• The ride is significantly stiffer, it sits 10 millimetres lower and it has a cracking soundtrack from the twin-pipe exhausts that’s like no other Porsche.
    The ride is significantly stiffer, it sits 10 millimetres lower and it has a cracking soundtrack from the twin-pipe exhausts that’s like no other Porsche.
  • Both the new Boxster and Cayman GTS enjoy a 15hp boost over the regular model, as well as 20-inch alloys, Porsche’s Active Suspension Management (PASM) system, which includes electronically controlled adaptive dampers, and a “Sports Chrono” package that sharpens vehicle response, as standard ­equipment.
    Both the new Boxster and Cayman GTS enjoy a 15hp boost over the regular model, as well as 20-inch alloys, Porsche’s Active Suspension Management (PASM) system, which includes electronically controlled adaptive dampers, and a “Sports Chrono” package that sharpens vehicle response, as standard ­equipment.
  • The Boxster’s exhaust is the most un-Porsche-like sound, but with emotional touch points such as this often being the decisive factor when placing an order, and with its primary competitor, Jaguar’s F-Type, nailing a luscious crescendo from its 5.0L V8, it’s a point that Porsche had to address.
    The Boxster’s exhaust is the most un-Porsche-like sound, but with emotional touch points such as this often being the decisive factor when placing an order, and with its primary competitor, Jaguar’s F-Type, nailing a luscious crescendo from its 5.0L V8, it’s a point that Porsche had to address.
  • The Boxster is priced at Dh254,900.
    The Boxster is priced at Dh254,900.
  • On a brilliant spring morning in Spain, with a string of mountain tunnels to bounce the sound off and an endless ribbon of point-and-squirt bends, the Boxster steals hearts and crushes the hairdresser’s tag that it’s carried for years.
    On a brilliant spring morning in Spain, with a string of mountain tunnels to bounce the sound off and an endless ribbon of point-and-squirt bends, the Boxster steals hearts and crushes the hairdresser’s tag that it’s carried for years.
  • The GTS models are distinguished from the regular Cayman S and Boxster S by their revised front and rear bumpers, blackened bi-xenon lights and 20-inch Carrera S alloy wheels with 235/35 tyres at the front and 265/35 tyres at the rear.
    The GTS models are distinguished from the regular Cayman S and Boxster S by their revised front and rear bumpers, blackened bi-xenon lights and 20-inch Carrera S alloy wheels with 235/35 tyres at the front and 265/35 tyres at the rear.

In pictures: The Porsche Boxter GTS


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The National takes a look at the new Porsche Boxter GTS. All photos courtesy Porsche.