This was a cool video Tommy. Thank you - awesome information.

Head unit $200 Porsche name $1000

Retro head units can really improve the experience wih a classic cars. I have a Retrosound Hermosa in my 1979 Cadillac Seville and I absolutely love it. It looks pretty much exactly like the original (especially when it's off), but it has all the modern fratures like USB and Bluetooth. That said, you have to be a real fan to pay $1200 for a head unit.

$1200 is very bad.

I like the Gatorade cap for the defroster slider….

Blaupunkt makes a similar retro unit that looks great in older German cars .

That’s a little pricey for us 944 guys. :)

Tommy. “Reasonable” I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

Very cool! I wonder if someone will make similar retro looking systems-like classic Becker-looking ones for Mercedes.

Glad you guys got that head unit! Super cool.

Somebody, other than Blaupunkt($$$), needs to come out with a legit looking classic head unit.

I'm redoing the tired Bose system on my '02 Boxster S, but going all modern. Already picked up the amp, speakers, wiring, and double DIN housing (ditching the completely useless cup holders). Just trying to decide on a nice but not excessive head unit, but hardly anything is in stock these days. I'm keeping all the original parts though.

Assuming the classic car still has the original stereo and the speakers are still decent enough to sound good, then the Anker Roav is a great upgrade for around $18. You plug it into the cigarette lighter and set it to an open FM station and then tune the radio to that station. Then you use your phone to connect to it using bluetooth. 01/29/24 followup: About 6 months ago I got a Pioneer car stereo and quit using the bluetooth cigarette lighter dongle. It does bluetooth, Pandora, Spotify, plays mp3 formatted CDs, and allows you to dial and answer the phone from the stereo. It is single DIN so it doesn't have a big screen, but it was only $99 and works well.

That's a great oem upgrade. Curious to know if it also allows for a back up camera?

You lost me at the Bluetooth, I’ve got tapes I need to play, back to the old Blaupunkt !

$1200 head unit, $12 steering wheel. 😆

10 years ago i get cheap china radio looking like this with USB slot and MP3 capability... for only 10$ i got even pictures of it in my 1973 Fiat 126p :P

THATS A CRAZY PRICE

Great VID! Read an article about this awhile back but no VID!

Do you know if it's easy to instal it in another car brand ? It would be a great addition in my BMW E30.

Very good way to do retro modern cool…..I wish the Mini Cooper folks would do something like this too….

Just installed this in my 986 Boxster S. Great idea to review it.

I made a video on it!! I’m so glad you did too! Game changer!!

What's up with the Citroen 2CV? Is it part of the TFL fleet?

They make the ones for the 996 models too, I need to add this to my 911

As always great video & good job to Tommy, one of my favorite channels. 👍🏻👍🏻

i have a marine unit blue cube 6 in my buicks and all i have is a remote and a box hidden out of the way. works awesome.

I would go for a Blaupunkt SQR 46. Looks way more period correct, has all the modern features.. and is like a third of the price.

I like that you can do this in older vehicles, it's a shame it's not a thing for the current generation. In ten to twenty years time, today's tech is going to look ridiculous but we've lost the ability to do anything about it. It's not just Porsche that have this, JLR and Mercedes have an identical ones and I think they're made by Kramer.

I wonder if you can reprogram it to replace the Porsche crest on startup (and, like, file off the Porsche logo or something). Because this would fit well in cars like a Jaguar XK8 or an Aston Martin DB7, where there's no way to physically fit a 2-DIN CarPlay unit or a fold-out single DIN one.

That's rad but expensive. I have the Blaupunkt Frankfurt in my Citroen, it lacks the screen but looks 100% authentic and period correct, while adding bluetooth and SD card capabilities.

The Straight Pipes actually talked about it on the original Porsche review a few weeks ago.

He said the words decent value

It's wild that this is *still* the only single-DIN non-fold-out CarPlay head unit out there.

How much? :O You can get a Blaupunkt Milano, Skagen or Valencia BT for around 100 quid and will do the job as good and still look retro (even better imo that this Porsche unit)

LMC Truck has retro style modern radios for various classic trucks

1190 dollars. That's what I paid for my 2006 Infiniti QX56 😂

I forgot you even had that car, it has been so long. Can't keep track of all the project cars you buy.

the blaupunkt bremen seems like the better bang for buck unit and actually looks period correct for 600 less

Personally I think those knobs take up way more space for what they do. I'd get rid of a button on each side and replace that with the knobs, the screen is just too cramped to use imo

Thats is sick!!!😮

Cool, I’m gonna have to now see in they do one for my 964 🚙👍🏻 p.s. Your Porker would look cool with the flat nose conversion with pop up lights, just a thought for the future upgrades 🤔

Interesting- wonder if would it be less expensive without the “Porsche” logo (or no logo) on it.

