EVO The Final Verdict 997 vs 987"S"
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Having read the article, I thought it was spot on. Ok so they did compare apples with pears again by having one car equiped with pasm and the other not, but the driving descriptions were very fair.
Dapster
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I have just done exactly that Nick. Went to the OPC in West London last year and had a test in a 3.6 (ie facelift) manual C2 with PSM but sadly no sports exhaust. On the road it felt lovely, very solid and rampant through the gears. The nose hunted around over cambers and the car wandered around a tiny bit under braking but overall it was very impressive. I couldn't really push it through the corners but it felt pretty stable. Overall though, it felt like a big, wafty GT by comparison but for the same money as a 986 (ie not a 987) I was tempted.
For my money the 987 S which I test drove a couple of weeks ago was better than the 996 by a significant margin. It felt lighter, more nimble and much more chuckable. A feeling heightened by the weight distribution and for me, the most important characteristic was that you sit a lot lower in the Boxster. The Boxster may be 40 bhp down on the 996 but you'll only feel that if you have a traffic light race against a 996 driver who's more willing to murder his clutch than you are.
Apart from the driving experience, the 987 will be brand new and thus cheaper to maintain, and is a generation ahead in terms of cabin materials and design. Unless you need the rear seats, I can't see why you'd want a used 996 over a 987 S.
For my money the 987 S which I test drove a couple of weeks ago was better than the 996 by a significant margin. It felt lighter, more nimble and much more chuckable. A feeling heightened by the weight distribution and for me, the most important characteristic was that you sit a lot lower in the Boxster. The Boxster may be 40 bhp down on the 996 but you'll only feel that if you have a traffic light race against a 996 driver who's more willing to murder his clutch than you are.
Apart from the driving experience, the 987 will be brand new and thus cheaper to maintain, and is a generation ahead in terms of cabin materials and design. Unless you need the rear seats, I can't see why you'd want a used 996 over a 987 S.
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