Stripped down Porsche offers less for your money
- No automatic gearbox with range-topping Boxster Spyder;
- Manual open and close ragtop;
- No radio or climate control to save weight;
- Arrives in July priced £60,459.
IT’S back to sports car roots for the new Porsche Boxster Spyder whose ragtop has to be opened and closed by hand and it only comes with manual transmission.
The range-topping Boxster to be unveiled at the New York International Auto Show retains the independent character of the previous Spyder.
As a true original roadster, the Porsche Boxster Spyder offers a traditional sports-car driving experience but with contemporary performance. This means:
- firm sports suspension
- a 20mm lower ride height
- powerful brakes taken from the 911 Carrera
- even more direct steering, and
- a 3.8-litre flat six-cylinder engine with an output of 375hp.
Drivers and passengers can thus look forward to a genuine sports-car experience with outstanding driving dynamics in the lightest yet most powerful Boxster. It takes only around 4.5 seconds for it to sprint from 0 to 62mph, while the model’s top speed is 180mph. Claimed overall fuel consumption amounts to 28.5 mpg.
