New Boxster looks great!
New Boxster looks great!
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RDMcG

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20,910 posts

238 months

Gompo

4,763 posts

289 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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I just saw that on Autoblog too and quite agree, definitely the best looking Boxster so far (apart from maybe the Spider).

David Hype

2,296 posts

283 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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That is a huge step forward, love the side scops and vents and the integrated hoops! Nice...

robsti

12,241 posts

237 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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Looks like a Toyota MR2 !

johnycarrera

1,935 posts

261 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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Looks really good, best Boxster by a mile. Some straight guys will be tempted now too I reckon wink

mayes911

6,074 posts

216 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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imho looks nicer than the new 911.anyone know any specs yet? have read the base 2.9 is being replaced with a 270hp flat 4 turbo.

dsl2

1,484 posts

232 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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The front is yuk, I'm with the looks like a Toyota fella.....

MogulBoy

3,066 posts

254 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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I'm really struggling to believe that this is the real deal.

It certainly appears to be something that Porsche themselves have built but I just get the impression that it's there to test ideas in a customer clinic or whatever they call them these days.

Perhaps these shots have been leaked and we are that clinic?

What normally happens next is that the design is watered down so that the masses on ph can extract the proverbial from the much berated Porsche design team who are invariably accused of sleeping on the job and not actually offering us a new product.

If so... Porsche, please do not built it like that! IMO, the doors and 'rear element' are way over done. Stick to what you know works and continue the evolution à la 991.

I am already quite excited about this mule..






mollytherocker

14,472 posts

240 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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robsti said:
Looks like a Toyota MR2 !
That was my first thought.

I like the door scoop line but not the spoiler through the rear lights design.

MTR

RichB

56,457 posts

315 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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Can't believe the criticism, looks like a nice update to a Boxster to me. What's all this Toyota nonsense about wobble

RichB

56,457 posts

315 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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Is that the prototype?

Gompo

4,763 posts

289 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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anonymous said:
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..Yep, I remember that one, although I've never seen that particular picture of it. I'd probably agree with you, too..

snaelro

88 posts

186 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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RichB said:
Can't believe the criticism, looks like a nice update to a Boxster to me. What's all this Toyota nonsense about wobble
as you said...nonsense, especially because the MR2 was heavily inspired by the first boxster.

I think this new version is great. less fussy than the latest restyled ones ad very modern. a proper small sportscar.

Gompo

4,763 posts

289 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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Aha, good one! It does remind me slightly of the Z8 (or vice-versa) in those pics.. If they'd brought it out looking like that I may well have on in the garage (albeit a 2.5).

Mutt

1,115 posts

222 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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Sod the mortgage... I might have to send in a letter of intent! That looks bloody brilliant!

MogulBoy

3,066 posts

254 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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anonymous said:
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Agree with both point but on the first, can we be sure that these are recent shots from a reliable source or are they just recently leaked?

On your second point, of course some parts appear identical as this 'mule' has been built up from parts on the shelf / in development.

When l look at the rear spolier on the black mule, it looks new (i.e. not 987) but not at all like the one on the silver car...

DS240

5,775 posts

249 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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I'll have to see more pictures, but to me that isn't looking good.

Not what I was expecting from porsche. Do we think this is a pukka real photo?

I can very much see the mr2 connection jokes from that angle.

Hopefully fake.

mayes911

6,074 posts

216 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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second look and not a fan of the rear lights.imo the side scoops are there to allow for the turbo model when it comes.the photo looks too polished for a real picture(note the male model driver)but it is most likely the real deal to stir up interest before release at the end of the year.

Mutt

1,115 posts

222 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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anonymous said:
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Now that I've got over my initial reaction of "WANT!" -- I still do want one -- I have to agree with cmoose. It just looks right, the 991 wheels, the bits of the interior you can see, the spoiler, the bootlid lettering, the lights...

I can also see the mk3 MR2 in the vent.

DS240

5,775 posts

249 months

Wednesday 5th October 2011
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Ok, I couldn't see the other pics the first time.

With the other shots, i'd say this is gen.

The size looks better on the profile shots. Not sure still though about the looks.

Don't like that panel line above the side vent to rear wheel arch. Looks very clumsy.