Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is introducing a new top version of the Porsche Boxster, a light mid-engined roadster making its world debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show in December.
Weighing just 1,275 kg or 2,811 lb, the Boxster Spyder is the lightest model throughout the entire range of Porsche cars. Clearly recognisable right from the start, this new mid-engined roadster represents the true, purist form of the Porsche sports car - light, powerful, consistently open, and very efficient.
This is precisely the formula already applied in creating Porsche's most successful road-going sports and racing cars, ranging from the legendary 550 Spyder all the way to the RS Spyder so successful in motorsport today.
The Boxster Spyder now continues this clear-cut philosophy with full homologation for the road, thus reflecting a common wish expressed by Porsche customers. The new model is entering the market in February 2010 as the third version in the Boxster range, joining the Boxster and Boxster S.
The new member of the Boxster family stands out clearly at very first sight from the other versions of Porsche's mid-engined roadster. Quite simply because the Boxster Spyder has been developed first and foremost for driving in the open air, the low-slung, light soft top extending far to the rear serving exclusively to protect the driver and passenger from bright sunshine, wind and weather. When closed, the soft top, together with the extra-low side windows and the two striking bulges on the single-piece rear lid, boasts a stretched and sleek silhouette reminiscent of the Carrera GT.
Significantly less weight than the Boxster S, a lower centre of gravity and an all-new sports suspension give the Boxster Spyder the right kind of driving dynamics clearly reflecting the unique look of the car.
The Boxster Spyder features a 3.4-litre six-cylinder with Direct Fuel Injection upfront of the rear axle. Maximum output is 320 bhp, 10 bhp more than in the Boxster S.
Equipped with PDK Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe and the Sports Chrono Package, the new Spyder, using Launch Control, accelerates from a standstill to 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds. Again with optional PDK, fuel consumption is a mere 9.3 litres on 100 kilometres (equal to 30.4 mpg imp) in the NEDC New European Driving Cycle. Top speed, in turn, is 267 km/h or 166 mph - with the roof open.
In terms of its fundamental concept, the entire Boxster family is the successor to the legendary 550 Spyder built back in 1953, both models sharing the same mid-engine roadster concept, low weight, back-to-the-roots lifestyle, and supreme agility com-bined with equally outstanding driving pleasure.
The 550 Spyder was the first sports car from Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen developed specifically for racing but also homologated for the road. In the years following its production, this unique Spyder weighing only 550 kg or 1,213 lb, scored numerous victories on race circuits and in the road races so popular at the time.
The 550 Spyder was followed by other extremely successful Porsche Spyders such as the 718 RS 60 in 1960.
In 2004 and 2008 Porsche dedicated a limited edition of special Boxsters bearing the additional name Spyder to these legendary racing cars. By contrast, the new Boxster Spyder is a regular, specially developed and upgraded production model with far-reaching modifications versus the Boxster and Boxster S.
Market introduction of the new Porsche Boxster Spyder will start worldwide in February 2010. The base price in the Euro countries is 53,100 Euro. Including 19 per cent VAT and national specifications, the market price of the new Porsche Boxster Spyder is 63,404 Euro.
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Nope, the biggest weight savings in the Boxster would be to get rid of the fatazz mid-life crisis guy behind the wheel.
I know what you're getting at, but for what it's worth, I can't think of anytime I've ever seen a fat Boxster driver, or Porsche driver for that matter. Most of the PCA crowd seems to be pretty lean for some reason
Special edition is stupid. Would be nice if it was priced reasonably and more than the 100 or so.
The press release reads like it's going to be a regular addition to the Boxster lineup, rather than a special edition. The price is around a 7000euro premium over a Boxster S in Germany, but there's no hint at what equipment the Spyder comes with as standard.
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It's a Porsche with less weight and more power and TCL bitches about the way the roof looks. Seriously?
You've been here long enough to know that would happen.
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The press release reads like it's going to be a regular addition to the Boxster lineup, rather than a special edition. The price is around a 7000euro premium over a Boxster S in Germany, but there's no hint at what equipment the Spyder comes with as standard.
Hopefully being a lightened car there will be minimal options, but you know Porsche is going to offer different color door pulls, optional $1,200 floor mounted fire extinguisher, and those 70s graphics on the side? That will be $2,000
Do want. Love those door handles. Remind me of the RS America.
They're on the GT3 RS as well:
I don't know what to think of this car though. I know it's true to classic Porsche form, but I think I like the normal Boxster S more in terms of both appearance and practicality. It's definitely a cool idea - just not for me.
I like things with 4 wheels and also things with 2 wheels.
I like the concept, but instead of the goofy canvas top, give me a manual top, ala Miata. I doubt it would add that much weight, and it'd be infinitely more practical. The power top is one thing that I don't like about my Boxster. Seems pointless.
It'd help if they would lose the stupid "Porsche" lettering down the side. Why must they always ruin their cars with stickers?
Oh yeah, it still weighs more than my 2,780 lb '01.
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It's a Porsche with less weight and more power and TCL bitches about the way the roof looks. Seriously?
Really? You absolutely didn't expect that? You are not a Noob you know...
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I'm well aware of the tradition, but that doesn't change the fact that it looks cheesy. It works better on something like a '73 Carrera RS, but the huge sticker telling people that you're awesome thing has passed.
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I still don't understand how the top is put on or where it comes from, it looks like a tarp stretched from the corners of the windshield to the hooks on the back humps...
that being said, this is the most awesome boxster ever.
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The car is finally what it should have been from the beginning.
!! i resemble that.
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