i'll take one of those concepts, thanks!

Go full screen. Looking at the roof, I still see frame ribs.

Ummmm....

Can't see any ribs.

But then, I can't see a link, either.

Thanks Mike, that was it. I'm not sure what happens between preview and post.

Pedro, are you required to put something in the 2nd "description" dialog when posting a web link?

Bob, you should only have to paste the link into the message and it always works for me.

Just a few observations.

I notice they've done away with the solid windscreen between the rollbars and replaced it with a screen and substantial frame, which should get rid of the flexing and rattling.

The roof - I see two bows. One just over the rear window (which seems bigger than the current one) and another a foot or so in front of that. Everything from there forward appears to be one section/piece. It could be that whole forward section is solid.

Also, it looks like the whole plastic frame around the side window is gone.

He mentions in here about a new magnesium structure of the roof. So maybe that whole front section is one solid piece covered by material.

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I wonder if this is a mistake in the article or if the author just is not that familiar with the 987. I would really like to see the five dial instrument panel in the new 981.

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Five dials, but to me it looks like a concept car interior.

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Five dials, but to me it looks like a concept car interior.

That's the original Boxster concept interior shown at the Detroit Auto Show in 1993.

You can see some of the dials from this different angle.

Although I really like my 987, I think it is something of a shame that the original concept did not make it to market. It was a nice idea and a good design. Of course, concepts seldom make it to fruition, so still...

Road dust, kicked up stones, and dirty road water. Also there likely were manufacturing impracticalities concerning metal forming, materials, etc.

Minus 40 degrees... Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?

he's saying that the ignition to the outside remains. poor writing but that's what he's saying.

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That makes them not a "trusted site." They should've used no image rather than the wrong one. For the sake of being properly informed, I wouldn't bother reading any further output from that entity.

Minus 40 degrees... Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?

the new car must have the 5 dial binacle - which will be a nice improvement, IMHO.

No, the philosophy at Porsche/VW is to put more distance between the Boxster and the 911. Having five dials would move them closer.

Guess we will have to wait and see. It could be that Porsche is trying to "upscale" the Boxster to make more room for the Baby Boxster eventually. Or maybe they are just trying to same money with one less binnacle to produce.

It could be that Porsche put the five-cluster in so the drivers could get the extra readings during real-world testing instead of waiting for the download from the computers.

If the narrative is correct, the current Boxsters may look very much like yesterday's car when the new model is unveiled. That's not necessarily a good thing for us.

There appears to be some sort of vent behind the driver's seat. I wonder if it will be Porsche's take on the Merc's "windscarf".
Given there's lots of heat back there, it would be great if the driver had the option of using some of it to keep the cool drafts at bay.

judging from the photos, they must have driven along my daily commute. i'm sorry to have missed them ...

it's obviously someone who was with the group for the whole trip. the driver of one of the boxsters is even posing in a pic or two. now whether or not this person had the right to post those pics is another story. but i doubt it would be difficult for porsche to figure out who took them.

[edit] after reading the article that guenter linked to, i think it's likely that those "spy" pics were shot by the writer of that article.

[2nd edit] the writer is clearly doesn't know much about porsches. a couple of mistakes in the article:
"The new Boxster, code-named 981" no, that's not a "code" name. it's a type number.
- "automatically operated cloth roof does without the twist-and-turn manual attachment of old" twist and turn? really?

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- "automatically operated cloth roof does without the twist-and-turn manual attachment of old" twist and turn? really?

He must be confusing the Boxster with its oh-so-similar cousin, the VW Beetle. My daughter's Bug has the, "twist and turn" roof release and manual retract.