Yeah it's too soon for doom and gloom. The driveability of an engine is what will make it a winner or not. As has been said, Porsche have been turbocharging for many years. In addition to that, they work on how the engine can deliver its performance across the rev range. They were the first to use variable vane geometry in a petrol engine on their turbos a decade ago, to make the turbo behave like a small turbo and spin up quickly at low revs and then behave like a larger turbo at higher revs. As I say that is old news now from a decade ago. I'm sure they've continued developing since.
It's amusing to read the consideration of acquiring a gen 1 981 because of its flat6. At the launch of the 981 and for years after, the 981 was considered a step too far from Porsche-ness with its new tech. Now it's the last hurrah of Porsche-ness[
].
I wouldn't consider the Boxster to be 'flexi". Yes there'll be some additional rigidity that the Cayman roof provides, but the Boxster is one of those open cars that was designed first as an open car. This is different to a car that is designed first as a coupe then has the roof cut off to create a convertible and secondary stiffening added as an after-thought. The necessary rigidity was designed into the Boxster concept before the Cayman was added. I still much prefer a coupe myself personally, but you're missing out if your only reason for choosing the Cayman over a Boxster is rigidity for road use. It's even a popular choice as a very capable race car, so can't be that 'flexi'[].
It's amusing to read the consideration of acquiring a gen 1 981 because of its flat6. At the launch of the 981 and for years after, the 981 was considered a step too far from Porsche-ness with its new tech. Now it's the last hurrah of Porsche-ness[
].I wouldn't consider the Boxster to be 'flexi". Yes there'll be some additional rigidity that the Cayman roof provides, but the Boxster is one of those open cars that was designed first as an open car. This is different to a car that is designed first as a coupe then has the roof cut off to create a convertible and secondary stiffening added as an after-thought. The necessary rigidity was designed into the Boxster concept before the Cayman was added. I still much prefer a coupe myself personally, but you're missing out if your only reason for choosing the Cayman over a Boxster is rigidity for road use. It's even a popular choice as a very capable race car, so can't be that 'flexi'[
].
