323 Porsche Boxster S (986) (1st Gen) (2002)

Porsche Boxster S 986 (!st Gen) (1996-04) Engine 3179 cc Flat 6

Registration Number MF 52 ENY(Manchester)

Event Number 75 Chris Hodson

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Designed by Harm Lagaay the Boxster was released ahead of the 996. Costs were minimized by a large scale component sharing agreement with Toyota. The 986 Boxster also shared the bonnet, front wings and headlight units with the 996. It's original 2500 cc engine shared the same basic architecture as the 3.4 ltr unit of the 996. By 2000 the engines had grown to 2700 cc and the introduction of the Boxster S with its larger 2.2litre engine. In 2003 a minor facelift replaced the plastic rear window with a glass window, the engine was revamped with a re-worked exhaust pipe and air intake, the front fried egg type indicators were replaced by a clear unit, the rear lights and indicators were altered, and the engines increased in power (though not capacity), the Boxster rising from 217bhp to 225bhp and the Boxster S from 250 to 258bhp, a special edition first generation Boxster S (the 550) appeared in 2004 as the only model of the original Boxster with 266bhp.

In 2004 the 986 was replaced by the 987 Boxster

 

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Shot on 21.02.2015 at The Pomeroy Trophy Silverstone,

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