Porsche 964 Turbo Junior electric replica: price, specs and range

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This is not an $8,800 Porsche — it’s something far stranger: a fully electric replica of the 964 Turbo, just 2.2 meters long, built to fit an adult driver up to 190 cm tall. Shanghai’s End of S.T.A.Y. Automotive & Art Studio builds these to order and calls them Junior Cars — roughly half-scale interpretations of automotive classics.

The 964 Turbo Junior currently on sale has more modest numbers than the flashiest figures floating around online. The official spec sheet lists a weight of 110 kg, a payload capacity of 300 kg, a rear-engine layout, a 2.5 kW electric motor and a range of 35–50 km. Top speed is 80 km/h (50 mph), and charging from a standard outlet takes about seven hours. It comes with an adjustable seat, LED lights, an engine sound simulator and a hydraulic handbrake for kicking the rear end into a slide.

The base price for the 964 Turbo Junior is currently $8,800. The car shouldn’t be confused with an official Porsche product: End of S.T.A.Y. describes it as its own “tribute” to the 964, and buyers can choose the color and other finishing details individually.

The most interesting part of the story is the more powerful versions Larry Chen has shown off. An earlier post featuring his commentary showed a white version rated at 35 hp, capable of around 71 mph (114 km/h). There’s also a top-spec 75-hp configuration that tops out at 140 km/h (87 mph).

This is where the miniature body stops being just a fun-looking prop. Even the standard car has adjustable suspension, disc brakes and a handbrake, and it’s built with an adult driver in mind. The maker explicitly recommends go-kart tracks, closed roads or empty lots for both the 964 Junior and the AE86 Junior, and advises wearing a helmet. Owning one doesn’t grant access to public roads — local rules still apply.

End of S.T.A.Y. started out in Shanghai as an automotive art studio founded by an aerospace engineer and a multimedia artist. Besides the 964, it also builds scaled-down AE86 and Defender replicas, treating cars more like mechanical art pieces than cheap stand-ins for the real thing.

That’s exactly why the price doesn’t look as paradoxical as it seems: for roughly $8,800, a buyer isn’t getting a “cheap Porsche” — they’re getting a custom-built electric kart wearing the body of a recognizable 964. And the $13,000 that autoevolution cites for the extreme configuration belongs to an entirely different category of grown-up toys.