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Posted by: boxsterfan Jun 13 2014, 01:16 PM
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/porsche-reportedly-developing-sub-boxster-sports-car/#!YzeVv
Posted by: green914 Jun 13 2014, 01:36 PM
I would like to see it come to market; I would like to test drive it 
Posted by: rhodyguy Jun 13 2014, 02:05 PM
To compete in the market with the Alfa, that means it'll run in the $60k range. So much for an entry level model. I would expect the same dismal resale values as the boxster. Esp when lease surrenders flood the market. No thanks.
Posted by: Cupomeat Jun 13 2014, 02:38 PM
To compete in the market with the Alfa, that means it'll run in the $60k range. So much for an entry level model. I would expect the same dismal resale values as the boxster. Esp when lease surrenders flood the market. No thanks.
and that is the time when you buy one...
Posted by: Johny Blackstain Jun 13 2014, 02:46 PM
Seems like a good idea but I'd like to know why they'd recycle the 718 number? That makes no sense to me.
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Posted by: carr914 Jun 13 2014, 03:06 PM
Posted by: Qarl Jun 13 2014, 03:07 PM
http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2014/6/12/Porsche-718-Roadster-Will-Weigh-Just-1-190-KG-7720851/
http://www.caradisiac.com/Future-petite-Porsche-718-comme-ca-95246.htm
Posted by: KELTY360 Jun 13 2014, 05:01 PM
How do you write an article with that description and not mention a link to the 914?
Posted by: carr914 Jun 13 2014, 05:22 PM
Maybe because we drive Volkswagons!
Posted by: r3dplanet Jun 13 2014, 05:32 PM
Maybe because we drive Volkswagens!
Maybe because we drive
Posted by: ripper911 Jun 13 2014, 07:37 PM
Posted by: Steve Jun 14 2014, 02:14 PM
Porsche is pretty pathetic these days. At least a version of our car was raced at Lemans. Now it's just 911's and over priced race cars. Why don't they make a Boxster or Cayman worth racing at Lemans? 
Posted by: carr914 Jun 14 2014, 04:26 PM
You make it sound like there are affordable cars running LeMans!
Posted by: Steve Jun 14 2014, 04:54 PM
You make it sound like there are affordable cars running LeMans!
That's true, but you could buy a used 911 and try to convince yourself that it's similar to one of the Lemans 911's. Same thing with some of the GT Ferrari's which I can't afford either. Too bad I'm not into Nascar. It would be easy to afford one of the stock versions of those.
Posted by: orthobiz Jun 14 2014, 06:43 PM
I thought this was the funniest line, about the styling:
unique styling (or, at least as unique as Porsche styling can get)
Gotta admit, the 911 and the 914 and the 924/44 and 928 all looked about as different as different can be...
Paul
Posted by: Mark Henry Jun 15 2014, 01:07 PM
How do you write an article with that description and not mention a link to the 914?
Because it was written by a 22year old kid with a masters in american history and writes for a electronics web magazine who has no clue about Porsche history.
Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jun 15 2014, 03:57 PM
You make it sound like there are affordable cars running LeMans!
That's true, but you could buy a used 911 and try to convince yourself that it's similar to one of the Lemans 911's. Same thing with some of the GT Ferrari's which I can't afford either. Too bad I'm not into Nascar. It would be easy to afford one of the stock versions of those.
There AREN'T any stock versions of those.
Posted by: 3d914 Jun 15 2014, 04:07 PM
How do you write an article with that description and not mention a link to the 914?
marc, because there's no resemblance to the 914. Just because its a petite boxster doesn't make it a 914. They got a long way to go to modernize an equivalent design of the 914.
Posted by: MDG Jun 15 2014, 04:13 PM
Too bad I'm not into Nascar. It would be easy to afford one of the stock versions of those.
There AREN'T any stock versions of those.
What do the cars in a Nascar race have to do with what's in the showrooms? They are purpose built, space age tube frame race cars. You could skin them into whatever shape you want; they just happen to make them look kinda sorta like Chevs and Fords and Toyotas or whatever.
Posted by: MDG Jun 15 2014, 04:18 PM
They got a long way to go to modernize an equivalent design of the 914.
Already have been making them for a while now. They're called Caymans and they are fantastic to drive. No targa top - yet, otherwise that IS your new 914-6.
Wait until the new big 4 cylinder arrives in . . . 2016 I think it is? Woody will know.
Posted by: Steve Jun 15 2014, 10:34 PM
Too bad I'm not into Nascar. It would be easy to afford one of the stock versions of those.
There AREN'T any stock versions of those.
What do the cars in a Nascar race have to do with what's in the showrooms? They are purpose built, space age tube frame race cars. You could skin them into whatever shape you want; they just happen to make them look kinda sorta like Chevs and Fords and Toyotas or whatever.
I agree, I screwed up on the Nascar comment. My initial reference was to the 914-6GT that won Lemans in its class back in 1970. Porsche only sold the 914 and 911 at that time and had GT versions of both cars at Lemans. My comment is that it's too bad they don't have a GT version of the Cayman or the Boxster at Lemans. Also sorry for the hijack. My post has nothing to do with a future new version of another 4 banger 914 that might come out. Regardng another six, we already have the Boxster and Cayman even though they are not dry sumped engines.
Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Oct 7 2014, 12:20 PM
It's dead, just like the "new" microbus that's been drifting around the web for a decade or so.
http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/porsche-rejects-entry-level-roadster-again?utm_source=DailyDrive20141007&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=headline-center&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awdailydrive
The Cap'n
Posted by: campbellcj Oct 7 2014, 10:28 PM
There is no reason for Porsche to go downmarket. That's called Volkswagen. Porsche's premium models generate the industry's strongest profit margins and support a very valuable brand image.
Posted by: Elliot Cannon Oct 8 2014, 01:23 AM
Ya think this one might happen? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfWpd5E8ws4
Posted by: tumamilhem Oct 8 2014, 08:19 AM
Ya think this one might happen?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfWpd5E8ws4Nope. More realistic was the VW BlueSport that VW said was the direct decendant of the 914 and SWORE that it would go into production. Reviews highly acclaimed it.
http://www.thetorquereport.com/2009/01/detroit_09_vw_concept_bluespor.html
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