Ruf is bringing back old school

[stealthn]

With new tech, want real bad!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLNX_Q4NR84&sns=em

[onewhippedpuppy]

I'll take one of each!

In all seriousness, you have to think they are angling for a share of the Singer business.

[aigel]

I was going to say - these cars run circles around that overpriced backdate ...

This type of stuff only will propel air cooled prices higher and higher ...

Note that the only long hood is the original RS ...

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[quattrorunner]

Holy crap

[Ferraripete]

so much win it is ridiculous!!! good on ya ruf!!!

[stealthn]

I understand they are a Porsche "tuner" but if they are building the complete body, aren't they knocking off Porsche?

[quattrorunner]

They are a manufacturer.

[stealthn]

Yes but they don't manfacture Porsches, they retrofit them. This is a revival of an old model, i guess there's no harm in that...

[VincentVega]

wow, nothing against Singer but Ruf has raised the bar.

[Geronimo '74]

Singer has never even been near the bar that Ruf set with the Yellowbird, IMO.

[Arizona_928]

^^^
Singer to RUF is apples to oranges.

[Eric Coffey]

Originally Posted by stealthn

Yes but they don't manfacture Porsches, they retrofit them...

They do both, and have been a manufacturer for a long time.
Back in the day, they would use bare p-car bodies directly from Porsche to build their cars (I'm sure they do a lot more in-house manufacturing these days).
If you buy a factory Ruf car, it will have a Ruf VIN.

[look 171]

Dang man, I had to watch that twice. They are a heck of a lot more collectible then Singer's. How much for one of those you think? I really like the gray and orange one.

[Holger]

Very cool!


But: Henry Catchpole, get a haircut! Brrrrr ...

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by AZ_porschekid

^^^
Singer to RUF is apples to oranges.

Agreed, really two completely different approaches, both special in their own way.

[VFR750]

^ +1. No need to pick on Singer. Singers are so nice.

The long wheelbase orange wasserpumper is pretty intriguing. The added 7cm shows up in the side view and looks so subtle. Excellent job. I think that one needs to be mine.

[dave 911]

Hot Damn. How many of you guys that were teenagers in the '70's drooled over the RUFs in Road and Track like me?

I gotta say tho my favorite car in the video was the restored barn find RS. . . .

[javadog]

Originally Posted by Eric Coffey

They do both, and have been a manufacturer for a long time.
Back in the day, they would use bare p-car bodies directly from Porsche to build their cars (I'm sure they do a lot more in-house manufacturing these days).
If you buy a factory Ruf car, it will have a Ruf VIN.

That's not entirely accurate, although that's the impression we got from reading articles in the media about their cars back in the 80's and 90's. They used bodies that already had Porsche VIN numbers and crossed those numbers out, then re-stamped a new number adjacent to it.

They do make a complete car now that is all their own. The rest start out as Porsches.

JR

[GH85Carrera]

No Singer has hit 200 MPH. The 200+ top speed of the RUF point out a big difference in HP. Top speed is certainly not a most important part of the measure of a car, but it points out the potential for power to weight ratio which is indeed a major performance point of any car.

Nothing at all against the Singer. It is a fabulous car. But it is not the same league as RUF.

I suspect when one goes to the state DMV to get a tag for their new Singer it is titled as a 1989 911. The RUF is titled as a new RUF.

[CJFusco]

Originally Posted by stealthn

I understand they are a Porsche "tuner" but if they are building the complete body, aren't they knocking off Porsche?

IIRC, they are not only considered a separate manufacturer, but Porsche has given Ruf its blessing to modify Porsche cars and sell them as Ruf-Porsches. So it's all good!