Yahoo Autos This Weird Center-Steer 911 Lets You Pretend to Drive a McLaren F1 for Millions Less
Sometimes, modification can solve a car's fatal flaw–the Nissan 240SX, for example, left the factory with an underpowered four-cylinder, but a variety of engine swaps have unlocked its potential. Other times, modification answers a question no one was asking. This center-steer 911 is, needless to say, the latter.
This 911 Carrera S Cabriolet turned up for sale on Carfax in Georgia, where the seller is looking to get $53,491 for this, uh, unique creation. It has a little under 16,000 miles on the clock and all the modifications look very professionally done.
The Porsche Club of America once featured this car in a video, going in detail on how this conversion was engineered. Apparently, it was inspired by the three-seat McLaren F1, which famously sat driver and passengers in a Delta formation. This center-steer conversion took around 300 hours to complete, and amazingly, there's at least one other example in existence.
While center steering is a neat feature, one assumes it must have been extraordinarily complex to modify the steering to work properly. The 911 makes a good platform for this though, since the engine and gearbox are well behind the driver's seat. You couldn't do the same thing with a Miata, for example, since the transmission would be in the way.
A quick Kelly Blue Book check reveals that this 911 is priced similarly to other C2S Cabriolets of this vintage, so it's not like you're paying extra for the center steering. That said, we're not entirely sure why anyone would want this in the first place.
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