2011-2012 Boxster Photos - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

RandallNeighbour · 03-11-2009, 01:30 PM

jmatta, I hope you are right. Those vents going all the way up the dash toward the windshield are awful!

I was hoping the 2012 model would look like that orange one I saw on the cover of whatever magazine... a cross between a 987 and a CGT. That was a fine looking car for sure.

This one isn't worth the upgrade in my opinion.

blue2000s · 03-11-2009, 02:20 PM

Those vents would never see production, the reflection in the windshield would be horrible.

blue2000s · 03-11-2009, 02:23 PM

Some more pics of the same car:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/porsche_file/2012_porsche_boxster_spied+view-photos.html

stateofidleness · 03-11-2009, 03:18 PM

still can't figure out how to hide the "ribs" of a soft top.. to me, it just kills a high-end sports car.

gregdacat · 03-12-2009, 03:35 AM

I do not like the rear end in particular the tail lights. It looks like someone stuck a Nissan Rear end on traditional Porsche.

Perfectlap · 03-12-2009, 08:02 AM

any new engine that will opend the door to the possibility of being beaten by a Domestic roadster is a mistake. Their just handing the competition marketing gold.
"faster than a Porsche Boxster" bla bla bla.
If you're going to charge more $$$$ over similar cars at least make sure the car has enough power to put away the competition.

The last issue of Excellence has the Chief of Porsche Motorsports programs basically saying that there are no plans to give the Cayman any prominence in racing. It sounded kind of funny "The 911 will continue to be zee top of the zee top. We could make it a mid engine 911 because we don't make use of the backseat in racing but we will continue with zee engine in the zee back".

Bad news for more power in Cayman and Boxster.

ekam · 03-12-2009, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

The last issue of Excellence has the Chief of Porsche Motorsports programs basically saying that there are no plans to give the Cayman any prominence in racing. It sounded kind of funny "The 911 will continue to be zee top of the zee top. We could make it a mid engine 911 because we don't make use of the backseat in racing but we will continue with zee engine in the zee back".

Bad news for more power in Cayman and Boxster.

This is news because...?

Porsche 911 is the flagship product and always will.