“Although it pains them to strip flat 6 and V12 hearts from icons, supplanting their innards with batteries and electric motors, at least things like this 964 can still move”. Hearing those words in Henry’s voice, I almost shed a tear.
I have to be brutally honest: engine sound is one if not the most important part for me while driving a car. I've owned some pretty awful/dull sounding cars and you're starting to miss the noise of a proper engine rather quickly. I could be driving the best handling car in the history of the automobile but I couldn't truly enjoy it if there's no engine sound to fall in love with.
Yep, I bought a F80 M3 manual and it handled great with a slick gearchange, but sounded like arse. Most modern turbo cars sound like it, raspy farty popping things. Current 3 car garage is caterham 420R, 991 GT3, and C63S estate daily.
These sort of videos make me pray that e-fuels or hydrogen ice’s combustions are possible. Without the fire, the noise, the complexity to drive fast, what is the point.
When I first heard about Hydrogen fuel cells several years ago, they were in ICE cars. Now all I hear when hydrogen is discussed is their application in electric powered vehicles. Sure, they can provide electricity but is the driving experience any better than the typical electric car that's currently on the market? One place it may have an actual advantage is in heavy equipment. Tesla and a few others have been talking about their electric semi trucks, but they are still dealing with limited range. The only practical application I can think of is in between fixed terminals, with a range matching the vehicles. This would be for inner-city applications or between nearby cities. Hydrogen sourced electric power plants in an over-the-road semi could still serve the demand when the route is several thousand miles a week. If that demand isn't accommodated, I don't know how long range (equivalent to current over-the-road class 8 trucks) requirements can be met. If you would emphatically prefer a car like my E46 330xi with the manual gearbox but no cats, and simpler architecture, hydrogen would seem to be a very manageable alternative. There's no objectionable exhaust although the BTU available from hydrogen is a bit less than gasoline and the engine would have to be retuned to get comparable performance. Where did that research go. What are the problems that have shifted the manufacturer's focus?
Really funny, ten years later when every vehicle on the road power by electricity, they will pay 10 times the normal price to buy back an original boxer engine to fit back to the 911!
Good point, except this is very different in the sense that a quartz movement might actually give you the same experience and will function better. This EV conversion is not better. Swapping the EV stuff into a classic car just increases CO2 emissions and gives money to china.
@@pistonburner6448 exactly, the batteries will make a significant bump in the emissions produced which a weekend car like this has no chance to produce. They are just ruining a charismatic machine to chase the trends.
That conclusion is just spot on! I can't help but look at EV's at the moment and feel like they have a huge lack of character, they are just desperate to do everything just so, but, that removes so much fun and character.
We're about 10 years into EV production of any decent volume, and already there's stuff like the Taycan out there... or Moggy's 600hp beetle with ooooodles of character. C'mon, ever heard of giving something a chance?
I have a 964 targa air cooled. I’ve just spent a small fortune on having it “restomodded”. Its fantastic! There is no way on earth I’d convert it to electric. It would be removing its soul.
Does it do enough differently from others that convert cars to electric to warrant 250 thousand pound for a conversion though? I know it's a prototype/pre production but it still seems a bit on the pricey side.
Henry, I believe what you find is highly dependent on what you’re actually looking for. I once heard a nice statement „a real car enthusiast can find a soul and excitement in any car“ - and I believe it’s true. All my long-termer rental cars - the maximum of plain and boring there could be - after driving them for a few days, I started to „understand“ them, I started to „hear them talking to me“ - and I liked them at the end, and was sad to return the keys. Take a Tesla Model 3. It does not need to be a ridiculously expensive Taycan. Drive the Model 3 for a few weeks, or better a few months. Don’t feel like someone forces you to do something that you actually don’t want, something very unnatural - just try to find its soul and get some excitement from the driving. I’m sure you will. Because I am, and I’m a car enthusiast too :)
What you are saying is very true, if you are a true enthusiast you can appreciate any car, not just the more exotic or sporty stuff. Otherwise you just love the speed and adrenaline.
@@zibingotaeam3716 it's ugly but it is a cool car if you look at it for what it is, is very practical and has a lot of neat features if you fancy camping or something. Never driven one, but I am guessing it is a bit floaty and has tones of body roll, but that can be fun too, forcing it to go around corners. Besides it has a clear personality and it's fun and quircky.
