Why She Daily Drives the Porsche NOBODY Wanted

This mint green, air-cooled 1991 Porsche 964 is Freja Brandhøj's daily driver. Only 10-15 years ago the 964 was frowned upon, but she says this car will outlive us. Freja, a Danish politician, grew up with an engine on the dinner table. Her father is a mechanic, and so was her grandfather, but her dad told her you have to be extremely intelligent to become a mechanic and that she should use her head and get a good education instead. The two of them still share a passion for old cars and motorcycles. She and her husband bought their first Porsche about 13 years ago, at one point they had three different 911s, and a month before we filmed they bought the one they hadn't tried yet: a 964. From the pictures she thought it could turn out to be the ugliest car or the most distinguished one. She fell in love with it from the beginning. Standing by the car, Mads Christensen goes through the RS-look bumpers, the Recaro Pole Position seats, the Momo dish steering wheel, the brakes that squeal ("it's not noise, man, it's music") and why the manual gearbox matters to her. Then Freja takes the wheel with Mads riding along through the autumn leaves. After a quick detour into politics they talk about the feeling of freedom, riding in the sidecar of her father's motorcycle listening to D-A-D as a child, why the 964 was the Porsche nobody wanted, and how it feels next to the much newer 996 she just came from. She calls it "the most green car in the world", and her reason is that it lasts. The car has been on the road for over 30 years, it is reusable, it is made by real hands and real people, and in her words: "This car will outlive us." Mads agrees: in the classic car world, nothing is ever thrown out. Plus the dream car she would bring to a desert island, and the toy car she always picked when she played with her sister. A big thank you to Freja for taking Mads along in her 964. Would you daily drive a classic 964 like Freja, or save it for Sunday drives? Tell us in the comments. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Enjoyed the drive? Hit SUBSCRIBE, give the video a LIKE, and tell us in the COMMENTS which car we should feature next. ► Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@JPGroupClub?sub_confirmation=1 Got a Porsche 964 of your own? See JP Group's parts for it: https://jpgroup.dk/en/classic/porsche/964/ ► Dansk Original, classic Porsche parts: https://jpgroup.dk/en/classic/dansk-original/ ► Jopex, classic VW and Mercedes parts: https://jpgroup.dk/en/classic/jopex/ ► SSI, stainless exhausts and heat exchangers for the 911 and 914: https://jpgroup.dk/en/classic/ssi/ JP Group sells through dealers: find your part on the site, then ask your local parts specialist for it. ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrongfamily/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpgroupclassic/ JP Group Club is JP Group's channel, hosted by Mads Christensen: the classic cars, the people, and the stories that keep these legends running. JP Group is a 100% family-owned Danish company founded in 1975. It develops, makes and tests its own parts for classic Porsche, VW and Mercedes under brands like Dansk Original, Jopex and SSI, the California exhaust brand that JP Group now makes in Denmark. #JPGroupClub #Porsche964 #Porsche911 Chapters: 00:00 The Most Green Car in the World? 00:22 One Woman for Every 5,000 Guys 01:17 The Mechanic's Daughter 02:37 13 Years, Three 911s, Then This 964 03:35 Mint Green: Ugliest or Most Distinguished? 05:01 RS Look, Recaro Seats and a Momo Wheel 07:14 Squealing Brakes and a Manual Gearbox 09:10 On the Road: Why Manuals Command a Premium 10:09 A Quick Detour Into Politics 11:47 Enough Politics: The Feeling of Freedom 13:13 The Sidecar and D-A-D 14:21 Why Nobody Wanted a 964 15:35 964 vs 996: "A Bit More Boring" 16:27 Her First Favorite: An 80s 911 17:32 Longevity: Why She Calls It the Greenest Car 20:33 The Desert Island Car