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Porsche celebrates production of 300,000th Boxster/Cayman

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Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Porsche 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery We’re big fans of Porsche’s Boxster and Cayman , and it appears we’re not alone. Porsche is celebrating 300,000 Cayman and Boxster models sold, almost exactly 15 years after the first roadster left the Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen plant in Germany. The lion’s share of those sports cars have been convertibles – the hard-hatted Cayman didn’t join the party until 2005 as a 2006 model. To put an exclamation point on production vehicle number 300,000, Porsche went all-out by building a Boxster Spyder with Platinum Silver paint and Carrera red leather interior.

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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 7.16.10

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Review: 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder Porsche has built the penultimate Boxster, but what’s the price of perfection? Convenience, amenities and an over-inflated sticker. Road Race Motorsports creates Platinum Edition Suzuki Kizashi We’ve said several times that the Kizashi could use more power, and the crew from Road Race Motorsports has heard our pleas and boosted Suzuki’s mid-sizer to 300 hp.

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Review: 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder

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Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Porsche , Reviews , Luxury , Racing A playful companion with razor-sharp claws 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery “More for Less.” It’s the call to prayer of every car salesman to ever don a plaid jacket. Guys with sturdy names like Wally and Chuck would stop dead in their tracks and tell Porsche “Pal, this Boxster Spyder thing, you’re all upside-down.” You see, with the 2011 Boxster Spyder, Porsche has inverted the polarity on “more for less.” You pay more but get less. The Boxster Spyder has a high-performance mission: It’s a race car that doesn’t need a trailer. Porsche undertook a lightening program that started with a Boxster S and stripped a slew of equipment, lowered the suspension 3/4 of an inch and substituted aluminum for steel where possible in the body

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Spy Shots: 2012 Porsche Boxster wired up outside the ‘Ring

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Filed under: Spy Photos , Convertible , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Porsche 2012 Porsche Boxster – Click above for high-res image gallery As expected, the Spyder is the send-off model for the current generation Porsche Boxster (987), so a new version – rumored to carry the 981 designation – is under development. Like anything hailing from Stuttgart, any changes to Boxster’s chassis and exterior will be minor, with more shapely sheetmetal adorning the outside and a few minor modifications to the suspension, brakes and assorted underbody bits. Naturally, a few interior tweaks are part of the package, but the big news is the possible addition of a four-cylinder powerplant for the 2012 model year. While the 2.9- and 3.4-liter flat six-cylinder engines will likely carryover with minor bumps in horsepower and torque, there’s talk of a four-cylinder Boxster being added to Porsche’s line-up just above its oft-rumored entry-level model – a rebirth of the 914 co-developed with Volkswagen and Audi .

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Rumormill: 2012 Porsche Cayman Clubsport headed for LA Auto Show

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Filed under: LA Auto Show , Coupe , Performance , Porsche , Rumormill 2010 Porsche Cayman S – Click above for high-res image gallery According to Porsche enthusiast site Planet-9.com , a hardcore version of the Cayman , dubbed CS or Clubsport, will be shown at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show in December. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard rumblings of a lighter, more powerful Cayman, but now that Porsche has successfully launched the Boxster Spyder , it’s only fitting that the same sort of package be offered on its harder-core hardtop sister. Expect the Clubsport to produce around 333 horsepower from its 3.4-liter flat-six, an increase of 13 hp over the Cayman S. From there, lightweight 19-inch wheels will be standard, as will fabric door pulls, aluminum body components and a slightly revised front fascia that we’ve seen on the Boxster Spyder.

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Unlikely Ire: Dan Neil excoriates 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder

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Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Porsche , Design/Style 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery When we look at the 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder rap sheet, it’s hard not go get a bit excited. It looks seriously terrific, it weighs but 2,811 pounds, and it packs 320 mid-mounted ponies. Good stuff. When we spent some time behind the wheel of the Spyder, we fell more than deeply in love with this, the purest of Boxsters.

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