Very large range of standard features
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BoxsterThe Boxster features Porsche's 2.7-litre power unit with VarioCam Plus variable valve management.
Exemplary aerodynamics With its drag coefficient of just 0.29, the Porsche Boxster ranks right at the top in aerodynamics. At the same time Porsche's development engineers have minimised lift forces on the front and rear axle, giving the Boxster safe and stable driving behaviour even at very high speeds. To achieve this superiority, the floor layout, the swept arrow configuration and the round contours at the front are designed to provide an aerodynamically efficient flow of air around the front end of the car and significantly improve the flow of cooling air at the same time. More power and torque - newly aligned Tiptronic S The six-cylinder power unit featured in the Boxster comes with VarioCam Plus valve management offering continuous adjustment of both intake timing (VarioCam) and variable valve lift (Plus). Valve timing on the intake shaft is adjusted by a vane cell adjuster covering an overall adjustment range of 40°. Valve lift, in turn, is operated by switching cup tappets on the intake side of the engine switched via an electrohydraulic valve. The cup tappets are made of two tappet units resting within one another and connected firmly when required by a pin. Benefiting from this advanced technology, the Boxster offers superior engine characteristics at all times combining powerful acceleration with a high level of maximum output and superior fuel economy. Power is transmitted on the Boxster by a five-speed manual gearbox, with the six-speed manual gearbox of the Boxster S being available in conjunction with PASM Porsche Active Suspension Management as an optional sports package. Yet another option is Porsche's revised and updated five-speed Tiptronic S. Sporting suspension - as an option with active control Apart from the "basic" suspension, the Boxster is also available as an option with PASM Porsche Active Suspension Management in conjunction with the entire car lowered by 10 millimetres or almost 0.4". In this case four dampers electrically adjustable in their firm response are controlled continuously and in an automatic process, depending on driving conditions. A button in the centre console, in turn, allows the driver to choose among two suspension programs: In the Normal mode the driver and passenger enjoy a more comfortable basic setting of the dampers switching automatically to a more sporting setup as soon as the driver starts to move the car more dynamically, depending on road conditions. In the Sports mode, on the other hand, the damper control lines are harder and firmer for a particularly agile style of motoring. Exemplary stopping power Large, cross-drilled and inner-vented brake discs ensure excellent stopping power and deceleration. The wheels front and rear come with black, eloxy-plated monobloc fixed-calliper brakes interacting with four pistons and pressing the brake pads against the discs.To keep the forces required for pressing down the brake pedal to a reasonable minimum and to speed up brake response, the brake servo effect has been raised by 17 per cent over the first generation of the Boxster. Servo pressure for the brakes as such is generated by a me-chanically driven pump. PSM featured as standard, Sports Chrono Package as an option The active safety package on the Boxster comes as standard with PSM Porsche Stability Management enhanced to an even higher level and comprising the existing ABS anti-lock brakes, ASR anti-spin control, MSR engine drag control, and ABD automatic brake differential functions. The Porsche Sports Chrono Package caters ideally for the Boxster driver seeking to give his or her car particularly sporting character. The Package comprises an even steeper gas pedal control line, harder engine speed cut-off, and higher thresholds for intervention by PSM Porsche Stability Management. In conjunction with PASM Porsche Active Suspension Management available as an option, the Sports Chrono Package provides firmer damper settings in the Sports mode. And again in the Sports mode, the optional Tiptronic S trans-mission is set to an even more sporting gearshift. Lots of space in the attractively styled interior Ever since the introduction of the second-generation Boxster in late 2004, Porsche's mid-engined Roadster has offered even more space inside thanks to the pedals moved forwards and the lower seating position. Indeed, the Boxster is available with no less than four "families" of seats: standard seats with electrical backrest adjustment, all-electric seats with a lumbar support, leather sports seats with reinforced side support, and adaptive sports seats with individually adjustable side supports both at the bottom and on the seat backrest. The openings for filling in coolant and engine oil now come beneath a more easily accessible flap allowing even better and more convenient use of the rear luggage compartment. Consistent use of top-quality and highly sophisticated materials inside the car including alcantara, leather and various features finished in a special aluminium look, ensures a unique touch of class and flair. Standard features include electrical operation of the roof able to open and close while moving up to a speed of 50 km/h or 31 mph. Other standard features include electrical windowlifts, a CD radio, airconditioning with an integrated activated carbon filter, an on-board computer and central locking. As an option the Boxster is available with an aluminium hardtop with a heated rear window and wind deflector. And at the same time Porsche offers a wide range of further features helping to customise the car, including a sports steering wheel and multifunction steering wheel serving to operate the optionally available PCM Porsche Communication Management with its 5.8-inch colour display, the navigation module, and a separate DVD player. A roadster complete with head airbags A head airbag is housed within the doors on either side of the Boxster beneath the side window sill. Together with the thorax airbag in the seat backrest, this ensures a very high standard of all-round safety and protection in collisions from the side. At the same time it almost goes without saying that frontal airbags for the driver and front passenger as well as belt latch tensioners and belt force limiters come as standard. And last but certainly not least, the bodyshell of the Boxster fulfils all international requirements in terms of passive safety, occupant protection being enhanced to an even higher level by the attractively styled rollbar. The so-called upper load path very effectively guiding forces acting on the body in a collision from the front end though the doors to the rear helps to significantly stiffen and reinforce the passenger cell in a frontal or offset collision. To provide this effect, the doors are reinforced at the top by an additional profile plate made of steel and rest in the event of a collision on an optimised side section structure. A support tube made of high-strength steel extending from the side-sill to the A-pillar, serves to further reinforce and strengthen the passenger cell.
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Maximum output of the 2.7-litre flat-six is 180 kW
(245 bhp), accelerating the Boxster to 100 km/h in 6.1 seconds, and from
there up to a top speed of 258 km/h or 160 mph. Despite this improved
performance, fuel consumption is down to an even more economical 9.3 litres
premium plus/100 kilometres in the composite EU test, equal to 30.4 mpg Imp.
And at the same time the Boxster outperforms both the EU 4 and the ULEV II
emission limits.