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NarendZORCE Zorce Editor-in-Chief
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:16 pm Post subject: Porsche Boxter Spyder |
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Purist Mid-Engine Roadster is the Lightest Porsche
Light, Efficient, Open: Boxster Spyder Making World Debut in Los Angeles
Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is introducing a new top-of-the-line variant of the Porsche Boxster: a light mid-engine roadster making its world debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show in December.
Weighing just 1,275 kg or 2,811 lbs, the Boxster Spyder is the lightest car in Por-sche’s model range. Clearly recognizable from the get go, this new mid-engine road-ster represents the true, purist form of a Porsche sports car – light, powerful, consis-tently open, and very efficient.
This is precisely the formula has already been applied in creating Porsche’s most successful road-going sports and racing cars, ranging from the legendary 550 Spyder all the way to the RS Spyder, which is so successful in motorsport today.
The Boxster Spyder now continues this clear-cut philosophy with full homologation for the road, reflecting a common wish expressed by Porsche customers. The new model is entering the market in February 2010 as the third version in the Boxster range, joining the Boxster and Boxster S.
The new member of the Boxster family stands out clearly at very first sight from other versions of Porsche’s mid-engine roadster. Quite simply because the Boxster Spyder was developed first and foremost for driving in the open air, the low-slung, light soft top extending far to the rear serving exclusively to protect the driver and passenger from bright sunshine, wind and weather. When closed, the soft top, together with the extra-low side windows and the two striking bulges on the single-piece rear lid, boasts a stretched and sleek silhouette reminiscent of the Carrera GT.
Significantly less weight than the Boxster S, a lower center of gravity and an all-new sports suspension give the Boxster Spyder the right kind of driving dynamics clearly reflecting the unique look of the car.
The Boxster Spyder features a 3.4-liter six-cylinder engine with Direct Fuel Injection positioned right in front of the rear axle. Maximum output is 320 bhp, 10 bhp more than in the Boxster S.
Equipped with the optional PDK Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe and the Sports Chrono Package, the new Spyder, using Launch Control, accelerates from standstill to 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds. Fuel consumption is a mere 9.3 liters on 100 kilometers (equal to 30.4 mpg imp) in the NEDC New European Driving Cycle. Top speed is 267 km/h or 166 mph – with the roof open.
In terms of its fundamental concept, the entire Boxster family is the successor to the legendary 550 Spyder built back in 1953, both models sharing the same mid-engine roadster concept, low weight, back-to-the-roots lifestyle, and supreme agility com-bined with equally outstanding driving pleasure.
The 550 Spyder was the first sports car from Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen developed spe-cifically for racing but also homologated for the road. In the years following its pro-duction, this unique Spyder weighing only 550 kg or 1,213 lb, scored numerous victo-ries on race circuits and in the road races so popular at the time.
The 550 Spyder was followed by other extremely successful Porsche Spyders such as the 718 RS 60 in 1960.
In 2004 and 2008 Porsche dedicated a limited edition of special Boxsters bearing the additional name Spyder to these legendary racing cars. By contrast, the new Boxster Spyder is a regular, specially developed and upgraded production model with far-reaching modifications versus the Boxster and Boxster S.
Market introduction of the new Porsche Boxster Spyder will start worldwide in Febru-ary 2010. _________________ Drags, Circuit, Solodex, Rally, Karting, the Shows, the Girls, the Car you drive...
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