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Have every daily care? Nerves have become a hell? - There is an excellent anti-stress agent called Porsche Boxster S. With recently, deliveries to Russia of this Rhodster, as well as the other Porsche tranquilisato, are carried out by the official.
Where did the most affordable Porsche of the healer's ability? Everything is simple: even the younger in the model range of the famous German brand has great sports potential. In addition, the name of the car is inscribed by the letter S, meaning that this roadster is more powerful and faster than the usual Porsche Boxster.
Unlike the standard model (if such a term is applied to the Porsche product) with a 6-cylinder 220-strong horizontal 2.7 liter spit, Boxster S is equipped with a 3.2-liter engine, developing 252 hp. Features of the power plant - four valves per cylinder, variable phases of gas distribution and inlet path of variable length.
Like the Boxster, the engine here is located behind the seats within the wheelbase. Two trunk - front and rear - by no means the main advantages of such a layout. It is much more important than the skill of the rhodster to subjugate the road, the ability to write down the speed snake as in the lecture.
Low center of gravity, excellent raveling and acute informative steering wheel allow us to turn turns, exceeding the speed limit of ordinary mortals at least twice. And at the same time feel the car with all his own nature (remember the children's feelings, when you move from the ice mountain, it is not on sleds, but on a sheet of plywood, and you will understand what we are talking about). It is worth the hint of rear wheels, the Boxster S is instantly mobilized and holds the specified course.
Write the sink of the rear leading wheels during the start is a very difficult task. Even with the Boxster S control system disabled, does not allow you to dilute the motor energy. Each newtonometer contributes to the realization of torque - with a peak of 305 nm at 4500 min-1.
Due to the color torque characteristic, the motor's trap is gorgeous in the entire revolutions range. Starting from 1000 - 1500 min-1 Roadster cheerfully picks up and retains activity up to the limit 7000 min-1. As a result, the car even with a five-speed automatic transmission reaches 100 km / h after 6.5 seconds after the start. (6-speed manual mechanics is installed on the car.)
As sings when the motor is accelerated! There is no slope in Bariton, who has been torn out of the subsoil. Only power and confidence. Encouraging the activity of Boxster S, you can easily reach 255 km / h of maximum speed. By the way, an adaptive automatic, like an experienced psychologist, in a matter of minutes adjusts to the rhythm of the sitting driving. And the existing manual mode, being activated, allows you to correct the operation of the transmission literally in one finger - through the keys on the knob.
No matter how responsive automatic, the stereotypes of thinking interfere with recognizing this type of transmission optimal for a sports car. But only to the time before time. In traffic, with a convulsive translational movement, it becomes obvious that with the mechanical roadster, the monstrous craving of which will have to tamper the clutch pedal will turn into a torch.
Approximately the situation with the suspension. For a car with a hard native chassis, only a carefully verified route would be acceptable. Our Boxster S is with a Russified chassis - it is enough tolerated to road potholes and tramways. In addition, it has a slightly increased ground clearance, relative to the insignificant 95 mm of the original clearance. Therefore, if not to talk about extremes, Roger can be recognized suitable for Russian roads.
A compromise-tuned suspension almost did not change the positive qualities of its character: Boxster S is not clarified in turns and does not peck the nose when braking.
The brakes themselves, fully appropriate to the irrepressible temperament of the car, allow you to lightly precipitate the rapid horse. Monoblock brake calipers made of aluminum alloy have a whole four piston, and brake discs, for better cooling and efficiency during the rain, is a perforated surface. In such brakes, the water film formed between the disk and the lining is destroyed much faster than in the usual. Completes the kit a good anti-lock system.
External Porsche Boxster S - at the level of the car rank. They are not indisputable, but, sitting behind the wheel and look at the car once again, you know what a stylish thing is.
The Rostina melt on the ground (his height is barely afraid of a man of medium height) is especially good without a roof folding in 12 seconds using an electric drive (you just need to sweep the central retainer above the windshield and tighten the handbrack for safety).
Each body element is carefully adjusted and harmoniously combined with the neighboring. Their aggregate creates the characteristic image of a hot sports car, the poriousness of which is not subject to doubt.
Choking in a double cockpit, feel a tide of energy. Sitting in a comfortable chair between a high sidewall and central console, as if merging with the car. Comfort good equipment (electric drives, climatic installation, stereo system with CD player, etc.), magnificent salon trim and high levels of passive safety (the strongest steel body frame with an admixture of boron, protective arcs in the frame of the windshield and every From the seats, four airbags, etc.).
What is ultimately, Boxster s? First of all, it is Porsche - a sports, strong and hard car. It is believed that the brand is purely men, but this model is unlikely to leave indifferent and fair sex representatives.
In general, Boxster S, like any other Porsche, addressed to a person leading a dynamic lifestyle, preferring and able to ride fast, loving technical delights and beautiful things. The car for such a person is much larger than the vehicle. In principle, Boxster s can be regarded as a club card: he will pass into the most narrow elite circle.
However, it's closer to us more neutral (not to say utilitarian) definition of the essence of the Rhodster. Thanks to his ability to unite confidence in a person, we tend to consider Porsche Boxster s an excellent tool from all sorts of stress. Not at all cheap (the price of the car is about seventy thousand dollars), but extremely effective. By the way, with recent PORSCHE supplies to Russia are carried out by the official.
Text: Igor Kuznetsov

A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [11/2001]