The ‘budget’ Porsche emerges in two versions, the conventional model and also the S. Both give a pleasing driving experience – using the more powerful S understandably being designed with stiffer suspension settings – and supply an admission to the Porsche experience for half the buying price of a 911.

The mixture of a mid-mounted engine (228PS within the standard model, 260PS for the Boxster S) and classic Porsche suspension make for pure driving pleasure, and also the car is quickly recognizable as a Porsche – never a poor thing.

A coupe version is finally on agenda for delivery at the beginning of 2005; this should deliver yet more power, because of the additional stiffness a dosed car provides.