Porsche is just being stupid. Looking at their sales figures for September '04 one can say the Boxster actually outsells the 911.
http://www.theautochannel.com/N/news/2004/10/01/241275.html?
The Boxster sells just fine for having only
2 models. Look at the individual numbers for each type of 911...most are quite a bit lower than the Boxster numbers.
Of course the 911 is going to have higher numbers overall when you add up all of the variants (coupe, targa, turbo, etc).
And if the Boxster was slowing in sales, shouldn't Porsche be promoting it to prop up sales instead of crying about it?
It's too bad the Boxster seems to be the red-headed stepchild...even in Porsche's eyes now that the Cayenne is the sales leader. You'd think that the car that practically saved Porsche (the Boxster) would get a little more respect.