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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. ![Smiley](/staticimages/graemlins/angel.gif)
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! ![Smiley](/staticimages/graemlins/beer.gif)
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