Highlights of the new Porsche 718 Boxster
The centerpiece of the new 718 Boxster is a newly developed four-cylinder flat engine with turbocharging. Learn more about the product highlights of our latest model in this video.
The centerpiece of the new 718 Boxster is a newly developed four-cylinder flat engine with turbocharging. Learn more about the product highlights of our latest model in this video.
Historically
the soft-top Boxster has sat below the coupe Cayman in Porsche’s pricing
hierarchy, but that’s about to change
Just as a 911 Cabrio costs more
than a coupe, the 718 Boxster will set buyers back around 1500 Euro more than
the Cayman on the continent when it comes to market in April 2016 The
Cayman will arrive six months later
Unless
you’re viewing the 718 from underneath, even Porsche fetishists might need to
look twice to see what’s changed from Boxster to 718 Badges aside, restyled LED head- and
tail-lights are the most obvious external change, with four bright dots per
unit and horizontal light bars for the indicators and rear lights Inside, a new instrument panel gets rid of the
old noisy, relatively breathless air vents
Sensibly,
Porsche’s not done anything drastic on the chassis front But
there are minor tweaks - half-inch-wider rear wheels, a new, grippier tyre
compound, mildly tweaked suspension kinematics, bigger brakes and more
sensitive stability control software The electric power steering’s been quickened
to 2 5 turns lock to lock, making it
10% speedier, and the wheel itself gets a new mannetino-style rotary selector
on the steering wheel to toggle modes for the stability control, suspension and
gearbox (depending on which option boxes are ticked)
