First Drive: TechArt GTstreet RS

Leonberg in the German countryside is the location for an unassuming light grey building. It’s two storeys high, and a sloping car park on the right hand side dips away to a few garages at the back. To drive down the road, you’d probably go straight past it. Sure, there’s some glass frontage, but apart from a small sign, you’d be hard pressed to notice what they do there.

A Porsche Cayenne out the front, save the body kit, gives little away. But once you step inside, you realize that this is a grown-man’s creche. You could spend hours poring over the collection of highly modified Porsches.

This is TechArt, probably the most comprehensive tuner of the iconic sports car manufacturer.

Thomas Behringer, the founder of TechArt, says he’s always been a Porsche fanatic, but reckons he could finish them off better. With the GTstreet RS sitting out the front as the pinnacle of his work, it’s hard to disagree.

A factory tour is probably the best way to get an appreciation for the work that TechArt does. It’s a literal maze of rooms and workshops over three levels of the building. But the range of abilities and modifications available is staggering. Anything you want to change about the car, you can. Colours, textures, styling, sound – you name it, it can be done.