Check out the Boxster concept at the Porsche Museum - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Christian H · 08-30-2009, 11:40 AM

After my recent driving trip to the Koblenz and the Nurburgring (an amazing place, petrol-head heaven!) I needed to slow things down a bit and thought a couple of museums would do the trick.
As Stuttgart was not too far away I convinced my Wife that the Porsche museum was worth a visit. And it certainly was! I took hundreds of pictures whilst there but the concept Boxster was simply stunning,I hope some of you find this of interest.

Christian H · 08-30-2009, 12:05 PM

Wish I had taken more but the other visitors started giving me funny looks as I lay on the floor snapping away with my camara!

Sputter · 08-30-2009, 12:09 PM

Nice pics man. The wheels really standout. ( i like them, shiny and all).
I think i'll hunt around and see if anyone made clones of them.

mptoledo · 08-30-2009, 02:05 PM

yeah, great pics. I few observations. Those fans look cool, but I wonder how hard they would be to clean and if you would spill some beverage in them ( owch!!). I do like the rear and front bumber, but where is the spoiler?

I would love to have the exhaust shrowd on mine.

Is that round thing on the drivers side hood, near the windshield the fule fillup hole?

gregdacat · 08-30-2009, 03:19 PM

Amber lovers rejoice!!!

Brucelee · 08-30-2009, 03:39 PM

Pretty slick! Thanks for posting.

blue2000s · 08-30-2009, 04:23 PM

I wish the production car would have been closer to the concept on the outside. It's more than a foot shorter, much smaller, and better looking from every angle, IMO.

Christian H · 08-31-2009, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Brucelee

Pretty slick! Thanks for posting.

No problem! Glad to be of service.

husker boxster · 08-31-2009, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mptoledo

but where is the spoiler?

Don't think the original or test models had a spoiler. Story I heard was they discovered the rear produced too much lift on high speed runs on the autobahn. The rear wheels were actually lifting off the road. So they added the spoiler at the last minute to combat that problem. No rear wheels at 100+mph could be scary.

eightsandaces · 08-31-2009, 03:55 AM

Frankly, I think they were remarkably faithful to the original concept, I've seen concept cars that were unrecognizable next to the production units.

ChrisZang · 08-31-2009, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by husker boxster

Don't think the original or test models had a spoiler. Story I heard was they discovered the rear produced too much lift on high speed runs on the autobahn. The rear wheels were actually lifting off the road. So they added the spoiler at the last minute to combat that problem. No rear wheels at 100+mph could be scary.

look closer and you will also notice that this prototype also did not have a convertible top

I think they stayed as close to the original prototype as they could but had to make some compromises (like adding the soft top, move the intakes up so they would not suck every cigarette but into the engine etc)

blue2000s · 08-31-2009, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisZang

look closer and you will also notice that this prototype also did not have a convertible top

I think they stayed as close to the original prototype as they could but had to make some compromises (like adding the soft top, move the intakes up so they would not suck every cigarette but into the engine etc)

If you saw how small the concept is in person, you'd realize that the production car is about 5/4 scale. The concept is about the same size as the Miata. The original 2.5 would have made the concept car a rocket. They remained somewhat close in styling (not enough), but not in size. Also, when the car was first announced, it was going to be about $10k cheaper than it ended out selling for.

Christian H · 08-31-2009, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by mptoledo

yeah, great pics. I few observations. Those fans look cool, but I wonder how hard they would be to clean and if you would spill some beverage in them ( owch!!). I do like the rear and front bumber, but where is the spoiler?

I would love to have the exhaust shrowd on mine.

Is that round thing on the drivers side hood, near the windshield the fule fillup hole?

Yeah I'm sure those fans would be a pig to keep clean and with the roof down pretty useless too, there was no spoiler on this car at all and what looks like an exhaust shrowd was in fact a beautifully made silencer, and yes the fuel fillip was in the hood although it had full brakes and suspension it did not appear to have an engine at all as the underside was completly "boxed in"