Bugatti Head of Design's Personal 911 Project - /DRIVEN
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- This week on DRIVEN we spend some time with Achim Anscheidt, Head of Design for Bugatti. Achim takes us for a drive around the streets of Berlin in his stripped down 911 while he shares his thoughts on minimalism in design and construction, and how he feels about personal design projects.
Wish you guys could revisit this and make it more detail and longer. Really intriguing!!
Yes, please!
@@simonparis8295 My goodness me !!! Achim's a man of many talents !!! WOW !!! :-)))))))))))))))))))) ...
We need more of this car.
the water painting thing was the most ingenious and most German thing I've ever heard
Keep coming back to this
TheKenister
I do believe this is my favorite custom SC. Timeless looks.
+TheKenister Same here mate. I have a black 66 912 I've nearly finished a resto on, yet a friend has a silver 78 SC I am thinking of buying. Ofcourse, I will have to sell my car, yet this car is the one I ALWAYS watch, as my ultimate Porsche is a Silver 911
Lot of sense spoken by that gentleman
Another beautiful 70s/80s body 911.....I was always fond of the mid 80s 911 with the accordion bumpers ..I had been to the New York Auto Show and back then car manufacturers gave away impressive brochures and Porsche was no exception.....I flipped through and studied it over and over....
This is one of the best, most intelligently thought out reworkings of a Porsche that I have ever seen. Absolutely beautiful, increased performance via major weight-loss of a car that already sparkles in pretty well any arena of road performance. :-)
I like his comment on the doing his fuchs. Using water to level the wheel line to tape it off for painting. Very smart.
that's called German engineering
DaMadBlaqDrumma Totally. Cannot wait to do that to my fuchs. They need refreshing.
930Scarlet Dipping was the way the original wheels were painted, but lowered into black paint.
Roger Hudson
Tape up the holes and fill the Fuch with paint. Poke a hole in the paint and let it drain out. Works great!
Christofer Johnson That is pretty cool. I would love to do this with my wheels.
not surprised of the eclectic 911 depicted here....it mirrors the owner..you can just tell this guy is so proud..so pleased of the results..and the biggest smile he gave was in reference to how he painted the rims..i wish they would interview this guy as he walk around the Bugatti design studio...
Excellent! I love his minimalist philosophy and how simple = a timeless classic
I just wish the video was longer and more detailed about what he removed from the car and why. Really refreshing to see a very simple car that's not only fun to drive but also iconic.and beautiful.
He ha a Deus Motorcycles shirt on! That is fantastic, his 911 absolutely has a cafe racer mentality to it as well. Just like Colin Chapman said "Simplify, then add lightness."
Great video and brilliant reasoning behind his project. Colin Chapman would be proud.
Love this video. Drive channel this was a high point of your channel.👍🏼
I always loved the look of bare, clear-coated composite/Kevlar/Carbon. I see the weave as a work of art when you look at it!
Wonder if he should have left the composite panels unpainted and painted the rest of the (non composite) car dark gray/black to match the panels. That said, I also love how they're hidden & it looks like a factory Porsche (the point I guess).
Always had a soft spot in my heart for old silver Porsches (Germany's official racing color)
I have seen this video like 1000000000000000 times n still love it even more each time what a incredible car n true art
Thank You Drive! This video has fueled my obsession of owning my own 911 and making it my very own. First Magnus Walker's "Urban Outlaw", then Jay Leno drives one of Mr. Walkers 911's, and now this video. I have been combing Craigslist for weeks trying to find the right fixer upper.
This is one of the most inspiring /drive segments I've ever watched, the driver so clearly loves that 911
Great video! As a Porsche fan, I would have liked to have seen the car being driven and the actual performance of the car! 800kgs is a massive change feom the original weight of the car which may have been closer to or more than the 1200-1300 kg mark? Just guessing. What about the glorious sound of that incredible flat six engine? I don't believe any Porsche should be featured without one of the most important aspects of the car that made it an icon..... that beautiful sounding and performing air-cooled flat six!! But thanks for sharing a well made interesting video!
Those panel gaps are so 👌🏻. That is incredibly hard on a backdate in general, but with the use of carbon/kevlar in lieu of steel (as one does), it's even more difficult. Props.
