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2007 Porsche Boxster S
By Scott Oldham
Date posted: 08-21-2006



This one falls under the heading of painfully obvious. No clairvoyance necessary. Even Fox sportscaster Joe Buck, who once said, "Wood bats continue to be made of wood," knew Porsche would plop the 3.4-liter six from the Cayman S into the Boxster S. The only question was, "When?"

The answer is now. Right now. As in the 2007 Porsche Boxster S, which is arriving at your local Porsche store just in time for football season.

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Here's the deal. Porsche has tossed the 3.2-liter engine that previously powered the Boxster S into the trash can. Sort of. This new 24-valve 3.4-liter horizontally opposed six-cylinder is based on that engine, but it wears the same cylinder heads and uses the same VarioCam Plus variable valve timing and lift system as the 325-hp 3.6-liter flat-six in the Porsche 911 Carrera.

Power ratings are 295 hp at 6250 rpm and 251 pound-feet of torque at 4400 rpm

 

what's a cayman?

 

4000rpm at 80mph in 6th gear? Damn, that's pretty high rpm for a 3.4L flat six!

 

the BS just keeps getting better and better.

When I get another vert to repalce the S2000 the BS is probably it.

 

Gear ratio between 5 and 6 are too close for praticality. I suspect 6th is geared optimally for top speed bragging right - which is silly.

 

While I am sure the Boxster S is the car everybody wants, the regular Boxster quietly becomes a better car every year. The standard engine is not the same joke it once was.

And before people jump on me for saying that, it has the same power and lots more torque than the S2000.

 

Besided being a vert with $5K in the govebox what other differences are there from a BS and a CS?

I mean is there some standard features on the CS that would make up some of the price difference?



Between two otherwise identical cars one with a power folding insulated and nicely intigrated soft top and the other with a tin top, and I'll pay extra for the vert. So to get a BS with $5K discount seems like a no brainer.

 

From the review:

All the suspension hardware and geometry remains the same, which means the hardtopped Cayman S continues to use firmer rear springs, stiffer dampers and a slightly smaller rear sway bar than its topless sister.

 

Cayman looks better

Btw, those pics in the article are borrowed material. They were taken more than 2 years ago. Cars in pic are '05 BS (yellow) and '05 base (red). The '07 might have slightly revised bumper/trim

 

you also get much more trunk and storage space in the Cayman.