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Porsche laid out its updated Sportwagenschmiede '35 corporate roadmap, and the upcoming 718 generation is listed strictly as a battery-electric lineup. In a statement to Motor1, Porsche's Head of Corporate Communications, Matthias Rauter, claimed Porsche never actually confirmed the internal combustion engine (ICE)…
New Delhi: Porsche is quite close to introducing the all-electric successors to the 718 Boxster and Cayman. It will come more than four years after announcing its plans to electrify the compact sports car lineup. Both models are slated to make…
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Many critics will tell you the best-handling Porsche is not the 911 but its mid-engine siblings. The Boxster roadster arrived in 1996 and pulled Porsche back from the brink of financial trouble, sharing many parts with the 996-generation 911 to keep costs down. The Cayman coupe followed in 2005, and together they gave Porsche an entry-level sports car with a perfectly balanced chassis, an engine just behind the seats and steering that felt telepathic.
In 2016 the pair were renamed 718, after a Porsche racing car of the 1950s, and gained turbocharged four-cylinder engines, a change that improved efficiency and torque but disappointed fans who missed the flat-six howl. Porsche later answered with the GTS 4.0, the GT4 and Spyder, and the track-focused GT4 RS and Spyder RS, which many consider among the finest driver's cars of the century. Their limited availability and high prices on the used market speak to their reputation.
The gasoline 718s have now reached the end of the line. Porsche has confirmed that the next Boxster and Cayman will be electric only, with a launch planned for 2028 and a layout that places batteries behind the seats to keep a mid-engine feel. Audi is expected to build its next sports car on the same platform. Rivals include the BMW Z4, Toyota GR Supra, Alpine and Lotus Emira. This page follows the transition, recalls, used values and the electric successors.
Porsche's mid-engine sports cars, the open Boxster and the coupe Cayman, ending their gas era and set to return as electric cars late in the decade.
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