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Old 12-08-2012, 04:10 PM
 
Location: Central New Jersey
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One of the car magazines just tested a Boxster S, base was 60K, price as tested was 84K! Im sorry but 84K for a Boxster is INSANE!
I read the same article last month and had the same reaction. When I saw that I was just astonished because although it has far superior handling than it's predecessors; at that price range, they are breaking into their 911 market; let alone the other markets (ie: Corvette, GTR, Elise, Evora S, etc).
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Old 12-08-2012, 05:43 PM
 
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Torque is down by 8ft.
0-60mph in 5.4

Meh.
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Old 12-09-2012, 02:01 AM
 
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One of the best driver's cars in the world at any price. The new one looks fantastic.
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Old 12-09-2012, 06:42 AM
 
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Very nice.
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Old 12-09-2012, 08:12 AM
 
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Torque is down by 8ft.
0-60mph in 5.4

Meh.
Porsche always understates their 0-60 mph times. You can usually subtract .2 to .3 seconds off that. Even so, you don't buy a Boxster or Cayman to drive really fast in a straight line. If you want to go fast in a straight line, get a motorcycle.
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Old 12-09-2012, 09:36 AM
 
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A Cayman powered identically to a Carrera would outrun a Carrera on the track. In fact, a Cayman S already can lap the Nordschleife a tick faster then a Carrera. The Cayman is the "proper" sports car and if Porsche would give it more power there would be a lot of Carrera owners staring at "poor man's" taillights.
Ahem. It's not "more power" - it's "better driver". A good driver in a Cayman > good driver in base Carrera. I'd venture to say that most (Ok, vast majority) Carrera owners = not as good a driver as they think they are...
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