Brilliant vid. So very, very odd watching those drive-by shots without any engine or exhaust noise. If I live long enough for EVs to be ubiquitous, I'll gladly pay a massive surcharge for a "classic" petrol engine.
Absolutely. The sterility of an electric powertrain just neuters the whole experience. While I use my iWatch when I exercise, I will never trade it for my daily wear Rolex Submariner mechanical watch. The same is true with my petrol cars
How many have you saved? I worry more about the constant pushing of hobby cars to the unaffordable, than the power plant in car when it was done. For the price of this they should have put a Taycan drivetrain in it.
Although i can understand the people who are sad about the classics getting destroyed but i just love the older designs but there is no doubt weve moved so much foreward in terms of driving technology. In my opinion the only thing timeless about those cars is their design
Finally, finally the elephant in the EV room is being addressed: that the engines need a sound. I don't care if it sounds like a flat 6, an X-Wing or a TIE fighter, it needs something other than that noise that my Tamiya Fox made in the late 80's...
Do they need a sound? Or just to communicate between themselves to avoid intersection trajectories? Pedestrians and cyclists can keep their lanes, cars can avoid them within reason. With people using headphones everywhere, EVs making sound is a bit moot.
This may be a decent car for the awful dystopian future that I still hope can be averted, and which a lot of car people have already embraced for some reason.
Praying for a breakthrough in synthetic fuels 🙏🙏 The advertised future makes me feel so uneasy. So few options for people who love the fundamentals of driving
The general public wants lifeless cars that do all the work. Automotive enthusiasts want a connection or involvement to the automobile not to be solely “along for the ride”.
Oh good lord. You buy a 911 partly for the engine. If you want an ev, buy a taycan, which is a much better car. If you want an omega, you buy it for the movement, if you want to know the time then buy an apple watch. They just happen to both tell the time, likewise both cars happen to drive on the road, but for very different reasons.
I am a dinosaur, long live the scream of a hard tuned 4 cylinder , the burble & throb of a V8, the growl and howl of an in line six, that sound & vibration & smell is life, that is my automotive heaven
Let´s make the car a complete simulation instead ! I don´t care if I loose performance, program the electric motor to have evil turbo lag, keep the manual gearbox. And buy the sound design from an experienced computer game developer, voila the perfect classic EV And YES there should be NO way to turn off the evil turbo lag, the car I want should have some widow maker potential ! By the way, you and your intros, how long can you really keep stepping up the game ? I officially amazed !
I always considered the use of canned sound plumbed into the cockpit in small displacement ICE cars to be really lame. However at some point that may be the only way to have a nostalgic visceral experience in an electric car. Why doesn't a car like this have some great engine sound tracks onboard? Isn't this a prime candidate for that technology?
Now this is a good way to destroy a classic flat 6, course! Throw in some batteries, so fun! Because we all bought a classic porsche for its performance! Its not like the ENTIRE purpose of owning one of these is cruising on a nice road listening to the roar of that engine, but sure, MUH ELECTRIC FUTURE
Henry is spot on, car companies are going to need to find a way to make electric cars more exciting. Their really is no replacement for the sound of a internal combustion engine, but I’m sure that they could make these cars still feel raw. Thanks Ralph Nader!!
"I want character in the cars of the future," he says. I agree. So here's the question: do I convert my 2009 Aston Martin Vantage to electric? That may be on the horizon. But I would like to find a way to keep the manual transmission.
The EV will save the ICE for enthusiasts just as the Diesel-Electric saved the Steam Engine for train buffs and the Motor Car saved the Horse for horse-lovers (not my idea but I can't remember who said it). Only in the most extreme sci-fi, doomsday scenario--as this video correctly imagines--would there be nothing to put in your fuel tank. So then, an EV that looks like a Porsche: That would be exciting! But PLEASE don't disembowel any more 911s to make cute EVs. I think history will look unkindly on that kind of endeavour. I would love to make an EV that, outwardly, had exactly the body of a Lamborghini Countach LP400. But it would be such unnecessary vandalism (in my opinion) to begin that project by breaking up a real Countach. Brilliant video, by the way, and I agree--EVs need to find their own special character, not pretend to be ICE motor cars.