Love bugatti, they truely are the last word in detail and now i can see why, this guy knows cars, he's an enthusiast, and that's rare today i think.
Loving the eclectic mix of backdating the car with pre-74 bumpers, single chrome mirror, pepita seat upholstry, and the motorsport bits like the pedal box, gear linkage, steering wheel and kevlar body panels. A quintessential 911! seeing those velocity stacks i bet i goes like stink too!
I could really see this guy has a really fantastic perspective on cars. A true appreciation that is inspiring.
I UNDERSTAND THE CAR AND THE POINT OF THE CAR .. VERY NICE .
Where is the sound of the engine? As a car and motorcycle enthusiast, I think the sound of the engine is just as important as visuals of the car, I can't believe you guys put music in this video and no engine sound.
This is a great episode. Love this.
I had the exact same issues with the Fuchs wheels when doing a restoration for a relative of mine. Difficult to judge where to place the tape lines... It took me many hours to get the masking correct. Its interesting to see that other people found it difficult too!
Me too, I'm glad to hear what he said, what would have LOVED if this segment was longer.
FOUR MINS! Come one Drive! You'll give Chris (who I enjoy) 20mins sometimes, but the head designer for Bugatti 4 mins??
I love 911s. a beautiful car, a beautiful video! God bless you guys!!!
"I want the Porsche Bugatti designed."
I couldn't agree more. He kept it simple, yet very intelligent. :)
U-N-I-T-Y
wow this video is artsy. first thought it was a petrolicious video. nice details mentioned, cool guy, dark sounds, good editing. chapeau :)
It could be a bit more personal but an excellent build nonetheless. Those panels he described are really what make it, for me at least. I'm curious about the weight savings versus the steel panels.
The water line idea for painting is pretty brilliant! I'll be keeping this in mind for all sorts of stuff going forward.
it doesn’t work. everyone who’s tried it, realizes it’s just a goof & ½-interesting story.
@@grantroberts4231 Nonsense. Perhaps those who have failed at it.
@@MorningNapalm ham-handed at best. a total mess at worst.
@@grantroberts4231 I find it disappointing that just because you don't know anyone who made it work, you automatically think that this guy is lying. He is exceedingly competent in his field, and he spent two years one-on-one with one of the best Porsche gurus in the world perfecting this car, and you think he is just telling a lie. I don't even know what to say to you. Somewhere there is a line between people who can make this work, and people who cannot. We know which side you are on.
@@MorningNapalm so, once the H₂O is in there, how do you mark the line? with tape? nope, it will get wet. with a marker? nope, again, wet. this whole idea is silly. there are better, easier, faster ways to do this not the least of which is a laser level.
I've seen tons of 911's but i dont know what makes this one look so different, it almost looks 2012 modern. Loved it.
Since this is a 1981 Porsche, he probably has owned it since he was still in school. I know my first Corvette is still my favorite car, and I heavily modified it as well, so it's probably his 'special' car.
I have seen this video like 10 times. How German man, the simplistic design then the simplistic "hot roding" of this car. Amazing he has this car down to less than 1850 lbs can you imagine how responsible this thing is? Wow.
I agree, it reflects very much how I would love to hot-rod a Porsche myself. A man who's gone through the gamut of ultra sophisticated technology all the way to just stripping a lot of weight off an essentially stock 911. :-)
Please accept my sincerest apologies if I have offended you sir.
I meant no disrespect.
I too, admire your minimalist creation.
As I originally stated, I think your car is very cool.
Many people have a hard time separating their needs from their wants.
Getting things back to the bare minimum can be very enlightening.
I'm sure your creation, does just that.
indubitably. This is the quintessential porsche. Love it!
exactly! hear this man right here. we need a longer uncut vid.
just absolutely timeless beauty.
This is absolutely my ideal car.
The (inaudable) at 0.65 was 'karosserie', German, and some slavic languages, for bodywork.
He has found the essence of 911 and it's great, I wish I had Talbot mirrors.
Wow. 800 kg. Wow
lov2aclr8 Ahah.. This ^
820, but yes.
love the part about how he finally figured out doing the two tone wheel paint inset. very clever.
