Porsche Boxster Spyder

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by NicFromLA

That'd be awesome!

I'm so confused: everyone is always bitching about weight (me included) and how much they hate the Cayenne and Porsche's recent cars and (half of you) complain about the engine being in the rear, and when Porsche launches a lighter, sportier mid-engine car all everyone does is crap on it. Am I really the only one who's doing to defend this car?

PS: I'm having fantasies of Porsche doing this with a 911.

I like it too. Even the price increase is moderate. And you can have it with a manual.

Insta-win.

[csl177]

Seriously, I'd be fine with simpler and much lighter, including side curtains. The price is reasonable. But all they did was remove some basic luxuries, not take it where they could have... and styling is subjective. Some of us aren't impressed. I'm a Porsche fan that believes the company has gone the wrong direction so will stick with my old-school 911s and 356S. No, they won't perform like this new car,
but feel like a sportscar should: light and agile. Ask a new Lotus owner.

Wouldn't a mid-engined Porsche with smoother bodywork and 1100 kilos be more appealing?

[Cobrafan427]

Originally Posted by NicFromLA

That'd be awesome!

I'm so confused: everyone is always bitching about weight (me included) and how much they hate the Cayenne and Porsche's recent cars and (half of you) complain about the engine being in the rear, and when Porsche launches a lighter, sportier mid-engine car all everyone does is crap on it. Am I really the only one who's doing to defend this car?

PS: I'm having fantasies of Porsche doing this with a 911.

I freakin love it, although the roof looks a bit out of place. Retractable hardtop would look sexy as hell but it would throw the whole lightweight thing out the window.

[NicFromLA]

Originally Posted by csl177

Seriously, I'd be fine with simpler and much lighter, including side curtains. The price is reasonable. But all they did was remove some basic luxuries, not take it where they could have... and styling is subjective. Some of us aren't impressed. I'm a Porsche fan that believes the company has gone the wrong direction so will stick with my old-school 911s and 356S. No, they won't perform like this new car,
but feel like a sportscar should: light and agile. Ask a new Lotus owner.

Wouldn't a mid-engined Porsche with smoother bodywork and 1100 kilos be more appealing?

I'm the proud owner of the 356B Roadster, and I'm just happy to see the spirit of my car in something Porsche is producing today.

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by NicFromLA

I'm the proud owner of the 356B Roadster, and I'm just happy to see the spirit of my car in something Porsche is producing today.

i can't help but suspect that this is merely a marketing exercise aimed precisely at getting you to think that though.

[csl177]

Originally Posted by NicFromLA

PS: I'm having fantasies of Porsche doing this with a 911.

You mean again? The 90's Speedster wasn't bad and they've sorta used the formula for the new Boxter Spyder. But still too heavy.

Like you, I own a 356 (S Notchback Outlaw) as well as three early 911s. If Porsche would de-content the Boxter or Cayman in the true spirit of our old models, I'd have one.

[LTSmash]

Originally Posted by csl177

I'm a Porsche fan that believes the company has gone the wrong direction so will stick with my old-school 911s and 356S.

csl, what are your thoughts of the track based 911's (GT3/GT3RS)?

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

i can't help but suspect that this is merely a marketing exercise aimed precisely at getting you to think that though.

But at least there's some substance behind it.

[clutch-monkey]

yeah, certainly better than that porsche design rubbish where they took a boxster, painted it black with matte black stripes and bolted on the horrendous 997 turbo wheels

[IBrake4Rainbows]

I like the idea, certainly.

But when Porsche claim stuff like the Cayenne and Panamera are the money makers so they can focus time & effort onto keeping these sorts of cars right, I'd expect better solutions.

Especially with the roof. The afterthought nature of that just bugs me beyond belief. SUCH a bad solution. When having no roof at all is the better solution, something bad happened.

Having said that the Boxster is a very good vehicle in it's own right and this simply adds to that, but the cynic in me just won't be silenced, damnit.

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by IBrake4Rainbows

I like the idea, certainly.

But when Porsche claim stuff like the Cayenne and Panamera are the money makers so they can focus time & effort onto keeping these sorts of cars right, I'd expect better solutions.

Especially with the roof. The afterthought nature of that just bugs me beyond belief. SUCH a bad solution. When having no roof at all is the better solution, something bad happened.

Having said that the Boxster is a very good vehicle in it's own right and this simply adds to that, but the cynic in me just won't be silenced, damnit.

Simply, thorw away the roof and drive eveywhere open.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

That's exactly what they should have advertised it as.

By making a roof for it (and as crappily as they have) they're not embracing it's openness, they're showing off a glaring flaw.

BAD PORSCHE, BAD! NO EUROS FOR YOU!

[LeonOfTheDead]

Meh.
The new "bonnet" seems just attached to the actual rear end, as you know it isn't required for whatever reason.

Im not happy about the weight either, as they rediced the weight just removing stuff like the door's handles, not making the car actually lighter.

Finally, I'm definitely pissed with the fabric top.
I'd have preferred something made specifically to protect the interior while it's raining, not to pretend it's a soft top, with the car being a pure open top hardcore thing.
That said I can't see why it can have a decent soft stop in first place.

Me no wants.

[Matra et Alpine]

Guys, could have been worse, they coudl have bought in to the "modern trend" and fitted a cumbersome, heavy autom retract hardtop ????

Personally I'm not too bothered by it, 'course I'm used to Se7ens and Elise

[LeonOfTheDead]

The word "Spyder", as a reference to older Porsches, is just inappropriate.
It's a gimmick, an irrelevant weight saving compared to the lower "comfort", zero engineering applied to it, it's the kind of weight saving we could all do in our backyards in an afternoon. The top is the best example of LOLcar art, and I don't know what's the good thing about it. I think the rear is too fuzzy too.
This isn't even a Boxter RS, just a funky toy.

Wait, I just noticed this is SEMA week too...