Carrying on the idea, Fossil Fuels are limited, yes, but even at current consumption we have thousands of years worth of oil left. If we cut Oil consumption by 99%, that means ICE cars will have fuel reserves for millions of years.
They should do aerodynamics set of wings and diffusors, and try to optimise electromotor torque with some kind of double clutch transmission. You know, battle ready car of the future.
Buy a bicycle and attach balloons to the frame, next to the rear wheel. As the wheel turns, the balloons will touch the spokes, producing an engine-type sound. It worked for me as a six year-old.
I absolutely love EV. But not this. To me a 911 especially a classic one, 50% of the experience is the engine and drivetrain. Without that I might as well get a brand new Ioniq5 with superb design and ground-up EV.
If you’ve ever had a go in a good racing simulator with proper sound and vibration you’ll know that our electric car future can be far better than it is currently.
@@lapos1979 The interior speaker sounds and vibrations of electric cars could match that of a good sim rig and it would feel substantially more involving.
Real car people love the interaction with an engine and not to mention joy to ones ears. For men taking a 911 and going electric is like switch from a beautiful woman to a blow up doll. They both can do the job just one is but
On the bright side, this will give a few good years of business to aftermarket companies as the owners have to upgrade every year or so once their powertrain becomes quickly outdated.
dont worry you wont be able to afford a car anymore anyway china owns 90% of rare earth minerals and they already cant produce cars due to production issues...
I don't feel precious about lack of rumble and combustion noise. I grew up on original Star Wars movies and Tie Fighters didn't rumble - yet everyone wanted to have one. Over the last 5 years EVs showed that the long admired hypercombustibles are becoming dinosaurs in terms of performance (and by an embarrassing margin). I am looking forward to times where some future Teslas or Arrivals will be offer drop-in conversion kits for whatever-your-loved classic vehicle is, which would enable you to wet your pants every time you tried to harness its power, and would leave you smiling tucking yourself in to bed at the end of the day. What i DO mind is, it costing quarter of a million coins!
Fantastically well made video as always from carfection. The car though - meh. They've taken away the bit that stirs my soul. I'll have an electric car no doubt one day, but because I have to, not because I want to.
At first I was torn down the middle. Now I'm convinced - a 964 without its "soul" is not for me. I'm also sad as I sold my beloved 964 about 10 years ago and whenever I think of it - I remember a few key things - the quirky but comfortable cockpit, the wonderful handling and decent performance and... *really* and - the soundtrack from the back. I don't think I ever drove through a tunnel with the windows up! Great idea well executed and I get it, but not for me. Fabulous production as always and cheers from Sydney - Dave
It’s just a matter of (short) time before petrol becomes so expensive and the use of fossile cars so restricted, that I’m glad firms like EVERRATI and EV West exists. Electrification of classics will become a HUGE industry in a matter of no time at all. People will buy classics for huge premium to have them converted when we’re all left to buying androgyne semi-autonomous soap shaped robots on wheels. I love my Taycan, but will hang on to my 964 & 993 for my bare life.
You say EV drivetrains are one-dimensional (which is true), but with modern electric motor speed-controllers it's EASILY possible to 'emulate' the torque/power delivery characters of an internal combustion engine, meaning you'd 'need' to work through a gearbox just like an original car. Sure it's perhaps not the most efficient way of doing it, but if people wanted an electric car to 'mimic' an internal combustion engine (apart from still no sound), it's all possible in the speed-controller electronics. I'm not sure why no one has ever implemented this before.
This strips one of the things I love most about the old Porsches, the engine noise. Without the sound I couldn't care if it still looks like a Porsche, most of the thrill has been gutted
I mean well done but what on earth is that engine sound they loaded. It's like the noise you expect a 6 year old to make playing with a porsche hot wheels who's never seen one in person.
I know this won't be the same as having an actual engine in the car...but why don't they pipe in old 911 exhaust tone into the speakers that pair with the throttle response? Or even choose what exhaust note you'd like. I wouldn't mind that.
Oh yes, the battle of Windows 21!
Didn't expect my boi here xD
bruh since when u like cars XD. Love the Ncase build tho T^T my dream build.
1:08
Yup, unexpected.
Holy shit its you
“Although it pains them to strip flat 6 and V12 hearts from icons, supplanting their innards with batteries and electric motors, at least things like this 964 can still move”. Hearing those words in Henry’s voice, I almost shed a tear.
