The Porsche wins. The Boxster S is the very best roadster you can get for the money. Everything else you see on these pages competes for second place. Unless you're interested in reading about the first, second, and third losers, the story ends here.
Not used to seeing one of our multivehicle sagas laid out quite so succinctly, are you? Well, to be honest, neither are we. But in this contest of speed, style, and top-down dominance, it wasn't even close. Unlike the convertibles we compared last month, these roadsters represent the most sporting incarnations of the breed. Though they all have two seats and tops that drop, each vehicle pursues the roadster ideal with a completely different formula.