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RC said:
new Boxster S (987 S) has been rumored (unofficial testing) at 8:17
Porsche claimed the 8:17 laptime in their "Product Information" booklet (seems to be the samy type of document Henry is referring to with regards to the Cayman S).
Unfortunately the "Product Information" does not provide further data except the laptime (driver/weather conditions/car-equipment such as wheels, tires, brakes, suspension etc.), but at least it should be reasonable to assume that Porsche's testing policies would be consistent.
Now it's interesting to speculate wheather the improvement of the 987 S against 986 S (IMO impressive 15 sec) are mainly to attribute to the increased HP (+20 hp) or the upgraded wheels (19") and suspension (PASM) plus SC. I'd say the 15 sec. improvement may be allocated 50/50 (engine/suspension) if you look at the Cayman S's advantage over 987 S (6 sec), which should be mainly to attribute to the engine (+15 HP), whereas wheels/suspension are almost equal, though some small additional plus from the stiffer body.
Boxster S only 8 sec behind F360 and Cayman S almost on par with F 360 IMO is quite impressive for cars qualified as "cute" by some people
Cayman S and Boxster S owners should be even happier knowing that the performance disadvantage against a F360 - 0,2% for Cayman S, - 1,4% for Boxster S does not translate into a similar pricegap compared to the F-car