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Direction
One clearly defined design and engineering vision throughout the entire project.
Micarja Racing
A Porsche is never the end. It’s only the beginning.
About Micarja Racing
About Micarja Racing
One vision.
One direction.
The right specialists.
Micarja Racing develops and coordinates bespoke Porsche projects for clients who expect more than a collection of modifications. We bring design, engineering, craftsmanship and specialist expertise together in one coherent automobile.
The people and experience behind Micarja
About Micarja Racing is ultimately a story about responsibility: one person protecting the direction, quality and coherence of every project.
Micarja Racing is a Netherlands-based Porsche project director and coachbuilding concept house, founded by Jan Engel.
We work with clients who want to create an individual Porsche without losing the engineering logic, usability or identity of the original automobile.
Our role is broader than supplying parts or proposing a visual concept. Micarja defines the complete direction of a project and brings together the specialists required to realise it.
This can include vehicle sourcing, design development, bodywork, engine engineering, suspension, braking, aerodynamics, interior craftsmanship, materials, documentation and final presentation.
Each discipline is connected to the next. Every decision is judged in the context of the complete automobile.
A bespoke Porsche should feel like one car developed
by one team — not a catalogue of unrelated upgrades.
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Coordination
The right European specialists are selected and aligned around the needs of the individual automobile.
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Control
Decisions are reviewed against the agreed concept, intended use, technical requirements and budget.
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Continuity
The client has one central point of contact from the first conversation to the completed Porsche.
02 — The Founder
Jan Engel
Micarja Racing is led by Jan Engel, whose approach is shaped by decades of practical workshop management, technical coordination and a lifelong interest in Porsche.
Before founding Micarja Racing, Jan spent approximately 27 years working as a workshop manager. That experience created a practical understanding of how complex technical projects succeed — and why they fail.
Quality does not result from one expensive component. It depends on preparation, realistic planning, clear responsibilities, communication between specialists and relentless attention to details that are often invisible in the finished car.
Jan does not present himself as the person who personally machines every engine component, laminates every carbon panel or stitches every interior. His responsibility is different.
He defines the vision, selects the appropriate specialists, questions decisions, protects the client’s objectives and ensures that each discipline contributes to one coherent result.
Experience Before Promises
A Project Is Only as Strong as Its Execution
Design creates the intention. Engineering and craftsmanship determine whether that intention becomes a credible automobile.
03 — What Micarja Does
From Initial Idea to Completed Porsche
Micarja Racing is the connecting layer between the client, the concept and the specialists who physically realise the automobile.
Some clients begin with a specific Porsche and a clear objective. Others begin with an idea, a memory, a visual reference or a question: what could this car become?
We translate that ambition into a defined project. This includes the intended character of the car, how it will be used, the required performance, the visual direction, technical priorities and the appropriate donor vehicle.
Only then are individual components and specialists selected. This prevents a project from becoming an accumulation of attractive but incompatible decisions.
Body and Structure
Integration Before Appearance
Bodywork, strengthening, aerodynamics, panel fit and surface quality are treated as engineering disciplines, not styling accessories.
Engine and Drivetrain
Performance with Reliability
Engine development must suit the chassis, cooling system, transmission, intended use and long-term ownership of the car.
Execution
The Right Specialist for Each Task
No single workshop needs to claim mastery of every discipline. Micarja selects expertise according to the demands of the project.
04 — The Origin of the Name
From Micarja to Micarja Racing
The Micarja name existed before the automotive company. Its origin is personal and remains visible in the crest used on every Micarja project.
Micarja was originally associated with Norwegian Forest Cats. The breed is known for strength, intelligence, composure and a natural, understated elegance.
Those characteristics became an appropriate foundation for the identity of Micarja Racing.
The Norwegian Forest Cat at the centre of the emblem represents character without artificial aggression. The shield refers to European coachbuilding tradition.
Titanium represents technical strength and precision. Black communicates discipline and timelessness. Red is reserved for passion and emphasis.
The emblem is not intended to replace Porsche identity. It identifies the additional design and engineering authorship of Micarja Racing.
We do not replace Porsche identity.
We protect it while developing what comes next.
05 — The European Network
Independent Specialists, One Shared Direction
About Micarja Racing is also about the specialists behind the finished automobile.
Europe has an exceptional network of engineers, coachbuilders, engine specialists, composite manufacturers, suspension experts, painters, upholsterers and restoration workshops.