There is no reason to do this to classic cars.
Money is their only motivation.
It's simple. Transportation: BEV. Leisure/sport: Combustion engine. The same way it went when the combustion engine replaced horses.
Totally agreed, it's already that way with air cooled Porsches!
I have to be brutally honest: engine sound is one if not the most important part for me while driving a car. I've owned some pretty awful/dull sounding cars and you're starting to miss the noise of a proper engine rather quickly. I could be driving the best handling car in the history of the automobile but I couldn't truly enjoy it if there's no engine sound to fall in love with.
Yep, I bought a F80 M3 manual and it handled great with a slick gearchange, but sounded like arse. Most modern turbo cars sound like it, raspy farty popping things. Current 3 car garage is caterham 420R, 991 GT3, and C63S estate daily.
Glad to find this comment, SergeantMoe! I ABSOLUTELY agree.
Planet polluter
x10 on an Air-Cooled Porsche _!_
@@matthias7569 I work in supply chain for a major tech retailer. YOU pollute a fuckton but you never get to see it.
These sort of videos make me pray that e-fuels or hydrogen ice’s combustions are possible. Without the fire, the noise, the complexity to drive fast, what is the point.
100% and Gears! that would be a major miss for me!
When I first heard about Hydrogen fuel cells several years ago, they were in ICE cars. Now all I hear when hydrogen is discussed is their application in electric powered vehicles. Sure, they can provide electricity but is the driving experience any better than the typical electric car that's currently on the market? One place it may have an actual advantage is in heavy equipment. Tesla and a few others have been talking about their electric semi trucks, but they are still dealing with limited range. The only practical application I can think of is in between fixed terminals, with a range matching the vehicles. This would be for inner-city applications or between nearby cities. Hydrogen sourced electric power plants in an over-the-road semi could still serve the demand when the route is several thousand miles a week. If that demand isn't accommodated, I don't know how long range (equivalent to current over-the-road class 8 trucks) requirements can be met.
If you would emphatically prefer a car like my E46 330xi with the manual gearbox but no cats, and simpler architecture, hydrogen would seem to be a very manageable alternative. There's no objectionable exhaust although the BTU available from hydrogen is a bit less than gasoline and the engine would have to be retuned to get comparable performance. Where did that research go. What are the problems that have shifted the manufacturer's focus?
Really funny, ten years later when every vehicle on the road power by electricity, they will pay 10 times the normal price to buy back an original boxer engine to fit back to the 911!
You got it, don't throw those blocks away..
Finally someone who gets it....Thanks
Ten years? Try twenty (depending on your country).
This is like swapping a quartz movement into a Patek.
Lol, that’s a good example.
More like an Apple Watch.
Good point, except this is very different in the sense that a quartz movement might actually give you the same experience and will function better. This EV conversion is not better.
Swapping the EV stuff into a classic car just increases CO2 emissions and gives money to china.
@@pistonburner6448 exactly, the batteries will make a significant bump in the emissions produced which a weekend car like this has no chance to produce. They are just ruining a charismatic machine to chase the trends.
@@pistonburner6448 Since all the parts came from old teslas your text is not true nor smart
That conclusion is just spot on! I can't help but look at EV's at the moment and feel like they have a huge lack of character, they are just desperate to do everything just so, but, that removes so much fun and character.
My 14 yo alfa 147 has more fun and character than this. I just cant get excited over EVs
It’s a bloody high tech golf cart! 😅
That's because they are, zero character and one trick ponies (good at launching)
We're about 10 years into EV production of any decent volume, and already there's stuff like the Taycan out there... or Moggy's 600hp beetle with ooooodles of character. C'mon, ever heard of giving something a chance?
@@Slimboid
What gives them the character. No sound , no gearbox no feeling that you're involved in the drive.
And Electric steering feel I.e none
Appreciate the tech and effort but swapping out the classic flat-6 for a battery doesn't make any sense.
Exactly what I’m thinking 😕
And paying 250k for it is… outright stupid…
@@prowheeldealer1024 for 250k, I’d buy a 964 and a private petrol reserve in my back yard 😂😂😂
in a few years we'll look back on E conversions for classic cars and regret this sort of thing.
