CarPoint GmbH of Karlsruhe, Germany, has unveiled the CarPoint GT-K44, a conversion that turns a customer-supplied Porsche 944 into a handcrafted two-door shooting brake with an extended roofline, a large tailgate and 2+2 seating. The classic Porsche parts specialist says the conversion starts at €100,000 net, excluding the donor car.
A 1980s idea revisited
According to CarPoint, the project dates back to the mid-1980s, when founder Andreas Freund spent several months driving a Porsche 924 Turbo that Hanover-based specialist Günter Artz had converted into an estate. In early 2026, designer Michael Söhngen of Söhngen Design presented Freund with a design study of a 944 shooting brake in Oak Green with seats in the classic Pasha pattern.
The first completed car follows that study. It is based on a 944 S2 with a 3.0-liter four-cylinder engine rated at 211 hp. CarPoint says “GT” stands for Gran Turismo, while “K44” combines the 944 model designation with the new estate-style body.
Body and interior changes
Starting from a 944 Coupé, CarPoint modifies the roof and rear structure, extends the roofline, rebuilds the rear quarter panels and adapts the B-pillars for larger rear side windows. The glass hatch is replaced by a sheet-metal tailgate that reaches down to the bumper and about 40 centimeters into the roof, so the load area opens from above as well as from behind. The original taillights are split so the active lighting stays on the body.
Inside, CarPoint makes a bespoke headliner and reworks the rear trim, while keeping the 944’s standard rear bench seat.
Donor cars, options and approval
Each car takes several hundred hours of bodywork, assembly and painting, the company says, and a full exterior respray is standard. CarPoint particularly recommends the 944 S2 and the 220 hp and 250 hp Turbo variants as donors. Manual and automatic transmissions are possible, but the desired gearbox must already be fitted, and CarPoint can help customers source a suitable car.
Options include different wheel and tire combinations, tailored suspension, bespoke exhausts, engine upgrades and interior fabrics such as tartan or Pepita. In Germany, the price covers the required inspection under Section 21 of the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO); registration fees are extra. Handover takes place in Karlsruhe.
Freund summed up the approach: “We can’t make it fly – but almost anything else is possible.”
About CarPoint
CarPoint has restored classic Porsche models and British sports cars since the 1980s. Its past bodywork projects include the CarPoint Sport Jaguar Mk II and an Austin-Healey 3000 estate, and it was involved in developing the Ginetta G33. Its replacement-parts range covers around 2,000 parts, about 1,000 of them made in-house. More information is available on CarPoint’s website.
Porsche and 944 are trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. The CarPoint GT-K44 is an independent conversion by CarPoint GmbH and is not a Porsche AG product; it is neither authorized nor supported by Porsche AG.
