Many countries have a strong motoring heritage. The UK has iconic brands like Aston Martin, MG, and Brough-Superior. Japan’s given the world everything from Suzuki and Honda bikes to the Autozam AZ-1. France’s cars range from the Citroen 2CV to the original Bugattis. There’s Italy’s Ducati and Ferrari, and muscle cars, Indian, and Harley-Davidson from …

As air-cooled Porsche 911s have risen in popularity—and price—so too have alternative takes on the typical hyper-restored build. One of these is the Safari 911, which sees the German sports car turn into a genuine rally replica. The trend is now so popular, well-known Porsche tuners are starting to get involved. And the Safari idea …

The Safari 911 trend is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, it’s seemingly inspired other unconventional off-road builds, like the NORRA Vespa scooters, the adventuring Indian Scout Sixty, and Gambler Mazda Miata. And now RUF, the German company famous for tuning Porsches, is making its own Safari 911. RUF’s past Porsches Technically speaking, …

People often think off-roading requires specialty vehicles. So, they put up a Jeep Wrangler’s or Land Rover Defender’s drawbacks to be able to crawl over rocks. Or they shell out large sums for Mercedes G-Wagons or Rolls-Royce Cullinans. But then they worry about damaging their expensive SUVs. And while inexpensive off-roaders like the Suzuki Jimny …