rai

OK I'm not in the market for one, but I'd rather have the Boxster even tho the hard-top vert is a great idea.

I don't want to put the Z4 in the poll but did anyway just in case.

Well Automobile has the SLK v Boxster

SLK350
$46K(base)/$51K(as tested)
3.5L 268hp 258-TQ
3280 lbs
0-60 5.9s
0-100 14.1s
0-120 21.5s
1/4 mile 14.2@101mph
70-0 braking 168 ft

Boxster
$44K/$49K
2.7L 236hp 199-TQ
3000 lbs
0-60 5.9s
0-100 15.1s
0-120 23.1s
14.5@98mph
70-0 151 ft

This was 6-speed MT for the SLK and 5-speed MT for the Boxster (But I think you can get a 6-speed for the Boxster)

mvf4s

slk = fruity

bluedd

Poor Z4 it's so ugly that it's like handicap by birth compared to others. It's so unfair to put it against the competition. There is not competition, although bmw might think there is.

Officer_down

I beg to differ. I think the Z4 is very nice looking.

PedalFaster

Have you ever even driven one? That 3.0 L inline six automatically qualifies the Z4 as competition for any sports car in that price range. It's also a respectable handler, although not on the same plane as the Boxster.

Steve

Ravenwerk

Since the upgrades in power and styling I'll have to go with the SLK. The new lines really complement the looks.

Elistan

Based on the specs above, it's a tossup. I'd have to drive both and choose based on the driving experience.

Saki GT

The new MB is pretty hot, I think I'd take it over the new Boxster, but I'd have to experience the two to know for sure.

The Z is pretty ugly, despite its abilities. I think sales are way down on it -25% from 03 to 04. BMW sold more last-year Z3's in 2002 than Z4's in 2004, or so I've heard.

Z4EC

Test drove the auto SLK 350, wasn't impressed at all. There's a huge lag between shifts when in the manual mode. Going to test-drive the manual transmission tomorrow and maybe I'll get a better feel of its performance.

bluedd

Don't have one but just testdrives. I'm not referring to performance but when you buy an expensive car, image is very important especially others have equal or better performance. That's why MB is changing away from femine look of previous SLK besides performance because they loose much sales from that. And that's also one of the reasons why Z4 is selling so poorly compared to Z3 although you believe it is a better car. Read some article months ago about Z4 sales so low that it was at the sales number of Z3 at the last years before it went out.