Porsche Is Developing A More Sonorous Flagship 718 Boxster
Porsche is developing a new 718 Boxster GTS that will stretch the 2.5-litre four-cylinder turbo behind the two seats right up to 375bhp.
A new exhaust system is going to make its debut on the car, too, in an attempt to make the car’s controversial engine sound better.
After the success of the old GTS in bridging the gap between the Boxster S and Boxster Spyder, Porsche wants to recreate that old range structure for 2018. A 718 Cayman GTS will arrive at the same time, we understand.
Sadly we don’t have the rights to use any spy photos so we have to bring you pics of the old car, which, after all, used the same chassis as the 718 and is the same size and shape. There will be differences, though, with a revised nose among them.
Autocar reports that the GTS brothers will use the Boxster S’s 2.5-litre engine, but it’s unconfirmed whether items like the turbocharger will be swapped for beefier components. The 2.5’s specific output in the Boxster S is lower than that of the 2.0 in the standard car, so we reckon there’s room for a boost in the 2.5.
That boost should be around the 20-30bhp window; enough to make the slightest tangible difference without getting too near to the output of a basic 911 Carrera. Expect the usual suite of options, by which we mean expect to be able to double the price of the car by the time you’ve finished adding extras…
As for an asking price, we’d agree with Autocar that it’s likely to get close to £65,000. Both cars should feature at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, just a couple of months from now.
Via: Autocar
Comments
First!
Cool
Wish they would bring back the flat 6 for the GTS 😿
But it wouldn’t be a 718
Has anyone tried swapping these 718 engines into a BRZ or STI? (Or the other way around, would be an interesting experiment.)
Doesn’t really matter if you use old pictures.
The shape NEVER changes
But nature doesn’t change.
Monkeys are the same for last 1000 years.
Why should Beetles be different
Tbh I like the sound of the current 718 line, but I am curious what the new versions will sound like as well.
Come on Porsche, just stick a 911 engine in there. You know everyone wants you to.
But it wouldn’t be a 718
Please make the headers equal length to get rid of the broken engine feel!
Ok, it’s almost like Porsche hired a person who’s a ricer and he had the suggestion to put a new exhaust system so it sounds more powerfull
Is this exhaust Porsche admitting they screwed up with the four-pot?
Lemme guess the next one will be called the GTS 4
Why?
DL🏁 didn’t you say it’s bloody loud in it’s normal form?
Its as loud (with sports exhaust fitted and on) as the flat-six imo
But the engine note isn’t as good
So they’ll try to fix that with the gts