Upcoming Porsche Boxster will be more strongly differentiated from he 911

Sources in Zuffenhausen revealed that Porsche's new Boxster Mk3 will have more variations from the 911 as it will receive a series of technical revisions and will be fitted with a flat-four powerplant. The old management had approved the replacements for Boxster (981) and 911 (991) and so the two cars continue to share elements of
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Joe_Limon - 5/31/2011 4:04:58 PM

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So they are fitting a smaller 4 cylinder into the Boxster and it only lost 15kg?? Jeeze, talk about neutering the car. They mention the same engine being put in the Cayman, I wonder if it'll lose an impressive 15kg as well..

irishmike - 5/31/2011 7:35:49 PM

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I'll accept the reality of a 4cyl coming, but the 6 will continue as an option--that's my hunch.
I remember the flat four in the 356 and the notion of a modern day version as an alternative to hybrid power sounds interesting.

TauronB2G - 5/31/2011 9:06:14 PM

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So the new Boxster will be out next year as a 2012 model? This better be a strong ass 4 cylider in the Boxster because the current 2.9 needs more power. I just drove the Boxster and the Boxster S back to back last week and the Boxster needs more balls.
I'm interested in seeing and driving the car when it comes out. I might just have to pick one up.
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