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Simply put, the Boxster has always been a much faster car than even Porsche is ready to admit.
Right on! When I did measure top speed of my 2007 BoxsterS I was surprised to reach 284km/h vs. the Porsche published 272km/h.An this was not even the end, just had to slow down because of upcoming traffic.
And yes this was GPS measured, the odometer showed something around 296km/h, although I did not pay to much attention other than to the traffic.
177.5 mph! Pretty impressive, but then Porsche have always understated the performance of their cars.
When we did the Factory Collection of our own 3.4 nearly three years ago - my time flies - the tour guide told us that Porsche's tolerance for the engine is the range -0 to +5%, so 295 bhp could well be as much as 310bhp.
Only this week I was so nearly tempted to buy a year old Carrera S PDK coupe, only 5,300 miles and yet 25% off new price. Yesterday evening I had a wonderful top - down blast in the Boxey, sports exhaust bellowing, snick-snick of the short shift gearbox,the precision mid-engined handling, which just reinforced what an amazing car the Boxster is - and decided me against changing.
Welcome to Rennteam, by the way!
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