A Porsche fit for the dark lord

Although one wouldn’t imagine Lord Commander Vader to drive around the Death Star in one of these vehicles (keen Star Wars fans would even point out that none of the vehicles in Star Wars even have tires to begin with), this Custom 60′ Porsche 356 RSR seems to perfectly capture Darth Vader’s inner spirit, with its matte-black bodywork and Vader-esque trims on the front as well as the back.

The Vadermobile (sounds like an apt name, no?) was the result of a 4 year project of reimagining a Porsche 1960 356B T5 coupe, by adding hand-formed removable aluminium tail and nose details that take heavy inspiration from the Dark Lord’s black suit, along with a one-piece aluminium hood with an oil cooler air outlet, and stainless mesh grills for the cooling ducts, giving the car it’s signature dark-side appeal. The car’s paint job is bespoke too, a matte finish that Emory calls Meteorite Matte Metallic.

On the inside, the custom automobile holds a 393 horsepower Emory-Rothsport twin-turbo Outlaw-4 engine, an 18-gallon fuel safe fuel cell, and a Radium PCST fuel delivery system. The interiors are a testament to the designers’ love of MOMO products, with the brand’s steering wheel, harnesses, and even custom seats, modelled after the 911 RSR, wrapped in flame-retardant Spanish Red Veltex fabric, complete with embroidered MOMO logos.

Emory Motorsports debuted the Vader-inspired Porsche 356 RSR at Luftgekühlt in Los Angeles last month, and just like Lord Commander Vader himself, this automobile is one of a kind!

Designer: Rod Emory of Emory Motorsports

Vintage on the outside, Wattage on the inside!

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There’s a lot that the Outlaw Tracker bike achieves in terms of being different. Firstly, its styling sets it apart, at the crux of a motorbike and a pedal-bike… and that’s a good thing too, since The Outlaw Tracker is an electric bike. With pedals on the outside, and a 3,000-watt hub motor on the inside, the bicycle can hit speeds of 36 mph (in Race Mode… It goes up to 20 mph when driven in its Street Mode). A 702 watt-hour battery sits at the very center, the heart of the bike, supplying it with power, while acting as a heat sink, but more importantly, giving it a certain gravitas as well as visual mass.

The styling of the Outlaw Tracker however is something to write home about. Embodying an aesthetic that is very reminiscent of vintage cars, the bike looks like it has the soul of a WWII-era Porsche. However, the motorcycle style inverted-form suspension gives it a different persona… making it a one-of-a-kind car-inspired, motorcycle-esque, electric bike! (Only 50 units of the Outlaw Tracker bikes will be produced, so maybe not literally one-of-a-kind, but definitely a rare piece indeed!)

Designers: Vintage Electric & Emory Motorsports.

Buy from Vintage Electric: $6,995

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