Imo as long as you can revert it back to internal combustion there's no loss
Not wrong..
@@philb8437 im not sure that it could be possible to internal combustion
Why is that? What if you want to drive a classic every day.. 🤷♂️
@@chargeheadsuk how are you gonna find parts? A car doesn't only consists an engine. It's not like GTA.
Look how they murdered my boy.
Massacred
Because of singer we all expect an incredibly high build quality. That's how it is
Not really. That’s unobtanium for most of us. I get plenty of satisfaction from an old 911, with just a few modern upgrades.
Fpr £250k I think we are entitled to expect incredibly high build quality.
Singers aren't reliable, plenty of problems owners report
There is another side to the coin such as an outlaw Porsche or the norm of a simple second-hand Porsche with problems but loved.
*This opening was the best one yet.* 😎👍
I have a 964 targa air cooled. I’ve just spent a small fortune on having it “restomodded”. Its fantastic! There is no way on earth I’d convert it to electric. It would be removing its soul.
exactly
The production value of this channel is amazing I love how high quality the image you put out is
If this is the future of the 911 I believe I’ll simply let myself expire much sooner than I had planned. How utterly depressing.
no soul
Go ahead 😂😂
Does it do enough differently from others that convert cars to electric to warrant 250 thousand pound for a conversion though? I know it's a prototype/pre production but it still seems a bit on the pricey side.
Yes, at 250,000.00 pounds for a conversion, it would need to come down in price considerably to attract customers.
A bit? It's to much money! Nice looking. Too much money!
@@coletrickIe Crazy isn't it? If you had that coin, and maybe you do? What would you buy?
Even a classic mini conversion is close to 100k, it's ridiculous.
Henry, I believe what you find is highly dependent on what you’re actually looking for. I once heard a nice statement „a real car enthusiast can find a soul and excitement in any car“ - and I believe it’s true. All my long-termer rental cars - the maximum of plain and boring there could be - after driving them for a few days, I started to „understand“ them, I started to „hear them talking to me“ - and I liked them at the end, and was sad to return the keys.
Take a Tesla Model 3. It does not need to be a ridiculously expensive Taycan. Drive the Model 3 for a few weeks, or better a few months. Don’t feel like someone forces you to do something that you actually don’t want, something very unnatural - just try to find its soul and get some excitement from the driving. I’m sure you will. Because I am, and I’m a car enthusiast too :)
What you are saying is very true, if you are a true enthusiast you can appreciate any car, not just the more exotic or sporty stuff. Otherwise you just love the speed and adrenaline.
@@joaocardoso26 Alright. Pontiac Aztec. Show me the excitement.
@@zibingotaeam3716 it's ugly but it is a cool car if you look at it for what it is, is very practical and has a lot of neat features if you fancy camping or something. Never driven one, but I am guessing it is a bit floaty and has tones of body roll, but that can be fun too, forcing it to go around corners. Besides it has a clear personality and it's fun and quircky.
@@joaocardoso26 so you're saying the excitement is in not doing car things with it.
@@zibingotaeam3716 Pontiac Aztek?
Completely invisible to cops and has tons of space for carrying product while you build your meth empire.
Brilliant vid. So very, very odd watching those drive-by shots without any engine or exhaust noise. If I live long enough for EVs to be ubiquitous, I'll gladly pay a massive surcharge for a "classic" petrol engine.
It's like, "Is there something wrong with the sound on this video...?"
Absolutely. The sterility of an electric powertrain just neuters the whole experience. While I use my iWatch when I exercise, I will never trade it for my daily wear Rolex Submariner mechanical watch. The same is true with my petrol cars
@@993mike Ah, Mr Bond...
The internal combustion engine is the heart and soul of any sports car, without it the car is hollow. When ICE ends so does my passion for cars.
Electrifying rare classics should be criminalized. Engine is literally 80% of the experience in something like this.
How many have you saved? I worry more about the constant pushing of hobby cars to the unaffordable, than the power plant in car when it was done. For the price of this they should have put a Taycan drivetrain in it.
Boohoo
Not rare. Almost 1/2 a million Aircooled 911’s were made..
This is why they offer a recording of the petrol engine if you miss it that much.
The 964 shape looks so good, it maybe got overlooked against the 993 - but very iconic in its own way….
