| The Porsche Boxster and Boxster S are fast, | | | | manual but the optional variant offers a six-speed. |
| powerful cars and most of all the best-handling | | | | Both models can also be fitted with a five-speed |
| production roadsters on the planet. Introduced in | | | | Tiptronic, the superb Porsche-designed automatic |
| 1996, it remained essentially unchanged, other than | | | | transmission that began the trend toward manually |
| moderate horsepower and interior-options tweaks. | | | | shifted automatics. |
| That's what Porsche usually does with the successful | | | | The bodywork and the interior of the Boxster are of |
| models: it retains car look and configuration for ages. | | | | high quality, but considering that there's noting tricky |
| A more powerful second-generation Boxster was | | | | or purely decorative, we can definitely say that |
| introduced in 2005 and it keeps Porsche's | | | | these are not opulent cars. Still, the interior has been |
| conservative evolutionary path. Like its precedent, it | | | | improved since the old car was often criticized for |
| is a mid-engine, six-cylinder two-seater that looks like | | | | being to cheap-looking. The center console has been |
| Porsche Spyder. Still, over half of Boxster`s structure | | | | upgraded with revised switch-gear and titanium look |
| and electronics are borrowed from the 911 Carrera. | | | | paneling. The seats are more supportive and |
| The 2005 Boxster looks sprightlier than its 2004 | | | | body-shaped in the new version, making them look |
| equivalent, thanks to the revision of the torque and | | | | absolutely superb. Unlike other roadsters, the Boxster |
| the 15 added hp and the extra power coming on | | | | has no problem swallowing luggage for a long trip: it |
| strongly between 2000rpm and 4000 rpm. The 2005 | | | | has two trunks, a small one in the rear and an amply |
| Boxster S virtually equals the acceleration and | | | | deep one under the front hood. |
| top-speed performance of Porsche's expensive 911 | | | | One of The Boxster`s best qualities is the powered |
| Carrera. The Boxster exhaust has been tuned to play | | | | convertible top, very quick to retract or re-erect. In |
| a distinctive tromboning wail like no other car. This is | | | | the new Boxster, the top can be operated at speeds |
| a amazing thing thinking that both engines are smaller | | | | up to 30 mph. The triple-layer padded cloth tops |
| versions of the six-cylinder in the Carrera. | | | | (with a heated-glass rear window) is as weather-tight |
| The transmission for base Boxters is five-speed | | | | and quiet as most metal roofs. |