Inside his garage in Beirut, Assaad Raphael keeps 50 vehicles, mostly Porsches, amassed over two decades. Chairman and general manager of Porsche Centre Lebanon and the owner of a restoration studio in Dubai dedicated to the marque, he had resolved to collect one iconic model from each generation, yet his favorite acquisition may be the 1990 964 Targa he purchased as a birthday gift for his daughter, Shaha, in 2015. The vehicle was in bad shape, and he had intended to restore it himself, but destiny intervened several weeks later, when he met David Raffoul and Nicolas Moussallem of the acclaimed Beirut- and Milan-based design firm David/Nicolas at a dinner party. Impressed with their vision, he decided to work with them to reimagine the car. See how it turned out here.