964 looks BETTER than the 993, especially the front end
964, especially the turbo silhouette is the only one that gives me shivers of excitement
And next the 996 will be all the rage...
This is awesome! It goes so well with my Patek Phillipe Perpetual Calender which I swapped out the inner mechanicals with an Apple watch!
As a new gen car lover who didn’t grow up with the sound of ICE cars and also don’t like loud noises, something like this excites me.
*Beautiful looking car. All it needs is a flat six ICE putting back in it.*. No point ruining a classic 911 for this.
Although i can understand the people who are sad about the classics getting destroyed but i just love the older designs but there is no doubt weve moved so much foreward in terms of driving technology. In my opinion the only thing timeless about those cars is their design
My music will be blasting I could care less about the engine sound ..Hats off to this EV model 🔥🔥
I don't know man. It's a tough choice between this or a bullet in my head. Which one would you go for?
Well, that depends: full metal jacket or hollow point?
Bullet
@@thedudeabides1443 .700 Nitro express.
Finally, finally the elephant in the EV room is being addressed: that the engines need a sound. I don't care if it sounds like a flat 6, an X-Wing or a TIE fighter, it needs something other than that noise that my Tamiya Fox made in the late 80's...
Do they need a sound? Or just to communicate between themselves to avoid intersection trajectories? Pedestrians and cyclists can keep their lanes, cars can avoid them within reason. With people using headphones everywhere, EVs making sound is a bit moot.
Hard disagree. Electric cars should only sound like electric cars. I want to hear the machine itself working no matter what that may be.
@@budthecyborg4575 Then perhaps consider the safety aspect when people - particularly children - can't hear it approaching...
@@paulelverstone8677 Modern cars are already so close to silent it makes no difference, the safety aspect of cars making sound is a red herring.
Im planning a star wars sound for my TVR EV Conversion 😉⚡🚀
The end is Near !!!!!
This may be a decent car for the awful dystopian future that I still hope can be averted, and which a lot of car people have already embraced for some reason.
I would like Porsche make an Electric 991 or 993! A smaller car with about 200 miles range! With similar specs this car would sell!
Praying for a breakthrough in synthetic fuels 🙏🙏 The advertised future makes me feel so uneasy. So few options for people who love the fundamentals of driving
It blows my mind that so many car people happily embrace it. Idiots.
The general public wants lifeless cars that do all the work. Automotive enthusiasts want a connection or involvement to the automobile not to be solely “along for the ride”.
@@njshift The general public wants full-autonomous. But my comment wasn't about the general public. This 911 is not for general public.
Some people have given in to the fact combustion engines are done, I disagree!
It's incoming legislation Stan. I thinks it BS and I agree with you.
At least they used an automatic for a donor. Less of a loss.
That Battle of Windows 21 was absolutely hilarious 😂😂😂
Was that the all-out war between Apple users and the rest of the world?
@@jehl1963 probably so 😂😂😂😂
Great video as always Henry I just wish they didn't ruin the poor 964
Would buy it and convert it back to normal. Bloody affront to the motoring gods!
Oh good lord. You buy a 911 partly for the engine. If you want an ev, buy a taycan, which is a much better car. If you want an omega, you buy it for the movement, if you want to know the time then buy an apple watch. They just happen to both tell the time, likewise both cars happen to drive on the road, but for very different reasons.
These 'reminders' of the future just reinforce why I need to go buy a Lexus IS500!
Liking this video would feel like treason!
Off with me head! 🤣
You wanna keep classic cars on the road for real? Use synthetic fuel
£250k conversion for 150 miles, pointless.
Another cinematic masterpiece by Henry and the team. Bravo 👏
I am a dinosaur, long live the scream of a hard tuned 4 cylinder , the burble & throb of a V8, the growl and howl of an in line six, that sound & vibration & smell is life, that is my automotive heaven
Let´s make the car a complete simulation instead !
I don´t care if I loose performance, program the electric motor to have evil turbo lag, keep the manual gearbox.
And buy the sound design from an experienced computer game developer, voila the perfect classic EV
And YES there should be NO way to turn off the evil turbo lag, the car I want should have some widow maker potential !
By the way, you and your intros, how long can you really keep stepping up the game ? I officially amazed !
