16th August 2026 – (Paris) Louis Vuitton and Singer Vehicle Design have unveiled a duo of Porsche 911s that fuse couture‑level craftsmanship with obsessive engineering. What began, according to Louis Vuitton watch director Jean Arnault, as a simple brief for a dashboard clock evolved into a ground‑up personalisation of not one but two cars—a coupé and a cabriolet—each comprehensively restored by Singer and dressed with Louis Vuitton’s signature materials and motifs.
Both builds start with the 964‑generation 911, stripped to their cores and rebuilt with carbon‑fibre bodywork, uprated running gear and six‑speed manual transmissions. The coupé, treated to Singer’s Classic specification, pairs a naturally aspirated, air‑cooled 4.0‑litre flat‑six producing 390 hp with a palette of saffron and cobalt‑blue that nods to Louis Vuitton heritage. Inside, Vuitton’s malletage diamond quilting—famously seen on its trunks—becomes a showpiece across the seating and trim, complemented by removable Tambour timepieces and upholstery referencing the maison’s VVT leather. Matching luggage spans tailored Bisten and Keepall pieces plus a helmet bag, while a roof rack carries custom skis and a hand‑made surfboard in oak‑and‑walnut marquetry bearing the LV monogram.
The cabriolet, shaped under Singer’s Classic Turbo programme, channels wooden speedboats with a detachable canopy, a limestone‑white exterior accented in gold, and a rear storage compartment as sculptural as it is practical. Inside, the analogue focus continues with a gear lever rising from a re‑imagining of the Noé handbag—drawstring and all—alongside a modular three‑piece trunk system that slots neatly beneath the bonnet. Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s women’s collections, lent his eye to the car’s form language, while Singer founder Rob Dickinson highlights how Vuitton’s patterns informed the interior architecture.
Each car arrives with its own Louis Vuitton capsule: think leather racing jacket, straight‑cut denim, footwear, eyewear, a Tambour Automatic watch and, for one specification, a suit cut from parachute silk. For Singer, chief strategy officer Mazen Fawaz calls the project a masterclass in 172 years of savoir‑faire; for Louis Vuitton, Arnault frames it as a meeting of shared values—travel, adventure and a relentless pursuit of craft—realised through meticulous attention to every last stitch and fastener.
On paper, it is a collaboration of logos. In metal, leather and wood, it reads as a seamless conversation between two houses that take precision personally—and proof that when fashion and performance truly align, each makes the other greater.