My man said Gameboy style wheel. When TF did a gameboy come with a steering wheel

I’m never going to financially recover

First off, Tokyo drift was a great movie! Now if you wish to reference 2 Fast 2 Furious as a comparison for something bad then I’m ok with that.

So why is a major company using common sense?

Better get the Blaupunkt Bremen SQR 46 DAB. Looks better and costs only 400 $ 🙂

I hate when people put modern steroes in a visible place.

Land Rover offer a similar unit through the JLR Classics department, it was fitted on the runout v8 editions of the previous Defender

My Porsche classic radio far right USB port isn’t connecting and people are telling me that my classic radio might not have the car play feature

On alliexpress since 2015 😂 but ok thanks

New tech, looks like android anno 2005 ...

Very cool!!!! But ya coulda gone for a drive amd displayed the sound.

Any alternatives

The speakers on both my vintage Porsches are so crap, it really doesn't matter what sort of head unit I have. No cupholders either. I am Ok with that.

"nO oNe'S tAlKiNg AbOuT tHiS!" I dunno, man; this was pretty widely covered when Porsche first announced it a couple years back...

$1190? Pretty sure this is a refaced, rebranded Chinese made stereo unit with some UI/UX redesign so the interface looks different. But this thing shouldn't cost more than $30.

1200 bucks quel bargain? That’s a long way from reasonable in my world tbh.

The price made me laugh but I am a Nissan guy what would I know. Oh forgot that LMGTs costs you an arm and leg

Porsche Classic does this for 996/997 911s as well, unfortunately not for my Cayenne

Is there a Retro Radio with Bluetooth that you would recommend for a 1987 Jeep Comanche? I've been looking for one for my MJ.

Will it play music from an MP3, iPod through the usb port or sd card?

1000 for porche licensing.

We 💙 "TFL⚡E " the tech guys, more tech, more content more ⚡E 👍🏻 Go Tommy 🤓👏

Already done it 6 months ago, thanks though.

Did bro just say JVC is a jobber brand?

Cool unit. Not $1200 cool.

Sorry $1200 for a radio is crazy to me.

Where can one buy this radio? I have a 2003 986

Would this fit any other car, like a Crown Vic?

I want a Porsche but they are so expensive

+1000 USD - i would never spend that much - real price 150-250 USD depending on the amp part - it's funny you think +1000 is reasonable!

Your Definition of insane is not the same as mine. :)

Should be wireless Apple Car play.

Still cool though.

🔥🔥

Hmm...wonder if they have a similar unit for a 65 mustang?

Can this be installed in a 986?

There's Bluetooth adapters that plug into the cars lighters 4 much cheaper

Great content but the background music is distracting and unnecessary.

Looks great. How is navigation with google maps or Wyze on such a small screen? And did you upgrade the speakers as well?

$1200? When he said reasonable I was thinking well its a Porsche unit so maybe $500 or $600. Still paying a hugh Porsche tax.

The Porsche radio is stupid expensive, don’t think it’s exactly a good value. I wanted to put one in my 86 Carrera until I saw the price.

That price is sickening. That should be no more than 450USD and that includes a hefty Porsche premium.

Tommy has never had a real job if $1100 is reasonable.

So its only for porsche

There is nothing wrong with that steering wheel.

Or... You can buy a whole new iPad and a mount and leave the actual original parts in there, and have change left over for dinner.

Very cheap indeed...

A have a bluetooth unit from aliexpress 16$ works perfect. So thx no thx wtf is that price

Does anyone else find Tommy's videos increasingly mediocre? I thought he was going to review a stereo that was generic for any older car with a single DIN stereo slot but no, this is a Porsche specific $1200 unit that is useless to 99% of his audience. I still love Andre's, Nathan's, Roman's, and even Mr. Truck's videos, but Tommy, you gotta step it up!

For the love of god change that steering wheel

1200 isn't all that insane?? Are you disconnected from reality?

5k head unit. Lol

Oh my… the steering wheel is HORRIBLE.

$1190 and none of the ports are even in the darn thing? No CD playback even? Buddy. JVC, Kenwood, Pioneer all th this way bettwr than that cheap looking thing. Yeah guys, it looks cheap, way cheap. Baby chick cheep.

Crazy prize for a useless display, the interface sucks

I'll be impressed when they bring CD players back...that compressed audio silliness sounds like crap!

1500€ and not even wireless. stupid