RE: Porsche Boxster Spyder is back!

RE: Porsche Boxster Spyder is back!

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daytona365

1,773 posts

163 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Porsche always manage to pull something spectacular out of the bag when you least expect it.......Great. But what's with that pram cover on top ? Surely they could have done something better than that ?

SJR202

147 posts

253 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Pretty sure Porsche havent this sort of sense of humour as its on their website and microsite. http://www.porsche.com/uk/
Dont think it has the same visual impact against a BGTS that the 987 Spyder had against a Boxster S when it was launched in 2010, but I do love it. Pretty sure it'll be an amazing drive and the roof looks a lot easier than my 987's... Does anyone know if this is a production run or a limited number?

PhantomPH

4,043 posts

224 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Not a joke - the real thing.

Guvernator

13,105 posts

164 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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I like the previous Spyder and I am liking the look of this too, however I still don't like that roof.

Why not just give it proper targa lift off hard panels ala the Carrera GT instead of messing around with origami roofs which look naff. Would make the lines much cleaner when the roof was on and would be a lot less of a faff to remove, plus make it into a mini Carrera GT which is no bad thing.

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Looks about the same as any other Porsche to me. boxedin

EricE

1,945 posts

128 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Average fuel consumption went up compared to the previous 2010 model... yes it has 0.4L more displacement, more bhp and more torque but I still find it remarkable!

Of course nobody here cares but it does matter for countries with import tax based on CO2 emissions. smile

paulyv

1,017 posts

122 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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I have to admit, it was only the final line that made me think it was a joke:

<<<And fear not, both the air-conditioning and radio are no-cost options!>>>

That can't be right - this is a Porsche we are talking about!

georgeq

110 posts

125 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Visually the base 981 Boxster is a better looking car to my eyes.

What happened with the 987 Spyder is that the base model design was very long in the tooth, so designers tweaked a few details and presented a product that looked positively spectacular in comparison.

The 981 is still a fresh design and a very good one at that. The bar was set quite high by the designers of the base car, yet they tried to apply the same tweaks as with the 987 and the result is not very impressive at all. The front bumper is obviously GT4 parts bin and doesn't suit the lines of the car but they have to recoup the GT4 R&D costs somehow. Same applies to the 3.8L engine.

I wouldn't go as far as saying it's a visual failure because I haven't seen it in the flesh, but I prefer the 981 over the 981 Spyder on the computer screen, whereas the 987 Spyder looks far more "special" than the base 987. Both in images and in the metal.



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Tell me I'm wrong...


Edited by georgeq on Wednesday 1st April 13:09

Scockers

217 posts

223 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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You are wrong

nickfrog

20,872 posts

216 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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soad said:
Looks about the same as any other Porsche to me. boxedin
And it probably drives was as well too. All good news really.

philmots

4,630 posts

259 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Looks so much nicer than the Caymen to me. It always looked unfinished at the back.

malucnojes

46 posts

107 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Potentially a stupid question but how does a 'flat' 6 from a 911 work in a Boxster that traditionally has a 'boxer' engine? confused

VladD

7,853 posts

264 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Hmm, they're making a new Boxster with the same power as my 987. Time to upgrade the turbo. biggrin

405dogvan

5,326 posts

264 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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In an age of 'convertibles' which are, effectively, as watertight and quiet as tin-tops thanks to all that electric roof wooshy, that's just a convertible - and a bloody nice looking one too - £60K tho, that's quite a lot.

I know we bang-on about 'inflation' and stuff but the last Boxster Spyder wasn't "2 fully-loaded hot hatches" to buy was it?

Newro

703 posts

261 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Dave Hedgehog said:
EricE said:
This is not an april's fool joke, it's real. It was rumoured for months.
If it is a joke most of the auto press are in on it smile
Maybe it is an April's Fool by Porsche themselves?

It is on their German website: http://www.porsche.com/germany/models/boxster/boxs...

MadDog1962

890 posts

161 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Nice enough, but I'd prefer to go for the equivalent Cayman every time.

It would be even cooler if they made something like this already stripped down and ready for track days or weekend racing. I guess like a club sport but even more basic and lightweight and cheaper.

Petee

88 posts

283 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Seeing as I got this email after midday I'm going to go ahead and assume it's kosher.

In which case: PHWOOAAARRR!

Looks like a mini Carrera GT. I approve.

Petee

88 posts

283 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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malucnojes said:
Potentially a stupid question but how does a 'flat' 6 from a 911 work in a Boxster that traditionally has a 'boxer' engine? confused
Potentially a stupid answer but I thought a boxer WAS a flat six engine...

Corpulent Tosser

5,459 posts

244 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Petee said:
malucnojes said:
Potentially a stupid question but how does a 'flat' 6 from a 911 work in a Boxster that traditionally has a 'boxer' engine? confused
Potentially a stupid answer but I thought a boxer WAS a flat six engine...
Not just 6s any horizontally opposed engine, 2 cyl BMW motorcycles, 4 cyl Subarus, 4 cyl Afla Romeos.

P4ROT

1,219 posts

192 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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I don't know why, but it somehow feels less special than the original...