A report on the Car Magazine website reveals more details about the upcoming four-cylinder turbo engines that are set to replace the naturally aspirated flat-sixes in the Porsche Boxster and Cayman. And, unfortunately, the horsepower output is going down—at least for the base-model and S versions.
-In the report, the often-prophetic Georg Kacher confirms the depressing news that the base, S, and GTS versions of the Boxster and Cayman will lose their naturally aspirated flat-six engines early next year. In their place will be turbocharged flat-fours of 2.0 and 2.5 liters.
-The standard Boxster and Cayman get a turbocharged flat-four of 2.0 liters, said to be good for 240 horsepower. That’s against 265 horsepower for the 2.7-liter flat-six in today’s Boxster and 275 ponies for the same engine in the current Cayman.
-The Boxster/Cayman S models will get a slightly larger, 2.5-liter flat-four turbo, making 300 horsepower. Again, that’s a ride down, as the current 3.4-liter six puts out 315 horsepower in the Boxster S and 325 in the Cayman S.
-The same 2.5-liter engine also will appear in the GTS versions of the cars, tuned to deliver 370 horsepower. That, at last, beats the output of today’s models, currently 330/340 horsepower in the Boxster/Cayman GTS, respectively.
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Only the ultra-high-performance Boxster Spyder and Cayman GT4 are said to retain their naturally aspirated flat-six engine, a 3.8-liter unit. Which is sure to make them even more highly desired than they already are. Meanwhile, one has to wonder whether the base, S, and GTS versions of the current Boxster/Cayman are destined to become depreciation-proof used cars, in the same vein as the final air-cooled 911 models.
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