Although Vittorio Strosek started his company Strosek Auto Design with a series of designs for the Porsche 928, the 911 was not overlooked; this article deals with the second stage of Strosek's idea for the "real Porsche"; with the introduction of the 964 model of the Porsche 911 in 1989 Strosek was at it right away with updates for the new model.

This rather mild looking 911 (964) is a 1990 Strosek conversion called the Version II for the 911 Carrera 2/4. It includes all road new bumpers and skirts, modified rear fenders and 17" 5-spoke wheels by OZ from Italy.

The Geneva Auto Salon of 1990 saw the introduction of the Strosek Mega, a full Strosek bodykit with a slantnose that featured Bosch PES headlights, by then a Strosek fixture.

A very interesting combo of a Strosek and a TechArt 911 (964) convertible.... actually these are two TechArt 911s; though exterior modifications are easily recognizable as TechArt (left) and Strosek Mega (right) both cars have a very similar, very expensive custom TechArt interior.

An interesting 1992 Strosek magazine-ad displaying the Strosek RS wheel made by BBS fitted on a Strosek Mega. The Strosek RS must not have been all that popular because period Strosek catalogues don't even mention it and have no cars fitted with them.....

One of the specials Strosek designed on the Porsche 964 platform was the 1991 Strosek Aera based on the Porsche 911 Targa. What Strosek did with this Aera design was to swap the factory Targa-part from Porsche, the rear window together with the roll bar, for a Strosek designed smooth and much longer Targa roll bar with a small straigt windown that significantly reduces the glass surface (and the accompanying cabin heating) of the 911 Targa and also gives the 964 a much more modern look. This time the car is fitted with Strosek's own 5-hole wheels in 18" and painted in a very Porsche Maritime Blue.

Another Strosek 964 special was this Strosek Mega S based on the 911 Carrera 2/4 convertible which introduced Porsche 928 / 968 pop-up head lights into a slanted nose to the 964-generation; something Porsche would do only two years later with the special Porsche 911 Turbo S Flachbau. Not many were made this way because basically Strosek outdated the look with the far more futuristic looking poli-elipsoid nose of the Mega (which was actually introduced the year prior), the defining look for the Strosek 964. Introduced at the 1991 IAA in Frankfurt, together with the new Strosek five-hole wheel design, it was something different, but not lasting... it was also very reminiscent of Porsche-tuners of the late 70s and early 80s like Buchmann and Rinspeed who created something similar, combining the 911 with the 928.

Text: copyright Bram Corts

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