With VW now controlling Porsche, only God knows what will happen with quality an choice of engines. It well may be 914 story all over again. Great concept, wrong choices, Dejavu guys?
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B62HU20091207
After my 99 Boxster engine seized last year, I seriously considered making it an electric like the Tesla. I second Pothole's view on the hybrid Boxster.
Regards,
Fred Larracuente
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico US