The Forgotten Porsche 911 Carrera RS N/GT

The Porsche 911 has become many things over the years. Faster, wider, more capable but also much more complicated. Drive a modern 911 and you’ll be blown away by what it can do, but you’ll never mistake it for a simple car. The amount of adjustments and settings you can change nowadays requires a manual the size of a dictionary.

In the early nineties this was quite the opposite. Especially when Porsche introduced the 964 Carrera RS N/GT. I found this very special car during the Techno Classica Salon in Germany this year.

No touchscreens, no driver modes, no excuses. Just less weight, more noise, and a flat-six hanging out the back. The RS N/GT wasn’t created to be a collector’s item. It was essentially a road-going version of the 964 Carrera Cup racer, built for people who wanted something as close to a race car as possible without needing a trailer. Porsche produced just 290 examples, making it one of the rarest and most desirable air-cooled RS models today.

Gallery: Evolve x Rennstil BMW Takeover

Community building, Evolve Automotive style: take over a BMW dealership with Rennstil.

On paper, it sounds pretty straightforward. Get a dealer to hand over the showroom for a day, move in a bunch of your own cars, invite some friends, and you’re done. The reality is a lot harder. It takes months of planning, plenty of favours, and knowing the right people to make it happen.

That’s where Imran Arshad comes in. As the man behind Evolve Automotive, he’s built a network most enthusiasts can only dream of. Spend a minute on his Instagram and you’ll see two things: he’s obsessed with BMWs, and he seems to know everyone in the scene. Those connections have helped Evolve do things few others can. After three years of taking over BMW Park Lane’s showroom in the UK, the team started looking further afield. The Netherlands was first in 2024. This year, Rennstil joined the party for a takeover at BMW Procar in Wuppertal, Germany.

Found: Ellen Lohr’s 1993 Mercedes 190E DTM

During a recent visit to the LOH Collection in Germany I saw this Mercedes-Benz 190E in a silver Berlin 2000 olympic games livery. It sat there among the other competition machinery, but more on that later. This 190E was raced by Ellen Lohr in the 1993 DTM season. It was still recognisably the 190E everybody knows, but underneath it was already evolving into a Class 1 car as Mercedes adapted to the new regulations.

Lohr drove this #2 AMG-Mercedes entered under the Berlin 2000 Olympic bid programme. By then the 190E had already established itself as one of the cars that defined DTM, but 1993 was really the beginning of a different era. Alfa Romeo had arrived with the technologically advanced 155 V6 TI, forcing Mercedes to push the ageing W201 platform further than ever before.

Seeing the car in person makes you appreciate just how extreme these late 190Es had become. The double rear wing, widened arches and purposeful stance leave no doubt about its intentions. It may have started life as a compact executive saloon, but by 1993 it had evolved into a pure racing machine.

BMW 1M With GT3 V8 Engine Swap

There are plenty of extreme engine swaps, but very few that fundamentally change what a car is. This BMW 1M does exactly that, because at its core sits an engine that was never meant for a road car. Under the hood sits a P65B44 V8 that came straight from a BMW Z4 GT3. A race engine designed for endurance competition, not a road registered BMW 1M.

During Bimmerfest 2026 I finally got to see this 1M and take a closer look at this machine built by my good friends at Evolve Automotive. The car was in between two other heavyweights on the GP Products stand. If you want to see more of the cars beside it I urge you take a look in my Gallery post I posted earlier this week.

Making a GT3 engine function in a compact road car required more than fabrication skill. The original dry sump system, perfect for circuit racing, had to be abandoned in favour of a custom wet sump solution to work with the right-hand-drive layout. Rather than chasing race authenticity at all costs, the focus shifted to making the engine usable. The race intake was replaced by an Eventuri carbon system, while a Supersprint exhaust and Akrapovič rear section deliver a sound that’s unmistakably motorsport.

Gallery: Bimmerfest 2026 BMW Gathering

Bimmerfest is one of those events that does not need an introduction. Yet every year, it somehow manages to feel different. Maybe it’s the mix of cars, maybe it’s the people, or maybe it’s just the unpredictability that comes with spending a full day on the steep banking of Raceway Venray.

This year was no exception. Rolling into Venray with a camera in hand (and realistically, shoes that could handle that incline), it didn’t take long before the paddock filled up with everything the BMW world has to offer. From spotless classics to aggressively modified M cars and everything in between, the variety once again made it impossible to stand still for long.

Squadra Bianca Spirit: A Giulia Super 1.3

The Alfa Romeo Giulia has always been more than just a beautifully proportioned Italian saloon. When it debuted in the early 1960s, it set a new benchmark with its lightweight construction, surprisingly advanced aerodynamics, and the now-legendary twin-cam four-cylinder engine that gave even the smaller-engined cars a properly spirited character.

The 1.3-litre Super embodies that philosophy perfectly, compact, responsive, and built for drivers. Its motorsport pedigree runs just as deep. Across various touring car series, the Giulia proved itself as a giant killer, and championships like Squadra Bianca. An all-Alfa touring car class built around Giulia models only reinforced its reputation as a true driver’s car.

Vorsteiner G87 M2 at Bimmerfest Europe 2026

Bimmerfest Europe is one of those events where I’m always surprised at the amount of cars. But there are always cars that stand out between the usual crowd of modified Bavarians. Walking past the rows of G-series M cars, something about this G87 M2 just felt… different. It wasn’t shouting for attention, but the color and stance pulled me in. I ended up having a chat with the owner, Nigel, who had driven all the way from the UK to be at Bimmerfest.

The car itself is a 2023 BMW M2, built by Regal Autosport in Southampton. What really sets it apart is the full Vorsteiner VRS carbon fibre aero kit. Fitted by Kustom Kolors in Christchurch and imported from California in 2024, this could very well be the only fully VRS-kitted G87 in Europe right now.

Mercedes Group C Legends at Ultrace Germany

Ultrace Germany wasn’t your typical car show. It blended car culture with museum pieces. One of the brands that stole the spotlight was Mercedes-Benz. They brought some of its Group C legends to Düsseldorf.

Under club lights and industrial backdrops stood machines built for Le Mans. The Sauber‑Mercedes C9 and C11 took center stage. They shared space with rarities like the C112 concept and the never‑raced C292.

Seeing these cars outside a museum felt surreal. Ultrace Germany turned endurance racing icons into living objects again. For one weekend, Group C was no longer history.