Singer Headlines The 2026 Goodwood Festival Of Speed As Its Central Feature

Being handed the Central Feature is a significant honor, since the sculpture on the lawn in front of Goodwood House is effectively the centerpiece of the entire festival. Singer has become a Goodwood regular over the past decade, and founder Rob Dickinson noted that the company "has grown up at Goodwood, which has become a second home to us." This year marks its eleventh appearance at the event, having first been invited in 2015, and the brand used the platform to show the breadth of its work restoring and reimagining the Porsche 911.

A sculpture built around three 911s

The heart of the display is a new work from acclaimed artist Gerry Judah, created to celebrate Singer's influence on the car world. Mounted on the sculpture are three reimagined 911s that represent Singer's Classic, Classic Turbo, and DLS restoration services, a neat summary of how the company's craft has evolved. The installation serves as the focal point for a daily celebration across the four-day event, which runs Thursday through Sunday.

Cars spread across the grounds

Singer's presence reaches well beyond the sculpture. A dedicated stand in front of the Stable Yard features five more cars tracing the company's evolution, spanning its Classic, DLS, Classic Turbo, and DLS Turbo services. Taking pride of place at the front of that display is the first slantnose 911 reimagined by Singer, making its public debut, a nod to one of the most distinctive shapes in air-cooled Porsche history.

Three additional cars appear in the Supercar Paddock, including a reimagined 911 Carrera Coupe and two examples built through Singer's DLS Turbo services, all of which tackle the famous Goodwood Hillclimb across the four days. Once a day, cars from the stand and the paddock gather beneath the sculpture, joined by privately owned Singer cars brought along by their owners.

From one restoration to a movement

Founded in California in 2009, Singer built its reputation on a philosophy it sums up as a relentless pursuit of excellence, working with owners of air-cooled 911s to create deeply personalized restorations. The company has steadily expanded its offerings, introducing its engineering-intensive DLS services in 2018, Classic Turbo in 2022, and DLS Turbo in 2023, before adding the reimagined Carrera Coupe in 2025 and the Carrera Cabriolet in 2026. Its cars are the product of teams in both California and the UK.

Why it matters

Landing the Central Feature role is recognition of the outsized cultural influence Singer has had on the restomod world, and of the enduring pull of the 911 itself. For a company that reworks an existing icon rather than building its own car from scratch, headlining the biggest celebration of the automobile in the world is a remarkable statement of how far the craft of restoration has come. Singer is careful to note it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Porsche, but its presence at Goodwood shows just how central its work has become to modern car culture.

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