wow, this car is amazing

We just found out that:

Need more oil for GM is Bob Lutz’s mother.
fordman is Bob Lutz’s father.

Mr and Mrs. Lutz,

We are going to need a lot more for your son and we are sorry that he tanked GM.
Maybe they will have a brighter future but it still doesn’t look good.

Best wishes,
Everybody else of Left Lane News Forums

Loving these lightweight porsches. Turn back the hands of times when cars used to be lighter!

-No More Oil for GM’s grandpa. Jigga yea!

I like the body work, just REALLY hate the frikin roof!

Lame chick car. Everyone would rather own a real sports car.

It’s called the Corvette.

GM. An American Revolution

I’m almost ready to throw in the towel with this site with all this NMOFGM bull****.

Actually, the first of the Boxster lineup I would entertain owning (and I am not a fan of convertibles). Porsche did a great job on this model.

Awww, A4, you gonna cry? Or are you still pissed because Lutz and the CTS-V just proved to you how overrated your German cars are. Shoulda bought a Cadillac huh

*sniff sniff*

As an Audi owner you of all people would stick up for a low rent, inferior German product.

GM. An American Revolution

Don’t worry about NMOFGM. He’s just a troll. No matter how fast GM cars are, no matter how many professional champion racecar drivers they hire to defeat a 21-year old kid in an M3 with 140 LESS horsepower for their lame CTS-V Challenge, no matter how fast their Corvettes are: They’re still generic, plastic, Enterprise rent-a-car specials and he knows it.

hmmmm intriguing

true porsche. fast, clean, and beautiful.

A4. don’t worry about NMOFGM. He sound like he has Tourette Syndrome with a dash of schizophrenia. They have medications for his issues. But, his mom has to make him take the medications, and let him out of the basement. NMOFGM reminds me of Dr.Phil.

Hey BMWpower, it’s not GM’s fault BMW engines are weak and inferior It’s also not GM’s fault that they are 30 grand more expensive either.

At least they put up a fight though, look at the RS-4 that got it’s a$$ handed to it or the POS Faguars that backed out because they couldn’t handle the stress of being out on a track instead of cruising the boulevard at the old peoples home.

Caddy is King (Or is it Cing?) and the Germans have been put out to pasture. They should go back to making civilian taxis or something.

Be American. buy American. Buy GM. An American Revolution

NMOFGM…and american inbred!

not bad, not bad… (the car that is)

Ugh, if only I could afford one! Should be up there with one of the best handling Porsches ever. Love the Carrera GT look out back, incredible. Those straps as the interior door handles are brilliant too, as usual, another job very well done Porsche.

I’d take this baby over a vette anyday!

I seriously wonder who the idiots running LLN are who let MORONS like NMOFGM in!?!?

Idiots dont’ bring facts, they bring emotions which is exactly what you are bringing.

An American Revolution

*NMOFGM: The only reason why you say that the CTS-V is $30K less than a BMW, is because Cadillac compares the CTS-V to the M5 rather than the M3. In base form, the CTS competes with the 3-series. Don’t believe me, then do a comparison check on the Cadillac website. The CTS is a nice car, but why in V form does it jump up a class: to make it look like a bargain or to hide the fact that the M3, while having less power, is just better.

Anyhow this thread is about the Boxter Spyder and as nice as it is the Boxter model has never really caught me eye. I would prefer a 911.

Awesooooooooome! Wow… I want one.

its nap time for NMOFGM. don’t expect him back until 4:30 or 5:00 .

Very nice. Reminiscent of the 911 Speedsters of yore. I must admit I was expecting the windshield to be cut down even further, but at this height it will at least stay practical. Light, nimble, with the perfect amount of power (ok so maybe 340-350hp would have been even better) but awesome anyway.

not a Porsche enthusiast. Someone explain to me the red things. Those door handles?

That’s a really nice car. It’s too bad it looks like a Porsche.

Gorgeous car.

