2005 Porsche Boxster Review at Automotive.com
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2005 Porsche Boxster Review

Read a comprehensive review of the 2005 Porsche Boxster by one of the automobile experts at Automotive.com. Find an analysis of the test drive, the interior and exterior of the vehicle, specs, options, features and more. Learn how the industry leaders ...     read more
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2005 Porsche Boxster Review

Porsche picks up the pace.
Statements like "this thing's faster than a Porsche!" or "that SUV takes corners like a Porsche!" have grown into callous clichés. But hear them enough times in reference to cars that dominate their peers in power and performance, and somewhere in the back of your head forms the notion that these Porsches everyone keeps talking about must have something going on. Porsches must be envied. Porsches must be kings.

They usually are. But eight years ago, Porsche returned to $40,000 territory with the Boxster, its first new car in two decades. While never less than a thrilling machine, the Boxster's performance was merely peppy instead of pulverizing. The passing of time showed the other three Germans, then an American, then a Japanese all nipping at its heels, often beating its pants off on several fronts. High on price, middling in performance and low on interior elegance, Porsche found itself turning into, well, the Lincoln of sports cars.
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•Inside and Out
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The wizards in Zuffenhausen decided to do something about it, so for 2005 the entry-level Porsche is back with more heat in the motors, more rubber in the wheel wells, and more sport in the suspension. It's also got a different look (if you look closely), some interior touch-ups, and one key new safety feature. It's ready for a rematch. Next Page


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