Car and Driver reports 2014 sub-Boxster Options

[flipb]

I know we've beaten this topic to death in prior threads, but this strikes me as the most mainstream, trustworthy media source to report on it...

The May 2010 issue of Car and Driver, on page 58, lists the "2014 Porsche 'Baby Boxster'" as one of the 25 upcoming models worth waiting for.

Here's a webcam photo of the artist's rendering from the magazine.


They report it will start under $40,000. Not exactly 914 territory - IIRC, that's what they said about the first-gen Boxster too.

Anyway... here's hoping they call it the 914.

[bigkensteele]

Probably due to the new CAFE standards. I am not sure of all the details, but I believe that every manufacturers fleet must have an average of 35.5 mpg by 2016. I am not 100% sure if this applies to foreign automakers, but my guess is yes.

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The Obama administration finalized the first national rules curbing greenhouse gas emissions Thursday, mandating that the U.S. car and light-truck fleet reach an average fuel efficiency of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016.

The new fuel efficiency standards, issued by the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency as the result of a May 2009 deal with the auto industry, represent a peaceful end to a contentious legal battle over how to regulate tailpipe emissions. At a time when it remains unclear whether Congress can pass climate legislation this year, the new rules also mark the White House’s most significant achievement yet in addressing global warming.

In a joint statement issued Thursday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson estimated that the tougher Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirements will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the life of vehicles sold under the program covering the 2012-16 model years.
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I really thought that I would have more time to say good-bye to freedom and liberty...

[mikeb23ft]

I really thought that I would have more time to say good-bye to freedom and liberty...

In automotive terms you probably should have started waving bye-bye in 1972. I'd say that's enough time, really.

Look on the bright side: auto makers can still build gas guzzlers, they just have to build small cars to balance it out. Hopefully this will lead to more/different models of cars...more variety won't be too terrible!