By Andrei Avarvarii
December 26, 2007
The Porsche Boxster is an amazing car to drive, but I never liked the design. I’ve always found the roadster's front/rear proportions to be the automotive equivalent of Dr. Doolittle's Pushmi-pullyu. In fact, if the original Boxster didn’t have a windscreen, you couldn’t tell which end was the front. (The 550 Spyder never had such a problem.) Porsche has gradually sculpted the Boxster's sheetmetal towards a more forward-going form; I'm assuming they're going to continue the evolution. I think a side line that descends towards the front will solve this problem entirely, giving the car a more aggressive stance and moving it towards its rightful place as a "mini-Carrera GT." The old Boxsters blend classic design elements with modern touches in a strange way. The elements that “scream Porsche," like the round headlights, were changed, while other, less relevant for the brand were kept. My design tweaks a little bit the ingredients used in the same neo-retro recipe. Here's hoping the right design (and some more power?) will reignite sales of Porsche's purest product.
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December 26th, 2007 at 11:58 am
I like the oval headlights to be a bit canted in, they just look better. The look is a bit too “butch” actually, while I think the current design is not quite right (those crappy side vents just look horrible), but I am not convinced by this chop either.
December 26th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I love it. Just make the bumper grilles “smile” a little less and you have a great evolution of the Porsche brand.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
The proportions of the body between the front and rear axles are very nicely done. The car seems to have just the right balance and flows with a better oriented slightly more squat and sleeper aggressive stance. I do agree with both comments above, but those observations are quite minor compared with the overall improvement to what is now a tired and otherwise wholly unremarkable design.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Looks very nice. Unfortunately, that means it won’t be what the next Boxster looks like.
Porsche has trapped themselves into the need to dumb-down their non-911 product to continue justifying the 911’s existence. So you get cars that handle wonderfully, but are neutered to keep them slower. And you get cars that get a couple beatings with the ugly stick (Boxster) so nobody ever doubts that you were just a little to cheap/poor to spring for the big dog.