![]() But that price is stripped of all options (and not including destination fee) it’s not hard to hit six figures with a GTS having the flashiest options. The Boxster 718 roadster with manual gearbox has a base price of $57,400, the S model $69,800 and the new GTS $81,900 (the hardtop 718 Cayman is a bit less, at $55,300). Automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, active lane control and blind-spot monitors, are not available. The Boxster comes with a full complement of airbags, including front, side, and thorax. The SLC also offers a turbocharged six-cylinder that gets about the same mileage as the turbo four in the Boxster. That’s 5 mpg less than one rival, the Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class. The GTS gets 22 combined with the automatic, and 21 with the manual. The 2.5-liter S versions get 24 combined with the automatic, and 22 combined with the manual. The 2.0-liter engine is EPA rated at 22 miles per gallon city, 29 highway, and 25 combined with the automatic transmission, and 1 less mpg with the manual. There isn’t a lot of room inside but there’s a power convertible top to compensate. The interior boasts beautiful leather and a multi-buttoned layout. Available torque vectoring makes the 718 one of the best-handling cars in the world. The standard suspension is good but the available adaptive dampers are better. It’s Porsche’s racing-bred PDK transmission. The standard six-speed manual gearbox is sharp, while the seven-speed twin-clutch automatic manual is just as sharp but quicker. The 2.0-liter can accelerate from zero to sixty in 4.9 seconds, while the S chops that down to 4.4 seconds, and the GTS brings the time down to 3.9 seconds. The new GTS makes 365 horsepower and 317 pound-feet. The S version is 2.5 liters, and makes 350 horsepower and 309 pound-feet. The standard mid-mounted engine is a 2.0-liter turbocharged flat-four making 300 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque. The 2018 Boxster lineup adds a new model with a bit more horsepower, the GTS, which comes with adaptive dampers, torque vectoring, sport exhaust, 20-inch wheels, synthetic suede or leather seats, and a thick steering wheel borrowed from the Porsche 918 with a mode selector that makes you feel like Lewis Hamilton. The brake discs are crossdrilled and internally vented, which helps to provide improved wet braking and optimum cooling.The Porsche Boxster was lightly redesigned and renamed the 718 Boxster last year, with a new four-cylinder turbo engine replacing the normally aspirated flat-six, wider wheels with bigger brakes, and styling changes that made it look sharper and more muscular. The pedal travel is short and the biting point precise. To make them tougher yet lighter and enable a more rapid response – even under extreme loads – the brake calipers have an enclosed monobloc construction. The brake discs have a diameter of 350mm at the front and 330mm at the rear. In the 718 GTS 4.0 models the brakes were further reinforced and adapted to the high performance: the front axle is equipped with six-piston aluminium monobloc fixed brake calipers in red. The brake system on the 718 S models are reinforced on the front axle. The brake discs have a diameter of 330 mm at the front and 299 mm at the rear. The brake callipers are Black on the 718 Boxster, 718 Cayman and 718 Style Edition models, and Red on the S and GTS 4.0 models. That’s why the 718, 718 Style Edition and 718 S models are equipped with four-piston aluminium monobloc fixed callipers.
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