In early January, we reviewed the Singer All-Terrain Competition Study (or ACS for short) and said it was ‘as perfect as you’d expect’, a Safari 911 built by Singer. Well, apparently Porsche – specifically his legal team – was not so happy about it. Singer, about a month after the story took place, contacted us and asked that we replace the originally provided ACP press photos with versions of the photos that had all the Porsche logos, including the crest and the large “PORSCHE” . letters that ran along the sides and back were digitally removed.
It appears that Porsche’s trademark attorneys have taken up the use of Singer’s trademarks. And because we are not a complete hole, we must request it. However, it now appears that Singer will have to retreat even further after the launch of the ACS because, as noted Motorcycle, all appearance and mentions of the vehicle were apparently scrapped from the company’s website and social media channels.
The ACS is far from the first Singer creation to feature Porsche brands with boldness and pride. The fantastic DLS, for example, has the distinctive “PORSCHE” writing on its back and remains intact on Singer’s website for the time being. Although these newsletters appear to have been removed from all news reports on the site created before the page above.
When The ride asked Porsche about the whole matter, a spokesman replied in an email:
“We are core enthusiasts, and we are proud and excited that our community continues to thrive, diversify and develop – with an abundance of creativity and ensuring that cars that were originally built many decades ago stay on track. and enjoy.
The scope and quality of individualization and engineering by specialist companies operating on older Porsche cars is extraordinary – we have the utmost respect for the ambition, the skill, the depth of engineering and the ingenuity of this growing industry.
At the same time, we have a responsibility to our customers to ensure that Porsche products – through our design and design – can be clearly and easily identified. It can range from an individual part or garment that uses our name to whole cars. We do this by ensuring that only products created by us or directly licensed can bear the Porsche name.
By applying this rule, we are constantly trying to reach a fair and balanced compromise, while we want to see the community thrive and treat everyone who asks – and those who contact us – with the same respect and courtesy. Every now and then reminders are needed – however, we are glad that the Porsche community understands and respects this request. In the meantime, at PCNA, we will all continue to watch with pride and joy how our cars serve as the basis for the most amazing projects imaginable. ‘
We also reached out to Singer for further comment and will update this story when we hear it.
Here’s to see what the ACS looked like before Photoshop Highest gear‘s first watch video of the car remaining online and unedited. For now.