Sports car cool, and lightweight version of a sports car even cooler. For the year 2011, Porsche is taking the weight of the mid-engine Boxster, 176 pounds to be exact, and call it by Spyder Boxster. The Spyder 2011 Porsche Boxster not only offers a limited edition or version of the little modification of the basic car. Instead it was the third model in the lineup Boxster, and looked very different from the others.
The most prominent difference is the two pieces of light and a unique rear deck. Instead of the traditional employer power, the Boxster Spyder canvas stretched across the car like a bikini, only include what is needed to cover. Weighing only 13 pounds, the main part of the header using carbon fiber and other parts are the rear wind deflector and rear window. Rear deck is made of aluminum. It has two convex mound which resembles the form of roll bars and taper toward the back. Doors are also aluminum.
Other exterior changes include the Porsche line along the rocker panels, side window is shorter, unique 19-inch lightweight wheels (which store a total of 11 pounds), twin tailpipes painted black, fixed rear spoiler, and small changes to the air intake up front, behind and along the side of the car. The lines of the logo comes in the contrast of black, white or silver, depending on the color of the car, and imitating the traditional lines of the Porsche dating back to the 1960s.
Other exterior changes include the Porsche line along the rocker panels, side window is shorter, unique 19-inch lightweight wheels (which store a total of 11 pounds), twin tailpipes painted black, fixed rear spoiler, and small changes to the air intake up front, behind and along the side of the car. The lines of the logo comes in the contrast of black, white or silver, depending on the color of the car, and imitating the traditional lines of the Porsche dating back to the 1960s.
Inside, the Boxster Spyder remove the radio, air conditioning and cupholders in the name of weight savings. Alcantara leather sport seats and bucket using carbon fiber frame and weighs about 26 pounds less than the optional power bucket. Pulled the door is not aluminum and cloth hood over the instrument has been eliminated. Despite the changes, such as Spyder Boxster S can be optioned, and radio, cupholders and power sport seats are all available at no cost. Those who seek to save as much as possible weight can choose to lithium-ion batteries, which saves 22 pounds and cost about $ 3,000. Underneath, Spyder Boxster comes with a locking differential, hard shocks and anti-roll bars, and shorter, stiff springs that lower ride height 20 millimeters, Thanks to the lighter, car center of gravity is 25 mm lower.
Motivation is provided by the same direct-injected 3.4-liter flat six other Boxsters, but set it in the Cayman S. It puts out 320 horsepower (10 more than the Boxster S) at 7200 rpm and 273 pound-feet of torque at 4750 rpm. Maximum output comes 950 rpm higher than in the transmission Boxster S. standard six-speed manual and seven-speed Porsche Doppelkupplung (MDD) automated manual transmission is optional. Porsche Boxster said Spyder can accelerate 0-60 mph in 4.6 seconds when MDD was ordered along with the Sport Chrono Plus package which includes launch control. The Porsche Boxster Spyder will be sold as a 2011 model starting in February, along with the 2010 version of the Boxster and Boxster S. Porsche hopes to sell around 1500 units per year. Expected Pricing $61,000.
Motivation is provided by the same direct-injected 3.4-liter flat six other Boxsters, but set it in the Cayman S. It puts out 320 horsepower (10 more than the Boxster S) at 7200 rpm and 273 pound-feet of torque at 4750 rpm. Maximum output comes 950 rpm higher than in the transmission Boxster S. standard six-speed manual and seven-speed Porsche Doppelkupplung (MDD) automated manual transmission is optional. Porsche Boxster said Spyder can accelerate 0-60 mph in 4.6 seconds when MDD was ordered along with the Sport Chrono Plus package which includes launch control. The Porsche Boxster Spyder will be sold as a 2011 model starting in February, along with the 2010 version of the Boxster and Boxster S. Porsche hopes to sell around 1500 units per year. Expected Pricing $61,000.
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