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Message: You want the option of a $100k+ Boxster?
Changed By: mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC
Change Date: December 10, 2010 09:49PM
You want to the option of a $100k+ Boxster?
Change Date: December 10, 2010 09:49PM
You want to the option of a $100k+ Boxster?
I'd preface this post by saying my current ideal Boxster in the configurator is a $94k Boxster. I don't want to think what my ideal 911 would be.
Seems to me if they aren't going to kill the revenue stream, they have to pretty much move the Boxster up-market to where the 911 is now if they are going to make em look alike (Cayman) and perform alike (or better). Yes that leaves room at the bottom for the 914-like mini-Boxster 4-cylinder. But it places 4 more models into the already 11 model 911 range. And people are already saying there are too many 911s.
More HP usually means more cooling needed, bigger brakes, more weight....doesn't it? Is that Boxster still as toss-able?
The performance of a 911 in a Boxster...can't you get 450 normally- aspirated HP now for an extra $30k? How many people can handle that? Pay for that? Not this one.
With a 5 year life cycle for a design, tough market conditions, emissions restrictions and higher gas prices looming in now the time for more HP?
Could the spectacular introduction at the Detroit auto show be the new Boxster/Cayman?
Seems to me if they aren't going to kill the revenue stream, they have to pretty much move the Boxster up-market to where the 911 is now if they are going to make em look alike (Cayman) and perform alike (or better). Yes that leaves room at the bottom for the 914-like mini-Boxster 4-cylinder. But it places 4 more models into the already 11 model 911 range. And people are already saying there are too many 911s.
More HP usually means more cooling needed, bigger brakes, more weight....doesn't it? Is that Boxster still as toss-able?
The performance of a 911 in a Boxster...can't you get 450 normally- aspirated HP now for an extra $30k? How many people can handle that? Pay for that? Not this one.
With a 5 year life cycle for a design, tough market conditions, emissions restrictions and higher gas prices looming in now the time for more HP?
Could the spectacular introduction at the Detroit auto show be the new Boxster/Cayman?
Original Message
Author: mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NCDate: December 10, 2010 09:47PM
You want to option of a $100k+ Boxster?
I'd preface this post by saying my current ideal Boxster in the configurator is a $94k Boxster. I don't want to think what my ideal 911 would be.
Seems to me if they aren't going to kill the revenue stream, they have to pretty much move the Boxster up-market to where the 911 is now if they are going to make em look alike (Cayman) and perform alike (or better). Yes that leaves room at the bottom for the 914-like mini-Boxster 4-cylinder. But it places 4 more models into the already 11 model 911 range. And people are already saying there are too many 911s.
More HP usually means more cooling needed, bigger brakes, more weight....doesn't it? Is that Boxster still as toss-able?
The performance of a 911 in a Boxster...can't you get 450 normally- aspirated HP now for an extra $30k? How many people can handle that? Pay for that? Not this one.
With a 5 year life cycle for a design, tough market conditions, emissions restrictions and higher gas prices looming in now the time for more HP?
Could the spectacular introduction at the Detroit auto show be the new Boxster/Cayman?
Seems to me if they aren't going to kill the revenue stream, they have to pretty much move the Boxster up-market to where the 911 is now if they are going to make em look alike (Cayman) and perform alike (or better). Yes that leaves room at the bottom for the 914-like mini-Boxster 4-cylinder. But it places 4 more models into the already 11 model 911 range. And people are already saying there are too many 911s.
More HP usually means more cooling needed, bigger brakes, more weight....doesn't it? Is that Boxster still as toss-able?
The performance of a 911 in a Boxster...can't you get 450 normally- aspirated HP now for an extra $30k? How many people can handle that? Pay for that? Not this one.
With a 5 year life cycle for a design, tough market conditions, emissions restrictions and higher gas prices looming in now the time for more HP?
Could the spectacular introduction at the Detroit auto show be the new Boxster/Cayman?