Watch A Singer ACS Get Driven Hard

A video recently uploaded to the internet helps us vicariously live out the fantasy of driving a Singer ACS hard on an off-road course. After all, that’s what the All-terrain Competition Study (ACS) was designed to do, just like Porsche’s rally 911s have been ripping down trails at high speeds for decades.

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The 911 Safari as reimagined by Singer is no performance slouch. After all, in the rear is a twin-turbo 3.6-liter flat-six pushing 450-horsepower and 420 lb.-ft. of torque. That’s channeled to the rear wheels through a five-speed sequential race transmission and three differentials – in other words, this thing wasn’t made for just cruising the suburbs.

There’s also a full roll cage, racing seats, and eight suspension dampers that are five-way adjustable. That means you can dial things in for whatever terrain you dare to take on at speed.

Because it was built for off-roading first and foremost, the Singer ACS comes with all-terrain tires. Just like a trophy truck or other trail racers, it comes with two spare tires.

All of those performance capabilities are brought to bear in this footage and it’s awesome to see. The Singer ACS gets flogged and filthy, flames shooting out the exhaust periodically. It even catches some air.

This footage was recorded and shared to YouTube by Joe Macari, a high-end dealership in London that specializes in collector cars. We’re glad someone had the guts to really flog a Singer ACS in dirty off-road conditions, using the thing as it was designed instead of just keeping it safe in a garage, maybe even in a preservation bubble.

After all, cars were made to be driven, not parked and admired like they’re a sculpture or painting. While it’s true that people are free to do with their own vehicles as they wish, we’re also free to criticize when vehicles are garaged, trailered, and virtually never used as intended – it’s a real shame.  

Image via joemacari/YouTube