Porsche to revive 356 Speedster in 2013?

Could be powered by Audi’s 2.0-liter TFSI engine

2011 Porsche Boxster Artist Rendering | Copyright by Larson / Road & Track

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cornflakes99

Platform by Volkswagen, Drivetrain by Audi, apart from the name 356 what part of this will be a porsche?

March 25, 2009 12:15 pm

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Joe_Limon

911 body panels

March 25, 2009 1:17 pm

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scratchy996

the handling

March 25, 2009 1:18 pm

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ShinyG

No, it's the badge, rich people always buy the badge. Look at the Cayenne for instance...

March 25, 2009 3:59 pm

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Renegade

@ShinyG good job that was a direct hit

March 25, 2009 4:50 pm

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Bristol411S3

I am not entirely sure I am againt this. A few years ago a rebadge of a VW would have had me spitting nails, but we can't forget the 914/6 and the 924, nor the Cayenne, so there is some precedent for working with other people's cast offs already.

March 25, 2009 12:16 pm

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kimbo

Good step by Porsche. Lightweight and even a bit less powerful cars can be faster than some oversized super-hyper-cars nonsense. I'd still take Caterham R500 though.

March 25, 2009 1:20 pm

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Jamaicandude

I think this would be brilliant. Porsche is full of capable engineers... it shouldn't be too difficult to chop two cylinders off the corporate flat six and stuff the resulting high winding flat four in there to give it some individuality and character. Keep the base price around $35K and it'd definitely be a hit.

March 25, 2009 1:32 pm

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steelerfan2009

it even looks like an audi.

March 25, 2009 2:03 pm

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Kepe

Do you know how to read? "Note: 2011 Porsche Boxster artist rendering image above is for illustrative purposes only. Originally published Nov 6, 2007." The picture has nothing to do with the possible 356 Speedster. Nor does it have anything to do with Porsche, except for the badge on the car.

March 25, 2009 3:29 pm

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911fnatic

This is the future of the sports car imo, more Elise-type cars.

March 25, 2009 2:21 pm

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boxster127

Jamaicandude, One problem with creating a flat four from the existing flat six for this car is packaging. The boxer engine needs to be installed longitudinally to mate with the transmission. The VW Blue Sport Concept has a transversely mounted inline four.

March 25, 2009 2:35 pm

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norther

they should put the 2.0 tfsi from the r-gti, 260-270 bhp. nice little car

March 25, 2009 5:52 pm

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scratchy996

this is bad news for Lotus.

March 25, 2009 6:54 pm

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trspeed600

It's not bad news for anyone simply because it is alot of nonsense that has no fact backing it. Porsche has stated many times that they will not build a car less expensive than the Boxster! Speculate all you like but this is nothing more than a figment of someones overworked imagination.

March 25, 2009 7:53 pm

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trspeed600

Oh, and Porsche would NEVER call another car the 356 again...cmon guys really!

March 25, 2009 7:54 pm

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alex_w115

trspeed600: ...and porsche would never build a diesel... maybe eventually they'll build the 356_speedster_tdi?

March 25, 2009 9:07 pm

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Iconic

Just throw a Subaru turbo boxer in there and make it all wheel drive!! T