Spied: 2009 Porsche Boxster and Cayman

By George Skentzos | August 15th, 2008

You have to just love Porsche’s approach to camouflage – its blink-and-miss-it evolutionary styling means less is more when it comes to evading sly photographers.

Luckily ours had nothing better to do that day, and here we have our best glimpse yet of an almost completely undisguised pair of next-gen Porsche’s.

Here we see the restyled versions of Porsche’s Boxster and Cayman models during hot-weather testing in the North-American desert.

Integrated into the restyled front bumpers of both models are new LED daylight driving lights which are currently all the rage overseas.

The rear boasts the most significant change, adopting the new LED taillight design which made its first public debut in the new 911.

Technical improvements are yet to be confirmed, but Porsche’s design philosophy defines that each new model shall be faster and more powerful then the last.

By this logic, expect a slight power increase and the adoption of Porsche’s PDK alphabet transmission.

FRUGAL_ONE

*****PRIMO!*****

Dont know why Porsche bother even doing camouflage, as per TopGear “laziest car designers in the history” so you wouldnt be able to tell, even Train_Spotters would struggle…..

911 still looks like a souped up VW to me, nothing new.

The LAST origonal piece of work was the unloved 928

Cheers

F-0
Jimbo

LOL…If you guys at CA had not told us it was the 2009 model no one would have known. Even train spotters would have some grief with the Porsche range.
TuffGuy

I have long pondered as to why people even buy Porsches. Who would want to buy the latest model of any car to find it looks almost exactly the same as last years model, and the year before, and the year before, and the year before, etc, etc. They must save heaps on panel presses, tools, dyes, R&D, etc so how do they justify the cost???
Bavarian Missile

ppfftttttttt poor mans Porsche,Tuffguy why do people buy Porsche’s? Cause we can.

911 still the only real Porsche.
http://navelcontemplation.blogspot.com/ SuperCujo

Why do people buy 911s?

The Cayman has much better proportions, has the engine in the right spot and is cheaper by a long way. Why would you bother with a 911?

Porsche are deliberately keeping the Cayman slower than the 911, the Cayman S is only marginally slower than the 911 Carrera around the ‘ring. Aftermarket Porsche tuning companies are working on this. But they have to be careful that they don’t piss off Porsche so they are denied from early release future model details.

I would love to see what someone could do with the engine from a 911 Turbo in the Cayman. That would seriously kick arse.
Mac

Go drive a 911 – then you will know why people buy Porsches.
http://navelcontemplation.blogspot.com/ SuperCujo

Mac: I wasn’t questioning why people buy Porsches, I was questioning why someone would buy a car where all the engine weight is behind the rear wheels, just waiting to bury you in the bushes lest you relax for one second. Sure, it must be a buzz riding on the edge of a razor, but just like I have car insurance in case of a moment lacking concentration, I like my car to not have the potential to bite me if I lift off slightly too much going hard through a corner.
James

I own a Cayman S and a 911 S. The 911 has the engine in the right place. The amount of traction the back tires have is incredible. Try taking off in the wet in a 911 vs a Cayman and you’ll understand why the 911 is better.
Mac

James – exactly. The 911 stopped throwing people into the bushes some time back. Now its squat and sprint.
falcodore

Just about every car company makes their cars faster and more powerful but only porsche keeps the same 15yr old design,looks dated before its even released as like EVERY other porsche. Whats the point? BORING!
Stoked

Nothing like tearin up the streets in my 2002 model Porsche and it still looks like a current model . . loves that!
http://Guy Guy

Tut Tut bavarian missile

have a 997 turbo and a boxster (3.2)

not a poor man porsche at all, just a different proposition

actually prefer boxster most of the time

as for the evolutionary design process

well i guess you have to love the brand to understand

its always been about the introduction of new technology which is the way it should be after all it is a motor car with a pedigree and when you have got the shape down as they have why change it for changes sake
http://Guy Guy

meant to also add

without the boxster the firm would have gone out of business
http://www.grantsreid.com Grant

The porsche design always makes my heart skip a beat. It is pure and classic and will never date as long as they stick to the original design blueprint. Keep it simple and don’t over complicate which is easily done.