"We don't know if anyone's ever called the Porsche Boxster the Beverly Hills Miata, but we're going to. It's maddening. The landscape of Los Angeles' richest suburb is littered with Boxsters. They're driven by soccer moms while their kids are with the nanny; by USC co-eds living off their parents' Amex Black card; and by movie agents yet to make the scene and jump to a 911 Cabriolet. It's enough to make you ignore the history of Porsche engineering and motorsports that this car's retro-style round face and plump bodywork are meant to evoke.

And so it is with a wash of enthusiasm and a tinge of skepticism that we greet the 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder. It's lighter, lower, more powerful, more expensive, less functional and less comfortable than a standard Boxster and that gives us hope that this is more than just a car to be seen in, in Beverly Hills. We want more outlaw, less fashion statement. More Porsche 550 Spyder. More reminders of the most famous car crash in America.

Communication Is Key
After a decade of women walking out on us and all saying the same thing, it took the arrival of the 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder for us to really understand what they meant when they said, "We talk, but we don't communicate." We don't need to watch any more Dr. Phil. We don't need the couples therapy. We finally get it. This Boxster doesn't just talk, it communicates.

For example, the Lotus Elise is all talk, a nagging fishwife berating and belittling you with every useless bit of information about the road surface in a torrent of abuse and irritation. The Boxster Spyder filters out the nonsense, distills the information into bits and bites that men can understand and skips directly to the core issues without being a bother. Make no mistake; the Boxster Spyder isn't a luxury car — it'll pitch and judder on broken highways — but it's rarely offensive. It's the same nagging wife, but this time she's yelling through a kitchen door, so only the really significant stuff comes through.

It's this unprecedented communication that provides the backbone for the Boxster Spyder's stellar track results, including 72.3 mph through the slalom, 0.99g of cornering grip around the skid pad and 102 feet under braking from 60 to zero mph."

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yup. looks good in black.

 

I am loving the red interior. Reminds me of the RS60 and that is a very good thing

 

Love the car. I hope Porsche does the same treatment to the Cayman!

 

thats actually a great and interesting article

i gotta say im still shocked that i like the interior

 

Nice!

 

"...you would have this lightweight, perfectly balanced driver's dream easily driving circles around that fat, ass-engined, froggie-color car for which Porsche charged you $123,000."

 

gorgeous