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[Hortos]

Basically in the comparison you have to keep in mind its a base boxster vs a GXP solstice. The Solstice is vaguely faster around the track but would probaly get danced on by a boxster S. As for the base Solstice... it has near identical stats to a 1987 325i convertible power, weight, handling which is why I almost got one then my sister bought her 98' Boxster, 4 months till Boxster S time.

[BuffaloBoxster]

I highly doubt the 260HP Solstice would be any faster at the track. It's a heavier car, and the base 987 only gives up about 10 hp to it.

Having said that I haven't driven the car.. It's nice looking. My folks are thinking about getting one.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BuffaloBoxster

I highly doubt the 260HP Solstice would be any faster at the track. It's a heavier car, and the base 987 only gives up about 10 hp to it.

Having said that I haven't driven the car.. It's nice looking. My folks are thinking about getting one.

There was an article in C&D comparing the GXP solstice to a base 987 and they were faster around the track in the solstice. It was posted on up the main page but it's not there now. Here we go, I found the article

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/11605/2007-pontiac-solstice-gxp-vs-2006-porsche-boxster.html

[Brucelee]

Lets be fair here.

Compare a $30K Soltice to a $55K Boxster?

C'mon, what do you expect? Fairer to compare a Soltice to a Miata.

And compare a M4 to an S, that is a fairer

[racer_troy]

I'm a C&D subscriber and gingerman is appx 50min from my house and is availab le once a week for open lapping...I remember reading this when it first came out...the thing that first sticks out in my mind is that we are talking lap times with a professional driver behind the wheel...i think it safe to say that for the common man, the results would be dramatically different...meaning that a relatively small minority of people are very comfortable pushing there vehicles at the hairy edge of the gpx's handling threshold in order of pursuit of lower laps times...

also, i would venture to guess that any run...mano a mano...through your local twisties, will find the boxster driver waiting paitiently at the end of said run to collect his friendly wager...in fact, due to the real world handling advantage had by the boxster (read: stability in the bumpy corner), it might be wise to collect your wager before you embark on the journey with the gpx driver...

just my 0.02...but i would think that for the average driver, the confidence inspired by the stability of the 98x chassi will translate into faster times most anywhere...

cheers,

--troy