A world away from his day job. Great work.
Love the interior touch on this '81 SC backdate and similarities to the 991-991R!
Still coming back to watch this one.
This is the most intelligently hot-rodded car I have ever seen. Beautiful on an intellectual as well as on an aesthetic level. :-)
Great video, pretty cool how he can appreciate a stripped out, back-to-basics car after working on some of the most over the top cars in the world!
beautiful car. I've been scanning the online used car sites for a 1980's porche. I have zero mechanical skills and am overwhelmed at a fixer upper project. But the idea of a stripping down project where then engine and core systems are left intact is intriguing...
Also if you're interested to see what a person can do in their garage, Google "sv650 carbon fibre tank zoran". That follows the production of a carbon fibre motorcycle fuel tank. Cost of materials on that one was $350 (USD), and about 100 hours spent over 10 months. That includes making the plug, mould, and final part plus attaching fittings etc. It's not a quick process, but isn't that why they're called projects? To buy a CF tank would cost anywhere from $1,500 to $2,800.
No heater in Berlin...? That's tough.. everything else, I agree with. Perfect build.
Very cool, I like his philosophy about minimalism and personal touches.
Wow, very interesting to find that even the heads responsible of the most advanced and tech pack cars in the world need a little gateway to no fripperies minimalist design and feel. I hope he actually drives it regularly.
@Dan fredrikson. You are right about the wind resistance as a ratio of effort at those speeds. But a car is at it's least efficient when accelerating from low speeds where inertia and mechanical resistance are the main forces.
this car is beautiful, but mostly the philosophy behind this project is beautiful. strip out anything not necessary, concentrate on the basics. he is so right, it is a sign of our times, we now aim for a simpler world where only simple, essential and pure objects have space.
I like this guys point of view. Very well thought out car. A credit to the owner
He's so right. Simplicity is the new goal.
Please keep more videos like this coming! This was awesome. Thank you Drive!
That's why Bugatti is on top right now...
Amazing how the man who purveys one of, if not the most complicated car ever made, makes a simple back-to-basics car for himself. I think it would be amazing if Bugatti made anther model next to the Veyron that was just stripped down and basic, but absolutely perfect in its craftsmanship and dynamics. The goal being, THE best street-legal driver's car sold in the world, ever. They're Bugatti, they can charge whatever they want to fund that. I might actually like Bugatti if they did that.
love the fact that his minimalistic approach to his 911 is the complete opposite to a bugatti veyron/chiron
I wasn't expecting that spec of a car... Awesome 911. Superbly executed.
it doesn't really mean bodywork in this context, the "Karosserie" is the actual body of the car.
Beautiful, cannot express more than that.
This car is so beautiful while still being so bare-bones. I love it.
I want one...
The quality of this video is outstanding! Beautiful car, beautiful video.
I love the arial camera work....... Thumbs up for the copters!!!
please, longer! More details! great 'documentary', but I would watch the 2 hour version also.
Great attitude to evolution and development of a personal 911, Now, where can I get those Kevlar panels he speaks of?
Its a wonderful expression of a 911 ethos, I've a '76 911 2.7 which hasn't been on the road for years. I will need a full restoration and rebuild always made easier by ditching the old and bringing in the new, would like to efi the engine too. Lighter and more power, He's damn near current 911 power to weight ratio's
that deus ex machina tee is the cherry on top!! freakin essence of awesome!!
THAT'S MAGNUS WALKER! (& one of his custom, lightened, "pure" 911s). Very similar to what Achim Anscheidt did.
Also check out Jay Leno's Garage, where he stopped by with one of his "special" 911s a few weeks ago.
very good...Would be a lovely weekender.
He says "doesnt cost the world" but this is relative
great video
driven is such a fantastic show ,keep up the great work guy.
Finally, some minimalism. Sometimes I feel like there's hope for lightweight, "If it doesn't need it to in order to run, it's not here" type cars. That's what makes ATV's so great. Unfortunately, ATV riders seem to be over-ambitious in their technique.
The older porsches just so much more of a driving piece of art. The newer ones I just dont get that feeling. Newer ones to me just sound different too, Ive driven a lot of porsches new and old. 1968-1982 are the best years for me at least.
