Porsche 987

The Porsche 987 was called the second generation Boxster made its debut at the 2004 Paris Motor Show with the Porsche 911. The car became available in the 2005. This style of car does look very similar to the past generations of Porsche, but there are changes in the headlights which actually look like the Carrera GT. On this version the intake vents on the Boxster 987 are larger and have more horizontal slats and are metallic silver. The wheel arches are larger to allow 19 inch wheels which has not be done on any Boxster series cars. The most noticeable changes in the 986 series are the improvement of the interior and there is more of a circular theme that is noticeable in the instrument panel.

The 987 Boxster, Porsche claims only has in common 20 percent of the parts of the 986, which the two cars are like sister ships from the outside. The base car engine is 2.7 litre which is a 240 horsepower and a flat -6 and the Boxster S is a 3.2 liter engine with a 280 horsepower engine. Actually the Porsche Cayman version was based on these cars.

The Boxster is a mid engine roadster that was built by Porsche, these 986 and 987 were introduced in 1996 as a 2007 model. This was Porsches least expensive car in the entire line and the Boxster was taking over from the front engine version of the 968 which was discontinued in 1995. The early style Boxsters were powered by a 2.5, flat 6 cylinder engine and the 2000 version of the Boxster S was a 2.7 litre engine and in 2003, the styling and the engine specs were both upgraded in each model. Technology gets better and better every y3ear and no matter what model Porsche sends out there is new technology as well as hints of other Porsches.