I wonder how they made the drop-top version lighter than the regular S version? Usually it’s the other way around.

i was really prepared to dislike this thing…i remember an article about it a while back and i was unconvinced…i thought the 911 speedster look was pretty lame, making an already awkward looking convertible even more bulbous looking…but this thing looks hot and i want one badly (with heated/cooled seats, one good cupholder, and an ipod interface, of course)…

@vicdub85 yes, they´ve removed the door handles by these straps, it´s been done often on race porsches or the 911 rs (964) from the 90`s. It´s one of the things to make the car a bit lighter. The coolest thing is how they put the canvas roof on the car. You can´t see it good on these pictures, I saw others…it´s kind a like a tent.

@ ChuckTown, you don’t make sense. The M5 should be much better than the M3; and honestly what’s the Nuremberg lap time for the M3? How then can you say the M3 is better than the CTS-V? Are you just being brainwashed or do you have some lap times to say otherwise?

@ Everyone here! We all know that a Porsche as a performance car is overpriced! I’m not sure what person is going to sit here and say otherwise! A EVO X does 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, it’s AWD and costs half the price! So don’t sit here are try to preach that a Porsche is worth the money! If it is then why? Because it has Audi looking gauges and it looks “cooler”? B.S.!

@ Zesty Honda, true , Ring times speaketh the truth , it is written in the Bible. i think Moses was the first to post an official ‘Ring time when he trained for the race out of Egypt.

And an EVO X is just a Mitsu Lancer… Porsche overpriced? Yeah, maybe they are. I guess that depends on how you look at it. But it’s not about the money for the people who can afford vehicles like this.

@ @ Zesty Honda , an Armani suit is overpriced too , i can get cheaper clothes at any discount store and they keep me warmer too !

@scratchy, I’m not sure if you’re trying to sarcastic here but ring times are where the rubber meet the road. Did you see that Hyundai Genesis commercial where it beats a Porsche in a straight line drag race. I beat you Hyundai couldn’t pull that crap with a Nuremberg test vs a Porsche!

This thing is awesome. It really gives the boxter that extra bit of cache and purist edge that it needs to escape it’s chick-car reputation. Great job porsche!

@Zesty Honda. Well if you had really read my post, what I was getting at is that the CTS-V is priced sized to compete with the M3, but Cadillac’s website defaults the $80K M5 as the V’s competition. I never said that the M3 was better than the M5 (way to pull that conclusion out of your a$$). They are both great the M3 is just smaller and cheaper. And yes the M3 is not as powerful, but it is a better all round car than the CTS-V.

This car will be SWEET! pricey but well worth it as its got proven sporting credentials… In other porsche news. I finally Saw a Panamera Turbo today in black… In person MILES MILES MILLLLLLES better lookin that it was in pictures

Zesty Honda (I love that name!) I disagree with you. I can’t say that I disagree completely, but Boxster and S2000 had near identical times about 7-8 years when both were novelties. However, with all my appreciation for Honda, Boxster was easier and more exciting to drive. You did not have to choke the life out the engine to get it going. Numbers are good, but driving dynamics and feeling that car passes to you while driving are not always statistically explained. BTW, that what I like about most of Honda cars, despite numbers.

to be honest… “ring times” i couldnt care less about. Yes it measures how fast the car is big woop,. im more interested in driving dynamics than sheer speed. A pro driver can make any car look good at the ring but as an everday man what i care about is how responsive it is, hwo it handles those corners at speed, does the care feel secure when im tossing it around. When a REAL enthusiast steps into a sports car They are lookin for the thrill. You can be fast and be boring as hell to drive.. just look at the cobalt SS..

Zesty Honda, the price of a car is not based upon quality, materials, or speed. The price of a car is simply how much the manufacturer thinks people will pay for the car. People will pay more for a porsche, so they charge more. It’s a twisted world, but you’re going to have to get over it.

This is what a real sports car that “everyone” would rather drive than some chick car like the overplayed corvette.

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Nup dont like it….the wheels suck..that STUPPPID tight ass roof sucks……its a step back for boxster in my opinion…..would much rather as stock boxster s if i was a porsche man….

