Tom De Moor wrote:
says...

It has been said that given the same
power as a 911 the Boxster is faster point to point.What makes it even more
special is that it'll stand daily use as well as any german saloon would.


A lot of BS has been said too.

Power being equal leaves still an incredible lot of parameters free.
Just to name one: LS-Diff. A LSD-equipped 911 with similar power as a
Boxster needs just a twisty road for 10 miles to annihilate the Boxster.

The Boxster is a nice car. Hairdressers and women like it a lot. That
was in fact the targetmarket along with the Californian guys.

Claiming it is a superior car to the competition is rather funny: the
key to the Boxster is shape and desing, it's assembled out of obsolete
Porsche parts, reason number 1 why Porsche makes such interesting
profits out of it. Reason also why Porsche does not race it.

Someone I know got within .25 of a second of a 2001 Boxster S in his
1998 MX-5 at a Sprint I was at a few weekends ago.

This means that Boxsters cost a lot more than MX-5s but are only a
little bit faster. (c:

--
Douglas - MX-5 Owner.