Whether flat-four or flat-six powered, the 718 Boxster is a modern classic - here's why 👇
Note for reference: car weight and power data are hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive. The 2.0 four was obviously the most controversial engine in the 718 range. There was a lot of antipathy towards it due to its failure to be a six, which in the eyes of many reviewers made it rather bland.
There are some on PH who have direct experience of both sixes and fours and who have come out in favour of the 2.5 S as the best all-rounder, with very little if anything to choose between them in real-world performance. Not everyone liked the sound of the four, but it sounded worse in the closed Cayman than it did in the Boxster, and it had a distinctive growl of its own that was deeper than that of the sixes. Some reviewers reckoned the 2.0’s sound was less ‘manufactured’ than the 2.
You might wonder why the Spyder was quite a bit more expensive than the mechanically identical GTS 4.0. At least some of the answer to that question lies in its chassis, which was the same as the feted Cayman GT4 with ball joints a-plenty, GT3 subframes, and adjustability built into the toe, camber and anti-roll bar settings. Gearbox mounts were active, and rubber was Cup 2 or RaceMaxx 2 rather than the GTS’s P Zeros. The Spyder’s 295/30 rear tyres were quite a bit beefier than the GTS 4.
The GTS had a shallow ‘one-piece’ front bumper/intake whereas the Spyder’s was divided into three deeper sections with intakes/vents on either side and a separate GT-style ‘lip’ intake between the headlamps. At the back the GTS didn’t have the Spyder’s diffuser . The vents ahead of the rear wheels had two strakes rather than just the one in the Spyder.
The standard Porsche Communication Management including Sound Package Plus gave you an audio system with a not-that-impressive looking 110-watt six-speaker spec, but it actually did an OK job. The 821-watt Burmester upgrade with 300-watt subwoofer was another matter, both in power and cost – over £2,600 – but there was a less expensive Bose option.
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