Back To Basics Boxster On The Way

[daro911]

Baby Boxster on way
New baby Porsche Boxster with mid-engined rear-wheel-drive chassis and 200bhp flat-four is planned for 2014


Could this small roadster bring Porsche's legendary driving thrills to a new generation of customers "" and at a lower price, of less than £30,000?

The sports car maker is preparing a production case for the model, which would sit below the Boxster as a new and more affordable entry point to its range.

With successive generations of the Boxster getting gradually bigger, more powerful and more expensive, now could be the time for Porsche to launch a sports car that costs almost £10,000 less than its existing "˜base' model.

We've produced these images to show you how it could look. The as-yet-unnamed car has been on the cards since 2009, when parent company VW unveiled the BlueSport concept. Audi revealed its rear-drive e-tron concept in 2010 "" both were based on the same mid-engined platform.

For full details of the new baby Boxster, check out the latest issue of Auto Express, out 25 April 2012.


Read more: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/282385/baby_boxster_on_way.html#ixzz1t3O7XrIX

 

[Nick_USA]

Oh no, here we go again ..... The 'Cheapster'

 

[phil_s]

Looking that way. Soon be producing more models and cars than VW[8|]

 

[Buddy]

Seems the way with German car makers, "Grow" the base model and slide another small one in underneath.

I remember when the Golf was smaller than the later Polo.

I hope the Baby Boxster does actually make it through, it times out about right for me as a retirement car.[]

 

[spyderman]

Baby Boxster on way...
The sports car maker is preparing a production case for the model...
For full details of the new baby Boxster, check out the latest issue of Auto Express, out 25 April 2012...

Take your pick. Full details of something Porsche haven't even decided to build yet? I think not. About time these magazines were prosecuted for "excessive BS".

 

[gcorner]

Isn't the "back to basics Boxster" the one you get if you resist the temptation to tick lots of (expensive) goodies on the order form?

 

[pjwakefield]

Why not just put a turbo on it , make it 4wd and call it a Subaru then for a 2ltr!

 

[rob.kellock]

Spyderman, that made me smile - couldn't agree more!

I thought the post was going to be about availability of new 981 non S demonstrators with small wheels, manual gears and no options - the cars at the launch event were all optioned up! The Boxster S I sat in the other night cost over £60k which seemed a tad excessive although it was very nice!