Porsche-like, what's that even mean?
I'll define it like this: in tune with the driver, lighter, stiffer, more powerful motors, more fuel efficient and -- the best part -- faster.
According to our friends across the pond at Autocar, who got a brief ride in the all-new entry-level Porsche, the new 981 is going to be simply better. As we all know, Porsche has made an art of making subtle enhancements to its products. It's almost as if the brand is confident it built the car right the first time around and it just needs some minor "tuning."
After extensively driving their products, it's hard to argue with that.
Here are some highlights about the upcoming Boxster:
- It will boast a larger footprint; however, it will be an aluminum vehicle
- Porsche is claiming it will be the "lightest car in its class"
- No carryover components in the chassis
- Larger brakes
- Electro-mechanical power steering, according to the Boxster development boss: "we haven't stuffed it up"
- Smaller displacement motors -- 2.7-liter and 3.2-liter
- Seven-speed PDK and seven-speed manual transmissions
The third-generation Porsche Boxster is now just four months away from a planned debut at next year’s Geneva motor show. But before the German car maker’s boss Mathias Muller granted the mid-engined roadster a definitive production go-ahead back in October, Autocar joined a team of development engineers in California as they put the final test miles on prototype versions.
Codenamed 981, the new Boxster represents a big break, both in terms of engineering and philosophy, from its predecessor. Following on from developments brought to the latest 911, the strict two-seater is not only larger dimensionally but also sports an aluminium bodyshell that is claimed to be the “the lightest car in its class,” according to Boxster development boss Hans-Jürgen W?hler...
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