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For preventative legal reasons, the official name of the car you see on these pages is the Porsche 993 Speedster Remastered by Gunther Werks, though for simplicity’s sake let’s just refer to it here as the Speedster. Huntington Beach, California–based Gunther Werks will build only 25 examples of the roofless wonder, and buying one will set you back $850,000, including the price of the donor Porsche vehicle. If you think that’s too expensive, well, think again: All 25 are, predictably, spoken for.

Underneath the voluptuous body panels sit the remnants of a 993-generation 1995 Porsche 911 Cabriolet. The Speedster’s engine is still air-cooled, and it spins up to 7,800 rpm. The original 3.6-liter flat-six is punched

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