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Porsche Boxster Spyder. Brighter than the sun

Porsche Boxster Spyder. Price: 3 735 000 rub. On sale: since February 2010

Where, where, and in California they know a lot about expensive cars. Moreover, unlike Russia, belonging to the highest caste on the Pacific coast of the United States is determined not so much by the number of zeros in the price as the degrees of freedom that the car can give. It is not surprising that the birth of the new Porsche Boxster Spyder in the estate of Arnold Schwarzenegger was expected with such trepidation and impatience

Test pilot
Vladimir Makkaveev, 32 years old, automobile journalist, driving experience 13 years, personal car - Volvo C30

In 1588, the famous British pirate Francis Drake, meeting on board his ship, known to his outrage, Queen Elizabeth, obscured his eyes with his palm, pretending to be blinded by the beauty of the ruler of England. Since then, the tradition of trumping has firmly entered all the armies and fleets of the world. Today, few people remember that the beginning of her was put by the flattering mockery of the English pirate. The centuries -old exposure of the ritual completely cleaned it from an unpleasant aura

On the eve, having traveled to meet the new Porsche family on the Panamera Limousine Paul California, from Los Angeles to Monterey, we did not meet half of those enthusiasm, whose avalanche has collapsed today in all the winds of our Boxster Spyder salon. Even on the California ruble of the legendary closed 17-Mile highway, winding Pebble Beach’s coastal rocks and is rightfully considered one of America’s most beautiful roads, he was given his due.

Before, carried away by the dynamic tests of Porsche Boxster Spyder in the Carmel Valley, we got to Pabble Beach, a good half day passed. The bright California sun, like a giant fiery submarine, has already begun its immersion in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Frowning in his light, millions of crystal spray of the ocean surf, breaking on the rocks, soared with diamond rain over the coast. Can something make you look out from this idyllic picture?! Only the appearance of Boxster Spyder! Many have heard about him in California, but still few have seen. Squinting under the rays of the luminous of a drowning in the ocean, tourists and local millionaires, putting his palms to their eyes, as if blinded by the perfection of the new Porsche relatives, tiredly trumped our snow -white sportsman. There was no and could not be in these enthusiastic views and Sir Francis Drake's slye. Those who dare even approached and find out the first impressions. After three hours of speed tests in the Carmel Valley, we had something to tell about the nature of the new German Rodster.

It is no secret that the effectiveness of any tests to a large extent depends on the place of their conduct. Going to the Monteres, most members of our modest test group were sure that this time the legendary racing highway of the Laguna-sek, located just a few dozen miles from the test base in the Carmel Valley, would be the landfill. In the end, this is how their colleagues from Daimler, who represented their winged sports car SLS in Karmele, acted as a couple of weeks before that. But Porsche turned out to be more honest and wiser than neighbors! Boxster Spyder is not a racing car, but a road sports car. And he was still not on the racing highway, but on a deserted winding highway, where you can grab with a breeze without fear of the police. The 25 -mile road ring in the Carmel Valley with its insidiousness and a variety of turns resembles the northern loop of Nürburgring. Unless the height drop in the green hell of California is a couple of hundred meters more, yes, oncoming transport is not, no, and it meets at the exit of blind turns, forcing to stay in the framework. And this is how difficult!

The buckets of sports seats are so tightly covered by the body that it seems as if you are not sitting in a car, but in a perfectly fitted on the figure of a racing spacesuit on wheels. And with each kilometer passed, with every minute the unity with the machine becomes more tangible. Frankly, this unity never reached such heights before in any sports car, although it happened to travel decently. So the head is not for long. Frankly, there was such a sin. In the morning, not yet knowing the entire insidiousness of the Carmel highway to the end, we flew too optimistically a couple of times into blind turns, not suspecting that the cold -tolerated pine trees in the form of light ice in the teeth in the teeth of centuries -old pine trees in the teeth. But the stabilization system in time laid the Perink, picking up the rear axle. And the lateral breath of wind into the open cabin of a little sliding in the drift of the Rodster cooled a hot head. The minimum mass (1275 kg), reduced by 25 mm center of gravity, the perfect weight hanging and increasing the clamping force here are four main components of the ideal balance and acute as a razor of controllability Boxster Spyder.

