RWB Porsche - #7 Rubi - My Car

RWB doesn’t do normal. It doesn’t blend in. In a world of small tweaks and delicate restomods, it stands alone with fierce individualism and outlandish creativity.

Created by Japanese automotive tuner Akira Nakai, RWB - which stands for Rauh-Welt Begriff, or “Rough-World Concept” - takes a customer’s Porsche and adds its distinctive blend of “aggressive aesthetics with track-ready performance”. What this translates to is an entirely unique look you won’t get elsewhere.

Subtlety isn’t in Nakai’s dictionary. While every RWB is different, they all follow a similar design philosophy of wide rear arches, audacious body kits, and RWB branding that leaves no doubt over who was responsible for the car you’re looking at. The one we see today is #7 - Rubi.

Owned by Dan of @birk_haus, Nakai worked his magic on it at @samsdetailinguk in Sheffield, UK, in April 2025. 

A video from Sams Detailing shows Nakai working on Rubi in what seems to be Tootsie Dots (US sweets) pyjama bottoms, an RWB Luxembourg t-shirt, a headscarf, and complete silence. Bodywork is cut, a new wing goes on, arches are applied, and the car is modified far beyond what could have been imagined, all with a stoic expression on his face and the odd cigarette break.

The car wears the classic hallmarks of an RWB. For a start, the ruby colour jumps out at you. It’s the first thing you notice - a bright shock of colour punctuated by two carbon fibre stripes that run from the bonnet up to the back of the roof. The Porsche badge has also been replaced with a matte black version, contrasting the rich plum colour of the car.

Once you’re past the colour though, the other RWB traits start to shine through. The wide arches at the front, followed by the much wider arches at the rear, - both of which have been screwed into place - communicate the aftermarketness of the car, making it undoubtedly RWB. There are then aero strakes joining the car and the arches, providing more of the race-ready aesthetic that RWB is famous for.

“Restrained” isn’t a word we’d use to describe an RWB, however the spoiler is perhaps the least-impacted area of the car. Where some RWBs have an almost biplane-esque double wing with two levels and plenty of clearance between them, Rubi has the classic Porsche ducktail wing poking up from the car’s sloping rear. A small homage to the car’s original form perhaps.

And finally, the tow hook peeking out from the middle of the front bumper. Befitting the race aesthetic? Absolutely. Practical? Not at all - it was affixed with a dollop of glue.

What it’s created is a car that’s undoubtedly a Porsche, but more. It’s more race-oriented, it’s more designed. A Porsche taken to 11.

While the car might have started as standard and silver, it’s become something very different. Whether it’s your taste or not isn’t something Nakai cares about - RWB is about unconventionalness, self-expression, and unapologetic modifications, with each of his cars shouting that from the rooftops. And in the end, isn’t that what modified cars are about - wearing who you are proudly?