Kalmar Automotive’s mission is to create the perfect Porsches for ‘nerds’ and push the limits, making 911s into everything from rally cars to hypercars.
Making it in the restomod business isn’t as easy as some may think. Everyone has had the same bright idea of rebuilding and upgrading a classic, usually a Porsche 911, and charging some ungodly sum of money for it. But, somehow, Jan Kalmar has found himself a space to squeeze into, and Kalmar Automotive is gathering steam and getting more ambitious by the day. What began in 2018 as a company offering fettled, restored 964s is now on the brink of launching a hypercar, to sit next to a range of extensively re-engineered 911 road and safari cars, some costing upwards of half a million pounds.
Speaking to Kalmar, you begin to understand why his world moves at such pace. He’s as far from a polished, PR-trained company boss as you can get – zero fluff, no filter, straight to business. ‘I set out to make a classic 911 with a modern feel. We took that project way further than anyone expected… then I thought f*** it, let’s do it [build a hypercar].’
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