Can we call ours 718 now?

[911monty]

Dammit!!! I was trying hard to not be the "Purist". I like the interior, the 987 interior was never going to work for me. However to this day I always stop to hear the unmistakably sweet sound of an air-cooled Porsche motor going by. While the Boxster is not as busy at low speed as an air-cooled, chains happily bouncing along, once up to 4k rpm there is enough similarity in sound to raise the heartbeat. I tried hard, but if the clips accurately portray the true sound and I put on headphones to listen, then what a let down. Sounds like a 924.

[Porsche9]

I fear the Porsche badge on the back may take more to remove. Ugh. It just so damn tacky. There is no need to advertise that the car is a Porsche. People who care just know and for everyone else it's just "look at what I'm driving".

The sound is a concern too but I will reserve judgment until I hear it for myself.

The look of 718 has definitely changed compared to the 986/987. My biggest beef is that if has grown in size. I rather they scale it back to the size of the 986 and maybe reduce the weight.

[boxxster]

It think it sounds pretty similar to every other modern 4 cyl turbo (focus st, mini jcw, 500 abarth etc). That's not to say it sounds bad, it just might lose some appeal to the small percentage of buyers who are die hard flat 6 fans. I think it looks pretty good in and out, apart from all the wording on the back. For those saying that the front is too square and tall, keep in mind manufacturers have to work around pedestrian impact standards that seem to get stricter and stricter by the year. The 986 would not be legal if it were designed today.