The Porsche Boxster is NOT a Poor Man's Porsche

The Porsche Boxster Range are extremely fastand Boxster does look exceptionally sleek. In the
powerful sports cars and more importantly theypast the Boxster has been said to have looked
are the best handling roadsters on this earth thatcheap and was often known as a 'Poor Mans
are in production! The Porsche Boxster was firstPorsche' however I think this has most certainly
released in 1996 and has pretty much stayedchanged.
unchanged other than a few interior tweaks andThe centre console is truly a work of art and
the odd engine mod. Porsche tend to do this theywith the titanium panelling it really does look the
find a shape that works and sticks with it yet itpart. As with all sports cars there is always the
still manages to refine it every year and well thequestion of where do you put the shopping and I
best just keep on getting better.know that most passengers don't mind it on their
A second generation Boxster was released inlap however this does get annoying however the
2005 which is more powerful with its mid enginedPorsche Boxster has two storage compartments
6 cylinder power plant and with the two seats upone of which is behind the seats which is not
front and none behind it looks just like a Porschemassive but definitely worth mentioning and the
Spyder and yet over 50 percent of the Boxstersother is under the bonnet this however definitely
chassis and electrics is robbed from the veryhas the capabilities of losing in the most amount
successful 911 Carrera which is no bad thing.of shopping you could probably lose a small child in
The 2005 Boxster model looks a little differentthis space
from the 2004 model it looks a little livelier or weThe Porsche Boxster has a powered convertible
could describe that it has an aura about it has gotroof which is very quick to drop down and
an extra 15 brake horse power, the extra powerthankfully in the time of the normal British
is exceptionally noticeable between 2000rpm andweather it rains it can be up in a flash. But not
4000rpm. The 2005 Porsche Boxster S has justonly is it quick but the roof can be operated and
about the same performance capabilities as thespeeds of no more than 30 mph which means
top of the range 911 Carrera from theyou can drop the top in the town without finding
acceleration times and the top speed which to besomewhere to park! So the Boxster is a
honest is pretty awesome considering the veryconvertible car however it doesn't follow the usual
reasonable price of the Boxster S. The Boxstertrend of convertibles in the sense that it doesn't
exhaust system is like no other road going car ithave a great deal of wind noise and the rear
has been tweaked so that it plays a trombonescreen is heated so in the winter months you
sound and this is truly amazing considering thatdon't fog it up and its as weather tight as many
both the Boxster engines are are lot smaller thanof the tin tops.
the six cylinder engines in thePorsche 911 Carrera.Porsche call the Boxster a mid engined car and
The gearbox in a Boxster is normally a 5 speedthis is because the engine sits just forward of the
manual however the factory does offer a sixrear axle the trouble with this is if you a bit of a
speed option and also you can get the famouscar enthusiast and always like to pop the bonnet
Tiptronic automatic transmission which isto take a peak then this is not the car for you.
becoming the more preferred than to the manualThe engine is only accessible from underneath or
gearbox..if you can bothered and that's to remove a
The bodywork of the Boxster is of course up tonumber of the interior panels and I certainly say
the usual high standard that Porsche is known foryou wont be maintaining your own car if you own
and the interior doesn't let the side down either.a Boxster. However every cloud has a silver lining
Something I have noticed about the Boxster isat this with engine as near to the middle of the
that everything is on the bodywork or inside thecar it gives better weight distribution and this just
car for a reason I don't think Porsche do things togive you the best handling ride of your life. This is
make them look nice I think everything ishow the Boxster can take the name of the best
designed to be lighter or to skim through the airhandling car on the planet...that is road legal!