In general, the process of developing Boxster Spyder resembled a diet of some California top model with an ideal figure. With the meticulousness of experienced nutritionists, German engineers cut out bit by bit, in general, an already slender body of Boxster S, extra grams. And they achieved their own! The most effective Stuttgart diet was reflected on the body of the Rodster, which dropped 56 kg at once. The rejection of the electric drive of the folding roof in favor of a two -component top of the top at once saved 21 kg; The departure from the standard air conditioning system brought another 13 kg, 7 kg gave a decrease by 10 liters (up to 54 l) the fuel tank capacity, and finally, borrowed from the models 911 Turbo and GT3 aluminum doors facilitated the body for another 15 kg. The bulkhead of the internal organs was given by Boxster Spyder another 19 kg: 12 lightweight sports seats, 1 door panels with ascetic loops instead of handles, 3 elimination of a standard radio system and a decrease in the battery capacity. The last 5 kg in the account of lightweight wheels. Total: 80 kg or 6% of the mass.

The frontal resistance coefficient remained the same as in Boxster S, but due to a decrease in the front area and improving the aerodynamics of the rear, the lifting force of the body decreased by 10%. Together with a multiple growth of power and torque, a 3.4 -litar 6 -cylinder engine (+10 l. And 10 nm), in addition to fantastic controllability, this brought a slight improvement in the powerful and dynamic characteristics of Boxster, allowing Spyder to overcome two grandmasters at once. In the specific power of Boxster Spyder, I exchanged 4 kg/l. with. 3.98 kg/l. p., in the dynamics of acceleration to 100 km/h 5 s: 4.8 s. The latter, however, is achieved only in a combination of a sports package and an optional dual -circuit 7 -speed automatic machine DPK. But the position of the heart should be recognized that the mechanical 6-speed KP is still suitable for the character of BoXter Spyder. In this case, it does not occur to spoil the extremely honest car with excessive automation. It’s the same as packing the face of a perfectly trained German shepherd in a muzzle. Even if this muzzle makes the German even more and more aggressive.
 

Love - do not love
A powerful arc of security visually serves as a logical continuation of sports seats. Elegantly

The loops instead of doors handles give the Boxster Spyder to a unique sports charm. Sports


Driving
He will not disappoint the demanding driver either in terms of controllability or in terms of dynamics. In skillful hands, Boxster Spyder is very capable of much.

Salon
The layout of the Rodster itself implies a certain degree of asceticism, and this must be prepared for this.

Comfort
The designers managed to find a successful compromise for the Rodster between sports character and comfort. The windshield is well shielded by the runaway flow of air, avoiding turbulence in the cabin.

Security
The strict frame of the windshield of the Rodster and the thick security arcs behind the backs of the driver and the passenger protect with a possible overturning much better than the designs of most convertibles.

Price
More expensive than the main competitors. But against the background of the rest of the Porsche lineup, the price does not look sky -high.


Advantages and disadvantages
+ The highest level of dynamic characteristics, the most accurate sports control.
- It is inconvenient to come out, cloth stretching of the folding roof at high speed create a heavy noise.


Specifications
Mark and model - Porsche Boxster Spyder
Dimensions - 4342x1801x12A1 mm
Engine - gasoline, 3436 cm3, 320 hp/7200 min -1
Transmission - mechanical, 6 -speed KP
Dynamics - Max 267 km/h; 5.1 s to 100 km/h
Competitors - Audi TT Roadster, BMW Z4, Lotus Elise, MB SLK


Our opinion
Great and relatively inexpensive, by the standards of the Porsche sports family, Fun-Car. However, an ultra -light roof can protect only from wind and California bad weather. In Russia, due to the open nature of Boxster Spyder, its operational cycle is limited to the period from May to October. On the other hand, there are hardly customers in whom he will be the only one in the garage.


Author: Vladimir Makkaveev
 
 

A source: Magazine 5 wheel [February 2010]