935 reborn: Gunther Werks aims the 1067-hp F-26 at the Goodwood hill

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California's Gunther Werks is bringing the extreme F-26 — a modern reimagining of the Porsche 911 Slantnose — to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The project is built on the 993-generation 911 and draws on the racing Porsche 935 of the late 1970s.

Production is capped at 26 cars, a figure echoed in the F-26 name. Autocar puts the price of each at roughly £1.2 million (€1.4 million). The car gets a carbon body, aggressive aerodynamics and fighter-jet-inspired styling.

The heart of it is the hardware. Behind the rear axle sits a 4.0-litre air-cooled twin-turbo flat-six. It makes 1067 hp and around 1017 Nm, sent to the rear wheels through a reinforced six-speed manual and a limited-slip differential.

Dry weight is just 1225 kg, so the power-to-weight ratio looks almost race-spec. At Goodwood the car will be driven by former Formula 1 and NASCAR racer Scott Speed. Gunther Werks is chasing a class win, likely among road-going production cars. The outright hill record still belongs to the electric McMurtry Spéirling, which covered the distance in 39.08 seconds in 2022.