Old 911s will never get old.
remarkable approach to such an awesome yet simplistic 911. Sleeper for sure.
As much as I love how he described painting or finding the perfect paint line on the Fuchs, I was never a big fan. Imagine a set of custom steel wheels with hubcaps. Makes it even more of a sleeper! (and period correct).
My plan (when I have the money) is to polish the areas that are painted black & leave the raised areas "brushed" or "satin" looking. The polished areas would match any chrome (engine grill, window surrounds, mirrors & other minor trim).
There's no other black on his 911.
Who the hell dislikes a beauty like this?
"Approaches that don't cost the world". Haha, yeah like replacing most of the panels with kevlar units? I don't think so :)
Anyway, kevlar panels aside, this car has a lovely philosophy behind it I think. I have a nice copy of an RSL, but this film has inspired me to make it even lighter and tighter!
Beautiful 911. So simple and elegant.
way too short
Its still being built. I'm a fluid engineer in the oil and gas industry so I don't have much time to work on it, but when I do, its me and usually nobody else. I'd say 80-20 me-vs-other people.That 20% is machine shop work, or getting taught something by others. Anyone can twist a wrench, that is easy. I degreed my own cams, made some successful how-to video's too. No matter how great you think you are, you will need help. Soon I will be calling Brewed Motorsports to teach me to tune.
911s are amazingly smooth underneath already. The BEV drive-train is a silly idea in a car designed specifically with lightness in mind and good luck finding the space for batteries in such a tiny car.
Didn't think of that, that he may of changed the weight distribution and thus, handling. Then again, the steel body panels he replaced, were replaced with kevlar composite (should be stronger than steel). He also changed the doors, rear "hood" (bonnet for U Brits), windows are thinner and/or plastic now, sound deadening, carpets, even heater removed. So when you get down to it, I don't know if the weight distribution has really changed. But overall, it's definitely lighter & I WANT IT!
You know porsche is the best when bugatti design has to have one! Ive always said if i could have any car in the world porsche 911GT2! Ever since i was 13 and my best friend/my uncle bought his brand new black on black 911 non turbo but it had the whail tail. Ever since and im 39 now my love has never changed for either the car or my uncle who passed away 4 years ago to als i lost one of my best friends in the world but not the love for porsches! 930 or 911 to be exact! That was like a 72,000 dollar car back then! Amagin that! I drive a bmw 325 xi competion model for now . but some day i hope to have my own 911!
More footage of it actually being driven... the noise, the handling... anything! Please!
I love the architecture but wanted to see a 911 custom!!!
Keep it up and make it 30 min long.
I could keep learning about this 911 all day.
JG, glad to see Driven again.
But I hope we will see Alex Roy again soon. Will Live and Let Drive be back for season 3? Will Mr. Roy be making any guest appearances in season 2?
all these people are so interesting and inspiring
That´s right, Christopher Kippenberger did his magic on this video.
nice Deus ex Machina tee shirt. Definitely earns some 'spect points there... oh yeh and the car is amazing.
The perfect example of less is more. Makes me want to go out to the garage and pull parts off the jag.
Waauw, I've watched a lot of videos on the Drive channel, but this has got to be the first one I favourited, to me this is meaning something! (:
@Buttnutt105 SC's are an excellent choice for a base car. I just had one shipped from California to Detroit, the car's condition is incredible. Good luck.
Fantastic classic updated to current times, drive this 911 can be amazing sure.
That is one clean 911.
Can't decide which 911 I would try and build if I had the means. It's either gonna one like this, a 964 backdated to a '71-'73 T or S, or do a straight SWB 911R build from a '67 or '68.
That's what Lotus is (I mean was).
The philosophy of many companies used to be, light/lower weight = speed.
But, in addition to government regulations, which add of weight, people are expecting and wanting things like sat-nav and lots of "gizmos" which add weight.
For years I've said/believed there's a market for a back to basics, minimal "gizmo"/electronics vehicle.
If U want new minimalism, I guess the Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ is the closest you can get? Even the Miata has gotten heavy.
Such a nice thing to see a car under 1000kg that should feel like a riot to drive