REAL DRIVINGLIFESTYLE MOTORMAGAZIN 02-2013 ISBN 978-3-942853-14-9ENGLISH special

Dictation belongs to the past.„Please come and take dictation!“ is a phrase which probably nobo-dy says aloud anymore on today’s executive floors.Time simply goes on, and only few people still connote such school-masterly formulations with a secretary’s profession. By the way, the lady’s called assistant now.

In the old days, these lady gatekeepers also

kept secrets; today, they only make the boss an even better boss – plain and simple.

The term „Assistant’s Porsche“ hasn’t become popular yet, but “Secretary’s Porsche” has, though the Boxster has

become even better.Since the little 911 was introduced to the market in 1996, the

name referring to the means of transportation of an “office lady” has persevered. With prices starting at 76,500.- DM (about € 39,100.-), the term of „Executive Secretary’s Porsche “ would have been a better match.Whatever, even malice has to be earned.The Boxster can easily cope with ridicule. By now…

The first 986s (Porsche type designation)

with their headlights shaped like fried eggs weren’t necessarily stunning to look at, but

their success was a blast. The developers from Stuttgart had recognized the signs of the time and

interpreted the roadster boom Porsche-style. A midd-le engine and a very good driving performance helped the company group get out of the crisis. In addition, a strategy of identical parts saved costs. Looking in the rear mirror, a Boxster could no longer be dis-tinguished from a 911, but without their new

and young customers, the Swabians would have had to close up. With things being

like that, it is easy to absorb a little criticism from enthusiasts.

Unfortunately, the water-cooled 2.5 liter, six-cylinder, 204-horsepower Boxer engine did not sound so hot. With the help of the early tiptronic transmission, the middle engine sports car inten-ded to accelerate as willingly as a bus, and even worse: It also sounded just like one!This changed with the next Boxster generation, the 987.The fried-egg headlights disappeared, and per-formance increased to a horsepower of 240 hp (Boxster S: 280 hp).And the new Boxster, the third generation, is now of course called, based on types 986 and 987 - well?Exactly. 981. Maybe the new Boxster is called 981 because the lateral design elements originate from the Carrera GT which is called 918?Whoever can follow this, also speaks Finnish.By the way: Finland is the country where a large part of the Boxsters were manufactured. Anyone wanting to know exactly, may read the chassis number. The let-ter “U” stands for Uusikaupunki, the letter “S” for Stuttgart.Now, is the new Boxster more beautiful, better and no longer a vehicle for secretaries? Yes, yes, and no.But first things first.

„With the help of the

early triptonic trans-mission, the middle en-

gine sports car intended to accelerate as willingly as a bus, and even wor-

se: It also sounded just like one!“

NNew doesn’t necessarily

mean better and prettier.At the movies, for instan-ce, sequels often pro-

ve to be a load of crap.

Take „Wall Street“, for example. The first

part was good, but the second turned out to be beneath all contempt. Well, with the

Boxster, the first generation left room for im-provement, the second was already better and the Boxster 3.0 is really so amazing to look at that you could easily ask yourself why you should spring for a 911 instead … Because you can afford it, naturally – or may-

be not. Since “Mr. Right”, the open 911, reaches six figures at least.

Apart from that, the smallest Por-sche now has the prettiest

flank ever.

Designer Mitja Borkert totally agrees and is happy that the Box-ster now has its own doors which before had been borrowed from its big brother.The flank is based on the flank of the Carrera GT and should imme-diately assume its place in books on design or at the museum.

The lateral view stops the impulse to take a seat in the car – it’s this harmonious and right and gorgeous.

Instead, you might just want to sit down on a little stool next to it, in the sun if you please, grinning from ear to ear, admiring the lines. Anticipating the joy of driving – that’s the motto.

As far as the tail goes, designer Borkert did everything right, too.Now, there’s no little spoiler pointing heavenward, but a board. The wind-trailing edge leads down into the rear lights.

This is stylish and a practical design detail of the car’s body. It looks good, and it works.Advertising professionals might call ist a „Design Must!“

The front is beefier, the lights more expressive and the overall view independent.

Performance went up while fuel consumption went down. The new “little one” weighs approximately 50 kilos less, has 10 more horsepower and consumes 10% less.

„The new “little

one” weighs appro-ximately 50 kilos less, has 10 more hor-sepower and consu-

mes 10% less.“

Boxster: 2,7 Liter engine with 265 hp, going from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds, Vmax: 262km/h, at a price of almost 50,000.- €.

Boxster S: 3.4 liter with 315 horsepower, go-ing from 0to 100 km/h in 5.0 se-conds, Vmax: 279km/h, availab-le at almost 60,000.- €.

Lin-guistically speaking,

Porsche’s “Little One” has nothing to do

with either boxing or football.

The artificial word is a com-

bination of Boxer (from the engine) and Roadster. The shape is reminiscent of the 550 Spyder, the 718 RS

60 and the 356 Ro-adster.

Thus, the Boxster is a sequel to enjoy. Every inch of driving is fun. With the top closed and open. The electric fabric hood opens and closes in less than 10 seconds, and it does so while going at a speed of up to 50 km/h.

The seats are perfect, in true

Porsche fashion. The dash-board quotes the 911, the middle engine sounds like a rocket and steering is as

sharp and direct as a good remark by Harald

Schmidt.

The brakes are beyond all doubt, and the ESP is athletic enough to allow for sufficient drift and to still be effective on time in case of need. Who then may buy the Boxster? Lady secretaries and gentle-men secretaries. Seriously now: Anyone with good taste and a sense of sportsmanship.

The Boxster isn’t simply a sequel, but an evolutionary success of design.

Back to the movies:There’s one motion picture which is not likely to have a sequel: Titanic.Drowned means drowned.Or does it? Is there more to come ? Titanic sequels like:The experience in the shipyard when the ship was being built?The ship architect’s family during mid-day tea?The captain’s dog, its breeding and training?The manufacture of the porcelain for the first class deck and its de-livery from China on another ship which didn’t sink? Polishing the first class deck’s porcelain on the delivery ship which didn’t sink?

The manufacture of the china’s polishing rags at a Chinese we-aving mill and its way from there to the supply vessel which didn’t sink?The Titanic band’s favorite songs on CD and a thriller about the fight of the musicians against the early GEMA [German Performan-ce Rights Organization]?Questions upon questions...The Porsche Boxster is available now, but I am looking forward to the sequel’s sequel of the sequel’s sequel.

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Publishing Company: Proremo GmbHGernotstr. 880804 MÜNCHENISBN 978-3-942853-10-1

Issuer:Reinhold Deisenhofer

Editors:Mathew WalesAmy Werner

Graphics und Layout:Niklas Herrmann

Coding:Harald Öhl

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