Porsche 987 Boxster Spyder

Porsche Boxster Spyder in the test
Fun machine for fresh air fans

In the test, the Porsche Boxster Spyder - an extremely tight-fitting hood, more power, a stiffer chassis and two frivolous hills on the long hood. This is a slightly more expensive Porsche Boxster Spyder that has to prove whether it is a class above the Boxster S.
The Porsche Boxster Spyder mainly lost weight
What's less for more money? Above all, weight. Emergency soft top, tailgate made of aluminum instead of steel, which saves 21 kilograms, 15 the doors made of light metal, twelve the bucket seats, seven the smaller tank. The Spyder test car weighs 1,328 kilograms with automatic air conditioning and a navigation and sound system that is dispensable ballast for sports drivers. The summer heat can be brushed from your face by the wind, the six-cylinder engine takes care of the sound, and you can't get lost in a Porsche anyway: every route is the right one - especially in the Porsche Boxster Spyder.

Test: What does the Spyder offer more than the Boxster S?
The ten hp more powerful engine of the Porsche Cayman S, 19-inch instead of 18-inch wheels and a body lowered by 20 millimeters - and more exclusivity. It is not a Porsche Boxster, but the Porsche Spyder. In retrospect, purist special shapes were always the best investments. But they excluded the squeamish. And how tough do you have to be for the Porsche Boxster Spyder? A test, start, closed. The soft top loses tension at speeds as low as 140 km/h. A flat hand fits through the gap at the transition to the side window - at 200 km/h (Porsche does not allow more when the top is closed), the wind competes with Motörhead for decibel supremacy. If heavy metal makes your ears ring, you're too soft for the Spyder.

Translated by DeepL.