Porsche Boxter...Spyder
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Porsche Boxter...Spyder
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Porsche Boxster Spyder Coming to 2009 L.A. Auto Show
Published Nov 5, 2009
STUTTGART, Germany — Porsche has announced it will roll out a new open-top version of the Boxster, the Boxster Spyder, at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show in December. The new model is slated to begin going on sale worldwide alongside its Boxster and Boxster S siblings next February.
Unlike the special-edition Boxster Spyders from 2004 and 2008, the new Spyder is a specially developed full production model, Porsche says.
Porsche says the midengined Boxster Spyder, at 2,811 pounds, will be the lightest-weight Porsche in the lineup. Keeping it light is a low-profile soft top that is intended "exclusively to protect the driver and passenger from bright sunshine, wind and weather," Porsche says. The Boxster Spyder is meant to continue the tradition of Spyders starting with the 550 Spyder from 1953, which was developed for racing and weighed a mere 1,213 pounds.
The Boxster Spyder gets Porsche's 3.4-liter six-cylinder engine that makes 320 horsepower — a 10-hp increase over the Boxster S — taking it from zero to 60 mph in less than 4.8 seconds and on to a top speed with the top down of 166 mph. It is fitted with an all-new sport suspension that lowers the car by 0.8 inch and has a lower center of gravity, a standard limited-slip differential and Porsche's PDK transmission and Sports ChronoPackage.
In the U.S., the Boxster Spyder will be priced at $61,200 and will go on sale in February.
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This is also up in the Car Talk section, I'll just copy and paste my reply:
The people questioning the existence of a convertible top, side windows, radio and air conditioning are severely missing the point of this car. It's a toy, quite literally.
No, you can not listen to your new CD on it. No, it won't be a good idea to go out on a day with a chance of rain. No, you will have very little recourse if it's boiling hot outside and you need a cool breeze of air. No, you're probably not going to go daily driving to and from work or the grocery store. This is not a first and only car. This probably isn't a second car, either. This is a third, fourth, or whatever car. This is for people who can afford to drop about 70 grand on a car and have it sit in the garage for most of its life, doing nothing, just waiting to be taken out on one of those perfect days.
There is no rationalization for this car or comparing to another car in any way, it would most likely lose. Most people want more practicality, most people would look for more performance per dollar. This is for that small percentage of people who just have the money to burn.
I think it's fantastic, and for the people that can enjoy such a car, life is good.
The people questioning the existence of a convertible top, side windows, radio and air conditioning are severely missing the point of this car. It's a toy, quite literally.
No, you can not listen to your new CD on it. No, it won't be a good idea to go out on a day with a chance of rain. No, you will have very little recourse if it's boiling hot outside and you need a cool breeze of air. No, you're probably not going to go daily driving to and from work or the grocery store. This is not a first and only car. This probably isn't a second car, either. This is a third, fourth, or whatever car. This is for people who can afford to drop about 70 grand on a car and have it sit in the garage for most of its life, doing nothing, just waiting to be taken out on one of those perfect days.
There is no rationalization for this car or comparing to another car in any way, it would most likely lose. Most people want more practicality, most people would look for more performance per dollar. This is for that small percentage of people who just have the money to burn.
I think it's fantastic, and for the people that can enjoy such a car, life is good.
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Originally Posted by GinoGT,Nov 5 2009, 07:54 PM
This is also up in the Car Talk section, I'll just copy and paste my reply:
The people questioning the existence of a convertible top, side windows, radio and air conditioning are severely missing the point of this car. It's a toy, quite literally.
No, you can not listen to your new CD on it. No, it won't be a good idea to go out on a day with a chance of rain. No, you will have very little recourse if it's boiling hot outside and you need a cool breeze of air. No, you're probably not going to go daily driving to and from work or the grocery store. This is not a first and only car. This probably isn't a second car, either. This is a third, fourth, or whatever car. This is for people who can afford to drop about 70 grand on a car and have it sit in the garage for most of its life, doing nothing, just waiting to be taken out on one of those perfect days.
There is no rationalization for this car or comparing to another car in any way, it would most likely lose. Most people want more practicality, most people would look for more performance per dollar. This is for that small percentage of people who just have the money to burn.
I think it's fantastic, and for the people that can enjoy such a car, life is good.
The people questioning the existence of a convertible top, side windows, radio and air conditioning are severely missing the point of this car. It's a toy, quite literally.
No, you can not listen to your new CD on it. No, it won't be a good idea to go out on a day with a chance of rain. No, you will have very little recourse if it's boiling hot outside and you need a cool breeze of air. No, you're probably not going to go daily driving to and from work or the grocery store. This is not a first and only car. This probably isn't a second car, either. This is a third, fourth, or whatever car. This is for people who can afford to drop about 70 grand on a car and have it sit in the garage for most of its life, doing nothing, just waiting to be taken out on one of those perfect days.
There is no rationalization for this car or comparing to another car in any way, it would most likely lose. Most people want more practicality, most people would look for more performance per dollar. This is for that small percentage of people who just have the money to burn.
I think it's fantastic, and for the people that can enjoy such a car, life is good.
The same (or something similar) was also said about our cars (at least the AP1 anyway) which is what drove me toward this car so passionately.
In 2003 when I bought my S, it was the most extreme, the most raw, the purest sports car available. Before Lotus and Chevy (Corvette) and a few other select manufacturers saw the market potential.
This Boxter, to me, represents exactly what Porsche has always strived to be.