Borat/Zesty Honda, that’s exactly why I bought a Boxster S. I drove the S2000 and my 2001 Boxster S back to back. It was comfortable, and easy to drive. I sat in the passenger seat of the S2000 and the transmission box was in the way. The Boxster S had WAY more creature comforts, better stereo, and generally felt easier to drive around town, especially while not at WOT. That’s where 99% of us doing 99% of our driving soooo… there is more to Porsche than track times. They make very livable sports cars. I’d still have a Porsche if I didn’t almost get married and trade the car in for a family mobile. Eh… **** happens.

Why bash Bob Lutz? Remember he pushes for a lot of great products, like the CTS. He also pushed for the 2011 Caprice.

Anyway, this is not that big to me. It’s just a two seat roadster version of the Boxter. Im not impressed. The roof is awful. Porsche needs to come up with a new design theme because they have been remolding and reshaping their current theme for as long as i remember. I used to like it, but now it feels old. Porsches don’t excite me anymore.

By the way, i am changing my username to the blogger formerly known as iluvamcars.

-the blogger formerly known as iluvamcars (working screen name, not official)

Well i changed my username.

-Fan of the Automobile (formely known as iluvamcars)

“Need more oil for GM” is idiot, just like any other GM buyers… why waste money on idiots?

to all those who hate the wheels and soft top

get over it, buy some aftermarket wheels and wear a jacket if its cold, not a hard thing to do.

^^ I’m sure porsche will offer a bevvy of different wheel options with this vehicle, as they do with all of their other products–especially considering that the spyder likely runs on the same size rubber as other 987 variants.

To those complaining about the roof, remember that this is a limited production, stripped-down, purist model. Personally, I like the soft top treatment, and I think the bodywork looks especially elegant with the top down.

Too often, we see limited editions with nothing more than a color change, or the addition of a new trim-piece, or something else insignificant. It’s great to see a special edition with cognizable performance and visual modifications–drastically reduced weight, restlyed bodywork, power bump, etc. If you don’t like it, fine, but it’s hard to complain about porsche offering more choices…

from the right side profile with the top down it kinda looks like a baby veyron.

a very good looking porsche. very lotus like, best looking boxster in years!!… and Need more oil for GM…. yea you all need more oil for your cheap P.O.S cars, the escalade might be the king of SUVS, and caddilac may be on a slight come back, but thats about it and yea, i own an escalade. Its nice and all. but the Germans will forever OWN american cars

V.A.G——V.A.G——V.A.G

Oh porsche. More lazy uninspired design wrapped in quality trimmings: its a shame really as ive never doubted porsche’s competence so far as quality and performance. All those top grade materials and engineering cues to house this banal sales/business focused design. I honestly think porsche’s exterior design team has an inside running joke of seeing how little work they can do just by rehashing tired ideas and sticking a porsche crest on the bonnet. Its also concerning to see what a positive reception this coma inducing doodle is receiving. HOW DULL!!!

n2k, face it, you’re just jealous you can’t afford it.

What’s good for General motors is good for America

whats good for LLN, is for you to have your fingers broken so you can’t contribute to this forum anymore.

Does this remind anyone else of a 914? Maybe it’s the roofline…

I’d take this over a 911 Cabrio, which is what…like $30k more?

I’d have to drive this and a Covette ‘vert Gran Sport back to back on what I’d rather have.

Both would be fun, but not sure which one I’d rather be seen in.

Beautiful car, awesome performance and …reasonable, price. I love it.

By the way, I just can’t believe all the repliers to NMOFGM comments.

Nice Car, I bet it handles like a dream.

I’d pick one of these up in a heartbeat. this is the hottest iteration since the induction of the Caerera GT. The only difference is that this is actually affordable. Though its not as fast, its more drivable and it is officially the coolest Boxter ever built.

Chick car. posuer Corvette wannabe

Chevrolet. The Heartbeat of America!

At NMOFGM Corvette is the poor mans supercar, or the person who only cares how fast their car is, end of story. If you cant understand why this Porsche is special then you are for sure one of these two types.