The original 986 Boxster was the car that saved Porsche, and it remains as sweet, sorted and satisfying today as it was 25 years ago -
For a 25-year-old, this Boxster is pleasingly tight and rattle-free and instantly feels like a good place to be. That shared dashboard is not a great piece of design and, although trimmed in the same terracotta leather, the interior isn’t nearly as funky as the Detroit concept’s. There are some neat touches, though. I love how the rear-view mirror is shaped to match the gap you can see between the headrests cum roll-over bars.
In typical Porsche fashion, at first the Boxster doesn’t feel dynamically sharp. The wheel is just the right size and has just the right diameter rim, but initially the steering feels a bit slow and a little heavy, so the car feels heavy too. However, after an hour you’ve forgotten this because you’ve discovered that when you want and need the steering to be crisp, direct and feelsome – in the corners – it is.
So good that you can almost forgive the Boxster its slabby profile. The Boxster concept wasn’t unimprovable, though. The production version looks better from the rear three-quarters because the rear panel doesn’t extend all the way up to the backs of the seats. The ‘speedster’ look was great for the show but the production car needed a roof, of course, and while the SLK restarted the trend for folding hardtops , the execution of the Boxster’s fabric roof made a mockery of that fad.
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