I always considered the use of canned sound plumbed into the cockpit in small displacement ICE cars to be really lame. However at some point that may be the only way to have a nostalgic visceral experience in an electric car. Why doesn't a car like this have some great engine sound tracks onboard? Isn't this a prime candidate for that technology?
Now this is a good way to destroy a classic flat 6, course! Throw in some batteries, so fun! Because we all bought a classic porsche for its performance! Its not like the ENTIRE purpose of owning one of these is cruising on a nice road listening to the roar of that engine, but sure, MUH ELECTRIC FUTURE
OK Boomer
@@diaspo lol im younger than you but i just have more of that thing we call common sense.
@@maartenvanbrakel2570 what you don't have is appreciation for things hctib
@@dharshankumar2522 i know the truth hurts my guy
Henry is spot on, car companies are going to need to find a way to make electric cars more exciting. Their really is no replacement for the sound of a internal combustion engine, but I’m sure that they could make these cars still feel raw. Thanks Ralph Nader!!
£250,000 😂👍
Just buy 2 taycan's and spend £50,000 on holidays
Hilarious
Or buy one GT3 RS and screw the holiday. Don't need it. :)
That intro is money. I wish for a documentary movie presented by Henry Catchpole. Someone make it happen. A special documentary film though.
"I want character in the cars of the future," he says. I agree. So here's the question: do I convert my 2009 Aston Martin Vantage to electric? That may be on the horizon. But I would like to find a way to keep the manual transmission.
The EV will save the ICE for enthusiasts just as the Diesel-Electric saved the Steam Engine for train buffs and the Motor Car saved the Horse for horse-lovers (not my idea but I can't remember who said it). Only in the most extreme sci-fi, doomsday scenario--as this video correctly imagines--would there be nothing to put in your fuel tank. So then, an EV that looks like a Porsche: That would be exciting! But PLEASE don't disembowel any more 911s to make cute EVs. I think history will look unkindly on that kind of endeavour. I would love to make an EV that, outwardly, had exactly the body of a Lamborghini Countach LP400. But it would be such unnecessary vandalism (in my opinion) to begin that project by breaking up a real Countach. Brilliant video, by the way, and I agree--EVs need to find their own special character, not pretend to be ICE motor cars.
Carrying on the idea, Fossil Fuels are limited, yes, but even at current consumption we have thousands of years worth of oil left.
If we cut Oil consumption by 99%, that means ICE cars will have fuel reserves for millions of years.
They should do aerodynamics set of wings and diffusors, and try to optimise electromotor torque with some kind of double clutch transmission. You know, battle ready car of the future.
I loved the introduction, my imagination brought your words to life
Buy a bicycle and attach balloons to the frame, next to the rear wheel. As the wheel turns, the balloons will touch the spokes, producing an engine-type sound. It worked for me as a six year-old.
The story writing was exceptional
Finally! 911 for the 21st century!
Was expecting some drifting action. A pity that there was none.
You gotta love a drift 😉
Another absurdly epic film that we didn’t know we wanted and needed. Wow. 🙌
I absolutely love EV.
But not this. To me a 911 especially a classic one, 50% of the experience is the engine and drivetrain.
Without that I might as well get a brand new Ioniq5 with superb design and ground-up EV.
Totally
Wait till your see what Porsche has been working on for over 10 years-Hint it's called Intelligent Performance and it's orange and white
I've got to say this was absolutely marvelous! Love your work boys, keep it up!
If you’ve ever had a go in a good racing simulator with proper sound and vibration you’ll know that our electric car future can be far better than it is currently.
I sim race, but I can't see the relevance.
@@lapos1979 The interior speaker sounds and vibrations of electric cars could match that of a good sim rig and it would feel substantially more involving.
Mr Henry Catchpole, this is your best work yet. Appreciate it. Great writing. 👍
Real car people love the interaction with an engine and not to mention joy to ones ears. For men taking a 911 and going electric is like switch from a beautiful woman to a blow up doll. They both can do the job just one is but
Sacrilegious
I only watch carfection videos with Henry in them. He’s one of the best out there.
The ultimate sports car is now here 👍
I must admit, I had a bit of a laugh during that intro. Great stuff! ❤️
On the bright side, this will give a few good years of business to aftermarket companies as the owners have to upgrade every year or so once their powertrain becomes quickly outdated.
dont worry you wont be able to afford a car anymore anyway china owns 90% of rare earth minerals and they already cant produce cars due to production issues...
