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24 Top six modified 911s: CSR
The CSR
philosophy
“We have a lot of CSR owners wanting a fast
road car, if they’re going to a track they’ll hire
something instead,” says RPM Technik’s Greig
Daly. Focusing on just the 996 and 997 series,
Daly admits that they’re the sweet spot for
CSR conversion, because they’re a good deal
simpler than the 991 that followed it, and
they’re also the perfect size. Many customers
are coming from newer 911s, or out of more
extreme GT3 and GT3 RS models, as well as
other brands’ sports cars, admits Daly. The
CSR delivers more puristic driving, yet they’re
bought to be used.
There’s a great deal of appeal in owning a
car that you’ve been able to specify to your
exact needs. Daly says some buyers are fed
up jumping through hoops to get GT cars
new from dealers, and are enjoying the whole
journey of creating their own CSR with RPM.
With plenty of 996 and 997s out there, there’s
no shortage of cars to convert, and they’re of
an age and proliferation that taking them away
from stock specification isn’t something that
anyone is going to worry about either.
Daly suggests that the CSRs it builds are
in many ways continuing the old clubman
tradition of 911 customers buying cars, then
enhancing them accordingly, to suit their
individual needs. And ‘CSR’? Daly admits it’s
not really got a meaning, early on saying it
was something along the lines of Club Sport
RPM, but it’s evolved from that, becoming
an interesting sub-brand that’s got real
substance and appeal.