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memps
Original Poster
38 posts
63 months
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as the title says
the entry level boxter @37k is venerated & described as a better car at less tahn half the price
i think this also - i own a 911 but i can't get away from thinking its a fat bloated girlfriend
food for thought
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Zyp
5,776 posts
59 months
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Cat. Pigeons. In amongst them...... 
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supermono
6,246 posts
118 months
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Shame the journo didn't drive a gt car or turbo. Carreras might be borderline I guess.
SM
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Mermaid
12,678 posts
41 months
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The Boxster is rather good, and good value too. Great entry level car to seduce you into far more expensive offerings later.
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birdcage
1,751 posts
75 months
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New boxter looks great, and my 2.5 was my first Porsche and will always have fond memories but the same could be said of a good estate car for 40k or an RS6 for 75k, you buy because you can....especially with the new businessmans express.
The new 911 is aimed at wealthy people only, if you saved to buy one you would be absolutely nuts...
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Crimp a Length!
4,761 posts
93 months
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Love the new boxter its an awesome roadster and the cars that its aimed at cannot hold a torch to it. That said it will always be 911 for me whatever journo's claim or that daft bugger from Doncaster.
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spikeyhead
7,602 posts
67 months
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s s s s s s I just thought this thread needs some 
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GC8
9,825 posts
60 months
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I though that the model'd had a name change!
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Triple7
3,252 posts
107 months
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Think the new Boxster is stunning and a fantastic car, having just sat in one as a package it is more practical than 991, as comfortable as a 911, just as fast as 991,, but I don't aspire to own it. I have been out in a 991 and much preferred it to my 997.2, so I will,keep saving .....
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jackal
9,791 posts
152 months
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Read TG's big group test this month. The 991 came 2nd equal with the Exige V6. The boxster didnt even make it to the final shakeup.
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Bill Stein
1,564 posts
79 months
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They were made from crap component's at nearly 50k, so god alone knows how they've managed to cheapen it even further. Bet most of the bolt's on's are from China now. Ladys' and Gentlemen i give you...the  xster! 
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Bill Stein
1,564 posts
79 months
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I've been censored FFS worlds gone mad. Ok let's try the Chonkxster
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oilslurper
19 posts
17 months
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What a load of b lox, Who really cares what some bozo from the Sunday times thinks! It not even about cash, 981 money gets you a great 997, 996 money gets you a great 987....991 get you, a great anything.
All awesome and appeal for different reason, choice is a great thing!
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cmoose
18,909 posts
99 months
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jackal said: Read TG's big group test this month. The 991 came 2nd equal with the Exige V6. The boxster didnt even make it to the final shakeup. To be honest, I wouldn't recommend taking advice from either the Sunday times or especially TG mag when it comes to buying cars, especially driver's car. Given the the Boxster and 911 have always been variations of a single model, the 911 is always going to look like poor value by comparison. But the 911 still has its own particular character - even the 991 (just!). Similarly, the Boxster always seems like great value as you're getting the same platform and engine and most of the same components, largely the same cabin etc as the 911, but for a massive discount. There's also something to be said for the purity and simplicity of a basic entry level Boxster, while the 991 moves upmarket and becomes more of a luxurious GT with each generation. Personally I prefer tin tops and am not much interested in the rear seats, so the Cayman would actually be my pick. A basic 987 Cayman 2.9 please. No extras. Putting the GT3 models to one side, that would be my pick of recent Porsche's, money no object.
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mohitos
819 posts
69 months
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I think this is a little harsh! It was a 1" wide by 3" high snippet in how great the Boxter was, rather than how poor the 911 is. And also a little misleading as it suggested that the Boxster was half the price of a 911, when all the guys on here have spec'd their Boxtsers up to about £60k!
All that being said, I think the Boxster looks better than the 911 convertible, so it's what I'd buy anyway.
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Phooey
6,102 posts
39 months
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memps/Sunday Times said: the entry level boxter @37k is venerated & described as a better car at less tahn half the price Better at what?
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lumpystew
549 posts
14 months
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THERE ALL GREAT CARS........................................................
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SunDiver
722 posts
107 months
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Bill Stein said: They were made from crap component's at nearly 50k, so god alone knows how they've managed to cheapen it even further. Bet most of the bolt's on's are from China now. Ladys' and Gentlemen i give you...the xster! "To build and bring to market a 997 Turbo, it costs Porsche less than $10,000 more per car than it does to build and bring to market a Boxster." http://www.racer.com/porsche-911-turbo-paddling-ah...I can see how this *might* be plausible for a NA 911 and Boxster. Sit inside a Boxster and it's much the same as a 911 - different bodyshape of course but otherwise not much between them in cost to build. But a turbo? Could they really get turbos, intercooler, other associated gubbins for that "low" a delta?
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Rugbyman
1,553 posts
73 months
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jackal said: Read TG's big group test this month. The 991 came 2nd equal with the Exige V6. The boxster didnt even make it to the final shakeup. TG has always hated Porsche ....
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Rugbyman
1,553 posts
73 months
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BOXSTER .....there is an 'S' 
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