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Originally Posted by pits200
The boxster was an embarrassment to porsche when it came out and had been for many years. They wanted to hit a different demographic with a "cheaper" entry level porsche in the hopes that people would eventually move up to their big boy models.
Porsche standards are blister fast 0-60 and amazing handling. No sacrifice which is what they did with the boxster, made a lightweight low hp car which handled nicely but lacked any punch which is 1/2 the equation.
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You do realize that Porsche has made many "entry-level" cars like the Boxster over its history, right? The idea that only flagship performance models count as "real" Porsches means that half of the models they have ever made are not "real" Porsches.
And the idea that any street car comes with no sacrifices is silly. Why isn't a 911 a million dollar supercar? Simple, it's because even a "real" Porsche has pricing limitations. Does this mean a 911 isn't a "real" Porsche either? It's certainly not a 959, 918, or Carrera GT.