Kalmar 7-97 RS-R Evo

911 Dakar a bit too much style and not enough substance for you? Then this restomod from Kalmar could be the go-anywhere Porsche you’re looking for

YOUSUF ASHRAF

‘WE HAD CUSTOMERS WHO DID SAFARI tours with us and said, “We want the coolest car possible for this, and we don’t care what it costs,”’ says Jan Kalmar, founder of Kalmar Automotive. ‘That’s how the 7-97 RS-R came about.’ The cost is indeed quite a lot – around half a million pounds – but having driven the RS-R on an ice track in northern Finland, we can confirm that it delivers a lot of fun, too. Think the essential analogue driving dynamics of a classic 911 mixed with the huge roll angles and grin factor of an Ariel Nomad. Is there room for another Porsche restomod company to squeeze in next to the likes of Singer, Tuthill and Theon? Kalmar thinks so. The Danish firm was founded in 2018,…

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