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Seeking Porsche’s Purest Sports Car
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In 1996 when Porsche only offered the 911 Carrera for sale, choosing its purest sports car was easy. But today, Porsche offers five different models and the answer is rather muddy. None of its high performance vehicles, from coupe to roadster and sedan to sport utility, are easily dismissed, as each is capable of shattering the 60 mph benchmark in under five seconds and topping out at over 170 mph.
On one hand, determining the quickest is easy (911 Turbo S). And it takes only a moment to calculate the most expensive (Panamera Turbo S) or the one with the greatest cargo capacity (Cayenne). But on the other hand, how does one determine the company’s purest sports car - the least distilled embodiment of performance motoring and maneuverability?
To help answer that nagging question, we flew to Barber Motorsports Park to spend a full day behind the wheel of the company’s all-new third-generation Porsche Boxster. (As you may recall, we had a first crack at the little roadster back in March in Europe, but we wanted to get our mitts on a North-American-spec car for local impressions).Continue reading 2013 Porsche Boxster S [w/video]
2013 Porsche Boxster S [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 30 May 2012 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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