New Roadster Delivers Revolutionary Changes
Porsche is in a perplexing situation as of late. While sales of the profitable new Cayenne sport utility are through the roof, its sports car numbers are off significantly this year, enough so to classify the legendary automaker as predominantly an SUV-maker.
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| Seeing a need to bolster Boxster sales, Porsche will introduce a completely upgraded model. (Photo: Porsche Cars North America) |
Also strange is that the fact that the brand's top-most 911 models are experiencing stronger sales than its entry-level Boxster and Boxster S. This trend may continue when the recent release of the 2005 model year 911, dubbed the 997 internally, starts to affect sales charts. The new model features major improvements inside and out, and should therefore spur sports car sales significantly.
Seeing a need to bolster Boxster sales as well, Porsche will introduce a completely upgraded entry model as well, featuring updated styling, a completely reworked interior, safety enhancements, suspension upgrades, and more power.
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| The new Boxster modifications are revolutionary in nature, and the design is stripped down to its purest Porsche forms. (Photo: Porsche Cars North America) |
Unlike the styling changes made to the new 2005 911, new Boxster modifications are revolutionary in nature. The new design is stripped down to its purest Porsche forms, with a clean, uncluttered front fascia incorporating 911 Turbo-style twin-vents, plus new oval headlamps. The "L" shaped headlight clusters that debuted in the 1993 Boxster concept and then carried forward more or less the same through two generations of production Boxsters have been abandoned.
Endowing the Boxster with classic 911 styling cues could be seen as somewhat ironic, being that one of the major criticisms the German brand faced when it redesigned the 1997 911 (996) was that it looked too much like the less expensive Boxster. Now, similar criticisms may be heard with both models featuring oval headlamp clusters for 2005.