All-New 2011 Porsche Boxster Artist Rendering

All-New 2011 Porsche Boxster Artist Rendering / Copyright by Larson / Road & Track

By Brian Potter
November 6, 2007 3:43 PM
Filed Under: German, Porsche, Spy Photos

With the first generation Porsche Boxster introduced in 1996 and second generation under the 987 platform designation in 2004, the third generation Boxster is due for launch in 2010 as a 2011 model. This time-line coincides with the recent announcement by Valmet Automotive Oy and Porsche AG to extend Boxster production in Finland until 2011.

Since the changes between the first and second generations were a modest warm-over, although Porsche claims only 20% of components were shared, the third generation is expected to be all-new with a more dramatic design while maintaining its core Boxster identity. Judging by the rendered interpretation above by Lars Saeltzer, the third generation Boxster will resemble Porsche's discontinued Carrera GT V10 supercar. We certainly hope so!

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Comments

clinton

November 6, 2007 4:13 PM

The rendering looks awesome and we can only hope it will look like that.

FOXHOUND

November 6, 2007 5:32 PM

IT LOOKS AWESOME BUT IT LOOKS ALITTLE LIKE ONE OF THOSE TOYOTA SPYDERS FROM ACOUPLE OF YEARS AGO. NOT THAT IT MATTERS, I BET ITS GONNA BE A GREAT CAR.

_M7_

November 6, 2007 5:36 PM

jaja the mr2....it also looks kind of audi, I know its a porsche but its a porsche for ladys its a cabrio, proper drivers always prefer coupe jeje :)

e36mmm

November 6, 2007 5:51 PM

now that is a boxster :) as a porsche fan ive always hated the first gen boxster. the current one is not bad at all as i would still prefer cayman. but this new one is certainly looking sexy. imagine this one tuned by 9ff or ruf. it will fly.

Volta

November 6, 2007 6:23 PM

mmm i like it, I only think that the lower part of the front bumper is a bit to boxy, and the lights are a bit to big and they should be pushed a bit forward...but it looks very nice.

stancoza1425

November 6, 2007 7:20 PM

The front end and headlights remind me a little of the carrera GT. If the production car looks like this, i bet it will do well.

leeryboy90

November 6, 2007 7:45 PM

this is a porsche so it;s the BEST

AZNMAN

November 6, 2007 8:51 PM

I hope it will look better than this. The front end is oversized and looks too much like the Carrera GT's. The rest of the body with the exception of the interior looks almost identical to the outgoing Boxster. I can only think that this artist didn't really take the rendering seriously although it was the cover of last month's Road & Track magazine.

radmeister

November 7, 2007 9:27 AM

the front is way too long for a rear engined car, kinda pointlessly. I also doubt porsche would bastardize their ultimate car the Carrera GT by putting the headlights onto a boxter of all models. The front bumper was a cut and paste from the audi R8. i dont think the new boxter will deviate too much from the current 911 because after all its the poor mans 911, who would buy a boxter if it didnt look like a 160,000$ porsche??

antony

November 7, 2007 12:00 PM

what is this.

elsonlau

November 7, 2007 1:47 PM

We will wait for Porsche Chief Designer, Michael Mauer, to show us what it looks like the next generation of Boxster.

THERENAISSANCEMAN

November 7, 2007 3:56 PM

dream on gentlemen , it's only an artist's unbridled imagination/passion that conceived this beautiful automobile. a lot of production realities are still way ahead that could easily reduce this artform into something less than expected. the Grant Larsen 1993 Boxster protoype is one such example. the question here now is that : WOULD PORSCHE BE WILLING TO DETHRONE ITS 911 IN THE AESTHETICS/DYNAMICS FRONT ?

Malhaar

November 7, 2007 7:32 PM

I don't see whats so special here! It still looks pretty much the same! Like all Porsches!

carolinaluvr101

November 8, 2007 12:50 AM

IT KIND OF LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE THE CARRERA GT, DOESN'T IT?

Andys120

November 8, 2007 3:36 AM

the question here now is that : WOULD PORSCHE BE WILLING TO DETHRONE ITS 911 IN THE AESTHETICS/DYNAMICS FRONT ?

Sooner or later, Porsche is going to move beyond the antiquated 911 concept. Mid-engined is the future, rear-engine, the past. I hope the new Boxster is as exciting as the concept shown.

THERENAISSANCEMAN

November 8, 2007 2:54 PM

perhaps so. but relocating the engine amidships would impinge on the rear seats which would have to be deleted as a result , thereby going against Ferdinand Porsche's ORIGINAL 2+2/REAR - CANTILEVERED ENGINE LAYOUT since time immemorial. you better call your proposed alternative vehicle 9...something else because what you are suggesting is a complete obliteration of this time-proven , sacrosanct formula.

Andys120

November 9, 2007 4:57 PM

Yes it's true that Rear engined Porsches have had rear seats but a rear seat with no headroom except for small children is meaningless for most people. The mid-engined layout means optimum handling and cornering and that's the more relevant value for most Porschephiles.

BlueMagic

November 10, 2007 7:16 AM

its a PORSCHE. let the legend continue

car-lover

November 12, 2007 11:31 AM

Do you know why Porsche is great ? Because it's German made.

BlueMagic

November 12, 2007 2:37 PM

pretty much nailed it head on car-lover

November 13, 2007 6:53 AM

I love everything Porsche makes. I hope that it'll be more 356.

BMWdude

May 8, 2008 3:06 PM

Superb!!! Obviously,it'll be a tarmac scorcher as well.

crcguy

June 23, 2009 12:04 AM

It cracks me up how every blog or forum post about a convertible/roadster has a handful of idiots who have to point out that REAL drivers only drive coupes. What a joke!!!! One day WE WILL ALL be either in a box 6ft under ground or a vase on a mantle. that's it. end of story. so such comments are 100% pointless-what do you think people will say " oh yeh, you're right. I guess I don't really enjoy convertibles....I'll switch to a coupe" People, you drive what thrills you!! You only get one "go around" in life. Ignore the dorks who are so insecure that they drive cars that they think people will respect them for (pathetic). For me, nothing is as thrilling as a roadster. If the claimed decrease in cornering g forces really makes a difference in your life, you're probably a professional race car driver anyway!!---speaking of which, formula 1 cars have no roofs :)

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