Boxster that looks like Cayman? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

thstone · 11-08-2011, 08:39 PM

The front nose air intakes are still different...

WhipE350 · 11-08-2011, 09:06 PM

Which is weird, why would the web designer go through the trouble of using a Cayman image, remove the top and add the Boxster front bumper. I think maybe we might be seeing the next Boxster

High-Low, you are messing with my head...did you photoshop the wheels the same?

tonycarreon · 11-09-2011, 04:55 AM

not saying it's not photoshopped - just seems a little weird to go to all the trouble instead of rolling in a different car and taking the picture.

Highlow · 11-09-2011, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by WhipE350

Which is weird, why would the web designer go through the trouble of using a Cayman image, remove the top and add the Boxster front bumper. I think maybe we might be seeing the next Boxster

High-Low, you are messing with my head...did you photoshop the wheels the same?

Yeah, I made the wheels the same just to emphasize the similarities.

The Radium King · 11-09-2011, 11:49 AM

i'm more interested about why porsche ever did the different quarter detail in the first place. i realise that they had to redo the quarters anyhow (convertible to coupe) but one wouth think there would be some cost savings to keeping them as similar as possible (for example, it is my understanding that 987 side vents don't fit the cayman and visa versa without modification).

i suspect that withhout the hockey stick the coupe would look a bit 'slab-sided' ie, retro; the hockey stick gives the impression of a flare, or hips, as you move backwards. the 987 doesn't need it as there is no roof to exaggerate the flat sides. the 987 vents look a bit tacked-on to me, however, which is why i've always preferred the 986.

so, a 987 with the hockey stick would have the appearance of a bit more 'back' (cosmo says she's fat, but i'm not down with that) which is always a good thing in my book.

Overdrive · 11-10-2011, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by The Radium King

so, a 987 with the hockey stick would have the appearance of a bit more 'back' (cosmo says she's fat, but i'm not down with that) which is always a good thing in my book.

+1