FIRST Drive: Porsche's Lightweight Boxster Spyder, "Potentially The Finest Porsche You Can Buy"

It’s an otherwise humble Porsche Boxster that’s been given a full-blown performance makeover that’s turned it into a bit of a 911-eater. Meet the new range-topping Boxster, the Spyder.

Porsche has bolted into this car the 315bhp flat six from the current Cayman S; that means it’s got an extra 10bhp and 10lb ft over an ‘S’.

Porsche’s also done a wholesale overhaul of the Boxster S’ chassis; the Spyder’s got stiffer fixed-rate dampers, shorter and stiffer springs, stiffer anti-roll bars and runs more negative wheel camber. And most importantly, by fitting various aluminium body panels, a lighter roof, lighter bucket seats, a smaller fuel tank, a lighter battery, and by stripping out the interior, Porsche has taken 80kg off the Boxster S’ kerbweight for this car....


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