Back in 1996, Porsche came up with a small sports car which grew into a benchmark with time. The Porsche Boxster is now an entry step into the Porsche range,
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25 Years Ago, Porsche Put a Boxer in a Roadster Again and That Saved the Company 22 Jan 2021, 8:09 UTC ·
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It all started 30 years ago when the German carmaker was struggling financially. The gamble it took with the 928 was not paying off, with sales falling way below expectations; that meant that the future of the upcoming 968 wasn’t looking too bright either.
The aging 911 was barely keeping the company alive, so the head honchos decided to build a completely new mid-engine roadster that would replace the unsuccessful models while offering customers an affordable Porsche.
Combining the words ‘boxer’ and ‘roadster’, the creative minds in Stuttgart came up with the name Boxster. By the end of 1991, development had already begun, with engineers working on the powertrain and the design teams drawing up concepts of the bodywork.
The Boxster is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and Porsche is marking the occasion by launching a Boxster 25 Edition, which features cues from the original Boxster concept.
The company is now taking a look back at the concept, which debuted at 1993 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
The story starts two years earlier as development for the Boxster was already underway. The company decided to preview the model with a concept, so they tapped Grant Larson who was responsible for advance development in the Design department.
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Larson says he was given “full freedom” in regards to design and noted “all drafts were produced as 2D drawings … not on a screen like today.” A number of sketches were created including some that bear little resemblance to the Boxster we know today.
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