Micarja does not ask one supplier to solve every problem. We select the appropriate partner for each discipline and align all contributors around one approved project direction.
The client benefits from specialist expertise without being required to personally manage every technical conversation, quotation, dependency and decision.
Depending on the project, components and engineering may involve established manufacturers and specialists such as KW Suspensions , Akrapovič and other selected European partners.
One Project Structure
Clear Responsibility
The specialist network remains flexible. The responsibility for the overall result does not.
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Micarja defines and documents the intended design and engineering direction.
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Specialists are selected according to proven capability, not convenience.
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Technical dependencies between body, engine, chassis, cooling, brakes and interior are identified early.
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The client remains informed without being overwhelmed by fragmented technical management.
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Final decisions remain connected to the agreed character and purpose of the completed Porsche.
06 — Engineering Judgement
More Performance Is Not Always a Better Car
The correct technical specification depends on how the Porsche will actually be used.
A road car driven primarily in the Netherlands needs a different suspension strategy from a car intended for repeated circuit use.
A high-power engine requires more than a software calibration. Cooling, oil supply, transmission, clutch, braking, tyre capability and chassis control must be considered together.
Micarja Racing is not interested in selecting the most extreme available component simply because it exists.
We look for the specification that produces the most complete, usable and technically credible Porsche for the individual client.
07 — Details and Materials
Quality Must Remain Convincing at Every Distance
A Micarja project must work as a complete silhouette, as an engineering object and under close inspection.
Carbon fibre, titanium, aluminium, leather, Alcantara, magnesium and technical fabrics are selected for purpose, durability and visual coherence.
Visible carbon weave must follow the geometry of the component. Air intakes must look integrated rather than attached. Wheels must suit the architecture and period of the car.
Interior details must feel related to the exterior concept. No single material is allowed to dominate merely because it is expensive.
08 — Built Around the Client
Individual Without Becoming Arbitrary
The client determines the ambition and personal character of the project. Micarja protects the coherence of the result.
Bespoke does not mean that every possible idea should be combined into one automobile.
A successful commission requires choices. Colours, materials, performance targets and historical references must reinforce one another.
Micarja guides the client through those decisions without removing the individuality that makes the project meaningful.
Project names are not imposed as a fixed Micarja catalogue. The client may determine the identity and name of the individual automobile.
Design Direction
Creating the Porsche That Might Have Been
Our concepts explore how an important Porsche might have evolved if its original engineering and design story had continued.
09 — Selected Visual Studies
The Micarja Approach Made Visible
Each visual study begins with the identity of the original Porsche and asks how that identity can be developed without becoming unrecognisable.
Proportion, stance, cooling, aerodynamics, materials, wheel architecture and the intended use of the car are considered as one design problem.
The objective is not to create the loudest image. It is to establish a technically and visually credible direction before physical work begins.
10 — Transparent Project Development
Documentation, Decisions and Long-Term Value
A properly documented build is easier to understand, maintain, insure, value and eventually transfer to a future owner.
Micarja encourages clear records of the donor car, specifications, quotations, invoices, component choices, engineering work and photographic development.
This documentation is not an administrative afterthought. It forms part of the provenance of the completed Porsche.
For substantial projects, independent valuation, appropriate security systems and specialist insurance should be considered as part of the final ownership strategy.
11 — No Universal Specification
Every Project Begins Again
Micarja Racing does not believe that one standard package can represent every owner, every Porsche and every intended use.
Two clients may begin with the same model and still require fundamentally different automobiles.
One may value comfort, discretion and long-distance ability. Another may prioritise low weight, response and a more direct mechanical character.
The project therefore begins with questions rather than a predetermined shopping list.
What should the car feel like? Where will it be used? Which elements of the original Porsche must remain untouched? Which compromises are acceptable — and which are not?
12 — Personal, Independent and European
About Micarja Racing Is About More Than Cars
Micarja Racing remains personal by design. Clients communicate directly with the person responsible for defining and protecting their project.
Jan and Carola represent the personal foundation behind Micarja. The company is built around long-term relationships, direct communication and a genuine interest in the people who commission these automobiles.
We are not seeking to produce the largest possible number of cars. We are interested in developing a limited number of meaningful Porsche projects with clients who value design integrity, engineering credibility and a clear personal relationship.
Respect the past.
Engineer the future.
Build the Porsche that might have been.
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Engineer the future.
Build the Porsche that might have been.