Is there a better handling sports car than a Boxster S?
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Having just bought my wife a 2011 MY Boxster S and having driven many other types of sports cars, including the 911, Ferraris etc.... I am genuinely astonished by how well it drives and handles. It truly deserves all the accolades it seems to receive from the motoring press, but prompted me to ask the question.... Is there a better handling car out there, pound for pound??
mdrc said:
Having just bought my wife a 2011 MY Boxster S and having driven many other types of sports cars, including the 911, Ferraris etc.... I am genuinely astonished by how well it drives and handles. It truly deserves all the accolades it seems to receive from the motoring press, but prompted me to ask the question.... Is there a better handling car out there, pound for pound??
If it's about handling and not speed...Elise
Exige
Any 7
Cayman
are all better handling
mdrc said:
I am genuinely astonished by how well it drives and handles. It truly deserves all the accolades it seems to receive from the motoring press, but prompted me to ask the question.... Is there a better handling car out there, pound for pound??
You are right - the Boxster S is a truly astounding sportscar, especially taking account of its relatively accessible price. The handling is truly sublime.The only cars I know which can compare in the handling department are typically what I would call "trackday specials" as opposed to proper road cars. Lotus Evora is perhaps the nearest comparison but it's a lot more expensive and weirdly packaged/styled - it's engine sits high above the back axle whereas the flat 6 in Boxster sits lower and further forward.
zippyprorider said:
My exige would leave it for dead
Except of course, in the real world, "for dead" means a couple of seconds a lap faster, or say 2 car lengths on after a "traffic light GP"........ To "leave something for dead" ime, either on track or the road, you need massively more power (lets say 4x) and ideally massive downforce too.
So, yes, an Exige will be a bit better to drive, largely due to being a bit lower mass, but you "pay" for that with a car that is nowhere as good as being "a car" the rest of the time. You pays your money, you makes your choice ;-)
Max_Torque said:
Except of course, in the real world, "for dead" means a couple of seconds a lap faster, or say 2 car lengths on after a "traffic light GP"........
To "leave something for dead" ime, either on track or the road, you need massively more power (lets say 4x) and ideally massive downforce too.
So, yes, an Exige will be a bit better to drive, largely due to being a bit lower mass, but you "pay" for that with a car that is nowhere as good as being "a car" the rest of the time. You pays your money, you makes your choice ;-)
I think you are taking his phrase a bit too literally, an exige would be a better handling car end of. Also the question was about handling so in this instance "the rest of the time" is irrelevant. To "leave something for dead" ime, either on track or the road, you need massively more power (lets say 4x) and ideally massive downforce too.
So, yes, an Exige will be a bit better to drive, largely due to being a bit lower mass, but you "pay" for that with a car that is nowhere as good as being "a car" the rest of the time. You pays your money, you makes your choice ;-)
Max_Torque said:
Except of course, in the real world, "for dead" means a couple of seconds a lap faster, or say 2 car lengths on after a "traffic light GP"........
To "leave something for dead" ime, either on track or the road, you need massively more power (lets say 4x) and ideally massive downforce too.
To me, "for dead" in the real world means "significantly further down the road" than the slower car. For example, when an Exige is going for it on an empty road, and the Boxster loses it within a few corners for example. Not that you see that sort of thing terribly often on the road, but I imagine most competent drivers, familiar with performance cars could do their favourite loop of roads quicker in an Exige than they could in a Boxster, if they fancied it.To "leave something for dead" ime, either on track or the road, you need massively more power (lets say 4x) and ideally massive downforce too.
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