Speedster is a word in the Porsche lexicon that conjures up magical images and, for those lucky enough to have driven one, sensations. This week in Monterey, a one-off example of 933-generation 911 Speedster is being shown publicly for the first time ...

Porsche never officially offered a 993-generation 911 Speedster, but a handful of examples have been built by the factory.

German has a word for everything, and ‘Sonderwunsch’ is your word of the day: it means ‘special request’. For example: “Dear Porsche factory, please would you build me a chopped-top Speedster based on a 993 with a 300bhp engine in the back?