Aussie taste fattens Porsche
Porsche engineers have carved away at the basic Boxster to slash 80kgs off the bottom line before re-inventing it as the new Boxster Spyder, the ‘purist’s form of the Porsche sports car’.
Weighing in at just 1275kg in its international trim the Spyder is the lightest car in the Porsche garage, an outcome which Porsche claims gives it the heart and soul of the legendary 550 Spyder — the car in which James Dean took his last ride on September 30, 1955.
However, Porsche Australia will be putting back in at least 15kg in deference to the Aussie love of comfort and cool air.
