Porsche installs in the Boxster and probably soon in the Cayman a four-cylinder engine. No, not as a kind of low-end model. The now has even more power thanks to turbocharger. And more torque than before the Boxster S. In addition still at a much lower speed.

Overall, the car was probably substantially revised. His appearance was 'sharpened', as the phrase goes. Especially on the interior in the picture above you may recognize this. Of course, this Porsche has become neither cheaper nor lighter. The loss of two cylinders has probably among other things by the charging been more than compensated.

There are small but subtle differences between the Boxster and Boxster S. In addition to 500 cm³ more the latter has namely an additional variable turbine geometry, except the 911 Turbo unique in the gasoline-world. Overall, the Boxster S therefore can stand out really clearly from the less powerful model, with 12,500 euros extra to be valued by the potential buyer. Incidentally, the CO2 values have actually decreased, probably the reason for the two cylinders less.

Of course, the four-cylinder is not derived from the 118 kW (160 hp) engine of the Spider 718 RSK. Not even slowly then with 225 km/h. However, it is a race engine, not of the same endurance, completely different set up, although it already has overhead camshafts, but only one per cylinder bank. The new is basically a boxer six-cylinder, two of them lost. 02/16