The Everrati Evergreen starts from a restored 964-generation Porsche 911 and removes everything that makes it a Porsche in the traditional sense. The flat-six is gone. The gearbox is gone. The exhaust note, the rev-matched gear changes, the crescendo that builds as you pile on revs -- all of it, gone. In their place sits a 500-horsepower electric motor, a 64 kWh battery pack, and a quoted range of 200 miles. The carbon fiber aero package, inspired by the 964 RSR that won Spa, Le Mans, and the Daytona 24 hours, stays. The RS 3.8 badging stays. The cabin is completely reworked with Bridge of Wear leather -- marketed as the lowest-carbon leather available for automotive use -- and a small touchscreen for adjusting suspension and traction settings. From the outside, it looks exactly like a 911. From inside, it sounds like nothing at all.
Everrati is not alone in this corner of the market. Companies including Lunaz, Charge Cars, and Electrogenic have all staked out territory in the UK's growing heritage EV conversion space, as emissions regulations tighten and buyers increasingly want classic aesthetics without classic running costs. What separates Everrati's approach is its commitment to reversibility: the removed engine goes into a glass display case, every modification can be undone, and Everrati says no value is lost in the process. That claim matters in a market where purists view any engine removal as desecration. The Evergreen starts from a narrow-body 964, a generation already popular for restomod projects because its proportions have aged without a wrinkle, and layers RSR tribute elements over a car engineered to behave like one. The weight -- only 3 kg over the original 964 Turbo's 1,467 kg -- is a remarkable achievement for an EV conversion, and the rear-wheel drive layout with the motor mounted low at the back tells you Everrati thought carefully about what a 911 is supposed to feel like before they built this one.
Autotrader's reviewer came away genuinely impressed by the driving, with one persistent caveat. Power delivery builds progressively rather than landing all at once, which suits the car's character and avoids the violent snap that can unsettle a rear-wheel drive chassis mid-corner. The brakes are a highlight: strong, progressive, communicative, with well-calibrated regeneration. The handling balance is neutral across normal road speeds, aided by a 60/40 rear-biased weight distribution and a limited-slip differential. The one area that needs acclimatization is the steering, which is quite slack around the straight-ahead position but becomes noticeably heavy once lock is applied. The jump between those two states takes some adjusting to at low and medium speeds. The good news is the effect diminishes at higher pace, where the steering weight feels more consistent and the car begins to reward commitment. The rear seats have been deleted and a roll cage installed. This is not presented as a compromise.
Bottom line: The Everrati Evergreen is a genuine technical achievement -- 500 horsepower in a near-original 964 shell, weighing almost nothing extra, and fully reversible if you change your mind. What it cannot give back is the orchestration: the flat-six's sound, the gearbox's involvement, the ritual of building revs toward a redline. Whether the trade is worth it depends entirely on what drew you to a 964 in the first place. If the answer was the engine note, this car will be a beautiful frustration. If it was the shape and the feel of the thing, you might find it's closer to the original than you expected.