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RWB 997 Porsche 911 Is the First Water-Cooled Rauh-Welt Begriff

Porsche, along with an important part of the automotive world, might think that the 911 has the perfect sportscar shape, which is why Zuffenhausen hasn't changed this too much for well over five decades. However, there are also Porschephiles who think the Neunelfer's appearance can be improved, with one of the most famous being Akira Nakai, the gear head behind Rauh-Welt Begriff widebody kits.
RWB 997 Porsche 911 1 photo
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Well, RWB is now moving into a new era - so far, the Japanese specialist only gifted air-cooled 911s with its fat fenders, but the company has started working on its first water-cooled project.

To be more precise, RWB recently shaded a photo of a 997 (the model from two generations ago) on its Instagram account. As you'll be able to notice in the post at the bottom of the page, work on the car has just begun, but we're expecting the final product to be shocking - this seems to be a non-S Carrera Cabriolet.

Of course, this has implications that spread beyond the visual level. For one thing, bring 997s into the Rauh-Welt Begriff club means stepping up the financial game, since these more recent toys can get more expensive than many of the air-cooled models the label touched so far.

As those of you who are familiar to the RWB modus operandi know, Akira Nakai mostly runs the business as a one-man show, traveling around the world and installing these kits on each car.

This also helps create RWB communities, be they virtual or from the real world and the fresh arrival also means these groups will grow even further.

The sixth-generation Neunelfer market had already been touched by other widebody developers, with the most important being another Japanese label. We're referring to Wataru Kato's Liberty Walk.

And we can't wait to see how the two famous aficionados' styles compare once the first RWB 997 is complete.

 

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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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