A legend has been revived in this Porsche 904 restomod with a bespoke air-cooled V8
Published on Oct 03, 2025 at 4:50 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Oct 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
A company called Aerfal Automotive just unveiled a restomod based on the Porsche 904, aka Porsche Carrera GTS.
Like most restomods, the Aerfal is a fruit salad of components sourced from different supercars.
The chassis, for example, comes from a completely different model.
But there’s a very good reason for that.
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Here’s why Aerfal decided to use the Porsche 914 chassis
Aerfal Automotive teamed up with some industry giants, including Tuthill, to create a restomod inspired by the 904, which was sold as Porsche Carrera GTS due to a naming dispute with Peugeot.
Interestingly, the vehicle will be based on the Porsche 914.
They haven’t revealed their reasoning for this, but there is one that stands out as most likely.
Presumably this decision was made because the 904 is rare and very expensive, whereas the 914 (with a few exceptions) is bit easier to find.
As for the engine, Aerfal opted for a 4.0-liter flat-eight with over 400 horsepower.
It will also be an air-cooled engine, which is a nice touch and very faithful to the original.
The catch is we don’t know how much this will cost.
Ordinarily, restomods are quite a bit more expensive than the car they’re based on, but we don’t know whether that’s going to be the case here.
Mostly because an original Porsche 904 costs at least seven figures.
The reason why the car has two names
Some people may not know that the 911 was initially supposed to be called the 901.
But back in the 1960s, when Porsche created the 911, the German brand had a clash with Peugeot.
The problem was that Peugeot had trademarked pretty much all three-digit numbers that had the number 0 in the middle, including 901 and 904.
That’s why the 901 became the 911 and the 904 became the Carrera GTS.
Interestingly, Porsche was still allowed to use some of those numbers for some of its track-only vehicles, such as the 907, 908 and 909, because Peugeot’s trademarks only applied to road-going models.
