Porsche Boxster 'R' (2009): the CAR spy photos

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21 Sep 2009

CAR's spies www.carmagazine.co.uk/ have caught a new Porsche Boxster 'R' attacking the Nurburgring, and our sources inside Porsche have revealed that this open-top is a special, harder version of the sports car that will be revealed by the end of 2009, probably at the LA show.

We don't yet know the definitive name of the new harder Porsche, although insiders have referred to the go-faster version as the Boxster R.

And how does this new Porsche Boxster R differ from any other Porsche Boxster?

Externally this special edition differs from its banal brothers thanks to a lower front bumper (with single rather than double strakes across the intakes – all important to the people that might buy this car), plus new side intakes and a bigger rear spoiler. And beneath that disguised rear deck is thought to be a double-bubble Speedster-style hump.

Under the skin this new Porsche is expected to use the 3.4-litre flat-six currently found in the Boxster S, but with a few tweaks to lift power closer to 320bhp. This Boxster also sits lower on sports suspension, features new alloys wheels and comes with Porsche's PCCB ceramic brakes as standard. There will also be interior tweaks akin to the cabin of the fettled 911 Sport Classic unveiled earlier this year.

There's no word on the price, but the 250 Sport Classic 911s each cost over £140k, so this Boxster could end up being pretty costly. Expect to see it unveiled at the 2009 LA auto show in early December, one year on from the revealing of the facelifted Boxster and Cayman.
www.carmagazine.co.uk/

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