And Now For Something Completely Different….an Insanely Cool Corvette-Inspired Porsche 911
While it awaits an official name, the Porsche Zero Two is a fusion of the 911 and the third-generation Chevy Corvette all rolled into one incredible-looking automobile.
The rivalry between Corvette and Porsche is as old as, well, Corvette and Porsche! Since Chevrolet started building the Corvette in 1953, it has become a singularly targeted competitor for the Porsche company, and most especially for the Porsche 911. The comparisons are unavoidable – the cars both have similar horsepower, similar price points, and similar customer demographics. While the German-engineered Porsche has often been considered a more refined car, there has been a great many enthusiasts who embrace the Corvette for its raw horsepower and its pure Americana feel. For nearly seventy years, this rivalry has waged on, with divided victories between the two brands.
But now, UK artist Al Yasid, known to his Instagram fans as “Asyasiddesign,” has created a Porsche/Corvette restomod that does more than suggest that the better car might be the byproduct of both cars. Let me explain…
This (as yet unnamed) Porsche Corvette restomod hybrid may be one of the coolest-looking designs we’ve seen in a long time.
In the past, Corvette and Porsche restomods have traditionally been the bi-product of taking a classic sports car – either a Porsche OR a Corvette – and infusing it with modern technology, horsepower, and engineering. Over the years, this type of restoration has become increasingly popular, with high-horsepower iterations of classic Corvettes and Porsches showing up in greater numbers. California-based Singer Vehicle Design has become one of the most celebrated Porsche 911 fabricators, and with good reason. They have built some of the best Porsche restomods on the planet and have advanced the restomod hobby into the stratosphere. Similarly, companies like Corvette Conspiracy in Cleveland, Ohio have done the same for Chevy Corvette.
Unfortunately, each camp of fabricators has remained on their side of the fence. With his latest design, Al Yasid asks the question “what if you took the best of the Porsche 911 and the Chevy Corvette and you infused each into an entirely new hybrid? The answer, as you can see here, is both spectacular in its form, and controversial by its very nature.
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