This is not a Porsche 911.
The Ruf SCR is a carbon-fiber creation from Germany’s Ruf Automobile made from the ground up to look like a 911. It’s not only better to drive than the Porsche but also one of the finest driver’s cars on sale today.will be familiar with Ruf. In our July 1987 top-speed shootout, a Ruf CTR—nicknamed “Yellow Bird” by our staff—posted a 211-mph run that trounced the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche itself. But that’s not where the story begins.
In 2018, almost exactly 40 years after the introduction of that first SCR, Ruf unveiled a new one at the Geneva Motor Show. This one, finished in a coat of Irish green like its forebearer, was a distinctly more involved engineering exercise. The company would build the SCR on an all-new carbon-fiber chassis, like the latest CTR introduced a year earlier. Ruf wanted to make a lighter 911 body out of aluminum, but it was too complicated to build and, by his estimation, still too heavy.
The Ruf-engineered electrohydraulic power steering is beautifully transparent, wriggling in the hands like you’d expect from an old 911. The perfect thin-rimmed steering wheel encourages you to steer with your fingertips. Then there’s the familiar thrum of that flat-six. Aside from a heavy clutch, the new car isn’t difficult to drive. The SCR is just as usable as any 911, but its true character emerges when you find a quiet, twisty road.
Typical of a carbon car, it’s pretty boomy inside until you let the engine rip. This 4.0-liter has the burly character of the old Mezger, with the usual cabin-filling blare, but it screams like a new GT3 as you approach the 8750-rpm redline. What this engine does from 5000 rpm to the 8270-rpm power peak and beyond is unforgettable. It’s ferocious yet linear.
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