No more boxters? Options

[914MF]

The October Car and Driver said the Boxter is dead? What is that about? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[michaelmoo]

Actually there is some truth to that rumor. I drove a 997 a week or so ago, and was talking to the salesguy and he told me that Porsche had a meeting with all the sales managers and told them the Boxster was going to be discontinued after the new (987) series life cycle. After the test drive a man from PCNA wanted to talk to all the people who drove the 997 to see what they thought, and I asked him about the Boxster being “discontinued”. He didn’t deny it, but he didn’t confirm it either. He just kinda danced around the issue. After that day I was lead to believe that the Boxster will not exists after the 987. But the salesguy said Porsche is trying to decide on several new models. He said the one that he was the most excited was a Miata fighter. It would be a small rear engine four cylinder (based off the boxster engine, he said it was developed for a cheaper version of the Boxster) Speedsterish convertible. He also mentioned a large $150K type Ferrari type coupe, an Audi S6 type sedan, and/or a pick-up version of the Cayenne (which I found out the Cayanne is called a 955). He then chuckled after saying pick-up…. Time will tell.