Was there changes to the camera or editing software? The banding and colour saturation improved a lot in this one. Impressive!
I am looking forward toward the Porsche synthetic fuel
Dystopian intro..I dig it
Nice as always ♥️
"The Battle Of Windows 21" had me rolling out of my chair.
I don't feel precious about lack of rumble and combustion noise. I grew up on original Star Wars movies and Tie Fighters didn't rumble - yet everyone wanted to have one. Over the last 5 years EVs showed that the long admired hypercombustibles are becoming dinosaurs in terms of performance (and by an embarrassing margin). I am looking forward to times where some future Teslas or Arrivals will be offer drop-in conversion kits for whatever-your-loved classic vehicle is, which would enable you to wet your pants every time you tried to harness its power, and would leave you smiling tucking yourself in to bed at the end of the day. What i DO mind is, it costing quarter of a million coins!
This is painful to watch 😭
Great video! Loved your Citroen C5 Rally Car video. Your video and edit quality is certainly something for me to aim for! 👍⚡❤
That ad placement 😂 well done.
There cinematography is another level
Adding sound back in feels like an admittance of guilt. Nice car but apply this formula to big old car like a Cadillac.
A review of a base 992 911 Carrera would be cool to see
Pure poetry. Oodles and oodles.
Henry this is epic.
😂😂😂 Willy Wonka’s chewing gum… Another great video Henry.
Truly a dystopian future then?😧
👍🏼 Great premise for the story, fantastic presentation, and exceptional cinematography.
Fantastically well made video as always from carfection. The car though - meh. They've taken away the bit that stirs my soul. I'll have an electric car no doubt one day, but because I have to, not because I want to.
At first I was torn down the middle. Now I'm convinced - a 964 without its "soul" is not for me. I'm also sad as I sold my beloved 964 about 10 years ago and whenever I think of it - I remember a few key things - the quirky but comfortable cockpit, the wonderful handling and decent performance and... *really* and - the soundtrack from the back. I don't think I ever drove through a tunnel with the windows up! Great idea well executed and I get it, but not for me. Fabulous production as always and cheers from Sydney - Dave
It’s just a matter of (short) time before petrol becomes so expensive and the use of fossile cars so restricted, that I’m glad firms like EVERRATI and EV West exists. Electrification of classics will become a HUGE industry in a matter of no time at all. People will buy classics for huge premium to have them converted when we’re all left to buying androgyne semi-autonomous soap shaped robots on wheels. I love my Taycan, but will hang on to my 964 & 993 for my bare life.
Not in love with this car, but Carfection usually nails it
Took me a while to realize he wasn’t talking about 2021, but 2121...
You say EV drivetrains are one-dimensional (which is true), but with modern electric motor speed-controllers it's EASILY possible to 'emulate' the torque/power delivery characters of an internal combustion engine, meaning you'd 'need' to work through a gearbox just like an original car. Sure it's perhaps not the most efficient way of doing it, but if people wanted an electric car to 'mimic' an internal combustion engine (apart from still no sound), it's all possible in the speed-controller electronics. I'm not sure why no one has ever implemented this before.
So much road noise from those tires. I think a narrow body and narrower/quieter tires would be more fun.
This strips one of the things I love most about the old Porsches, the engine noise. Without the sound I couldn't care if it still looks like a Porsche, most of the thrill has been gutted
I haven't viewed the 383 comments (currently) but can't be the first to ask "why the 'exhaust pipes'???
Got to admit the war of windows 21 gave me a good giggle
Still can't get behind this. Porsche are my favourite manufacturer ever and taking the flat six out of it is like ripping its heart out.
This is reeallyyyyyyyyyyy nice!!
I mean well done but what on earth is that engine sound they loaded. It's like the noise you expect a 6 year old to make playing with a porsche hot wheels who's never seen one in person.
for that intro a 100 👍🏻
it sounds like this is a pretty crap compromise, but just said and presented in a very nice way
I know this won't be the same as having an actual engine in the car...but why don't they pipe in old 911 exhaust tone into the speakers that pair with the throttle response? Or even choose what exhaust note you'd like. I wouldn't mind that.