Entry-level Porsche (identical to Boxster but cheaper) put on hold

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

If I were to ever buy a 987, it would only be the spyder. But it's still 65 pounds heavier than my 986S was and I had a hood over my gauge cluster.

A faster car doesn't make a sports car. Everything from Aston Martin is fast and very capable, but there isn't a sports car in their line up.

Just compare everything you think of to a Miata and it will tell you if it's a sports car or not.

The Spyder would take the soul of your S and make the car eat it raw, then laugh at your silly hood hat, it's an effing rocketship! Unmodified 986 S= loss to Spyder all other factors being equal.

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

The Spyder would take the soul of your S and make the car eat it raw, then laugh at your silly hood hat, it's an effing rocketship.

That's nice.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

The Spyder would take the soul of your S and make the car eat it raw, then laugh at your silly hood hat, it's an effing rocketship! Unmodified 986 S= loss to Spyder all other factors being equal.

Given the direction that the 981 and 991 seem to be going, (a bad one) the Boxster Spyder may well be the best modern roadster that was ever made by Porsche. For one thing its still got direct lineage to the simplest, lightest, most driver-oriented Boxster, the original 986.
OTOH, If a 981 RS is launched it will be faster but the developments like electronic steering will take away driver involvement to compensate for a higher powered car. The more power they put into the 981 series the less involvement the driver will have to make those N-ring lap times look as brochure worthy as possible. That's why Porsche enthusiasts justifiably whine that the cars are getting less driver oriented. More power and faster lap times means the car must do more of the work and keep the driver out of the trees.

And the fact that the Boxster Spyder (TC Kline), without any engine or major suspension work, is lapping Laguna at 1:42, faster than prepared 997 GT3s by over a second, (and nearly 4 seconds over a CaymanS) tells me your claim of eating other Boxsters whole is not just trash talk.

all this initial "the Boxster Spyder is just a gimick to sell you less car for more money" has been utterly debunked at the track. Porsche are very wisely ending this design before any more rear-engined cars are further embarrased.