner, for me they out there in a class of their own blazing a trail for others to follow.

 

Captain Ahab, Being an expert on Carbon Fiber, what sort of rigidity number do you think they might get with this Monocoque/roll cage solution? To be blunt to me it looks like it would have been rather more ridid if they would have included the roof in the Carbon structure. McLaren recently did this with their new 720, makes a big difference I would say. Btw the only info i could get of Mclarens carbon rigidity numbers was from an older post on PistonHeads: (Surprisingly rather low compared to modern steel cars like the 991, Cayman, 5-series, Mercedes etc.

"http://www.9tro.com/features/new-cars/mclaren-12c-...

"The steering, ride, handling and grip of any car are directly linked to its structural rigidity. Make a car rigid enough, and you don’t need as stiff a suspension, which benefits ride and handling. With a torsional stiffness of 23,000Nm/degree, the 12C Spider shows no loss of actual or perceived rigidity over its Coupe sister."

 

It is a beast. Great technology.

EDIT: Here is the lastest feature on the car, made by SpeedHunters. A really great machine.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2018/03/...uf-yellowbird/