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By: Pete J Ridgard

One of the main drawbacks to buying a second-hand car is that invariably the design has already been superseded by something newer and more hyped. This screams to your neighbours and work colleagues that you can’t afford the latest and greatest offerings and whilst this is superficial and juvenile, you care what your neighbours and work colleagues think. Thankfully when buying a used Porsche from a car dealer this is never a problem.

The reason it’s not an issue is that having designed the original 911 over 40 years ago, Porsche’s design team have been eating sausages and drinking beer at their local pub. As a result, there’s been no discernable change in how the 911 has looked over the years which has meant that if you bought a used Porsche and adorned it with a personal number plate, your neighbour would have no clue as to its age.

It’s probably with good reason too that the design office has been untouched for so long. When the design team finally did leave the pub, their eyes straining at the daylight and beards dragging on the floor, they created the Cayenne which would cause a blind person to projectile vomit at the sight of it. Ugly doesn’t even begin to describe why Porsche would allow not just the production of a 4X4 but the production of such a monstrosity.

Thankfully it’s not the Cayenne but the Boxster that has become the German firm’s biggest seller to date. Unsurprisingly for a car that costs a third of a 911, it looks like a miniature version of its big brother. In fact the design team were so lazy this time around that the front end could quite easily be the rear and visa versa as they look near identical. When it was launched there were fears that buying one would advertise that you couldn’t afford a ‘proper’ Porsche like the 911.

Whilst this fact is true, the Boxster is so good to drive that any stigmas are well and truly unattached during the 0-60mph dash. A 2.7 litre version will cover the distance in 6.2 seconds which is only marginally quicker than a Honda Civic Type R. However to buy the Boxster purely on straight-line speed is to miss the point entirely. For driving pleasure the Boxster is simply fantastic. Through the twisty lanes it holds the road and rewards you with precise steering that never once feels like it’s going to put you in a hedge. On the motorway it happily takes on the role of grand tourer, with road noise kept to a minimum and cabin comfort set to ‘high’.

You can even use the word ‘practical’ to describe it, because with the engine in the middle, you have a small boot at both the front and rear of the car which adds up to a full luggage set of space. There’s a slot in the dashboard for your phone’s SIM card, so you can make calls hands free and plenty of leather to wrap you up. The roof folds away electronically and unlike most convertibles doesn’t ruin the look of the Boxster when it’s up or down.

There’s a quote in one of my favourite films of all time Lost in Translation where Bill Murray’s character finally realises what the viewer has known for some time – he’s having a midlife crisis. Scarlet Johansson’s character asks him “have you bought a Porsche yet?” “No” comes the reply “but I’m thinking about it”. Yet the Boxster is so stylish and well made that it appeals to a far broader spectrum of people than just the mid 40s crowd. The price appeals to far more people than the £80,000 upwards a 911 costs. A brand new 2.7 litre Boxster will set you back £32, 320 and with quite a number dotted around car dealers, market prices are very competitive indeed.

A very early model from 2000 will set you back £10,000 and with fantastic build quality, you are getting a mid-engined Porsche that’s as good as new for peanuts. The Boxster was re-designed and re-launched in 2005 but fear not because after a number of hours playing spot the difference, it still looks firstly like a miniature 911 and secondly just like the old Boxster. The sausages and beer must be fantastic at that pub…

As a result you can have any age of Boxster and apply the same adage to that of the 911 – pop a personalised number plate on it.

Article Source: http://www.kravities.com

Pete J Ridgard is a writer and a car enthusiast. He currently writes for the automotive industry. Here he discusses Car Dealers.

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