Hey all,

Current owner of a 997.2S and a Macan GTS.
Macan has the oil leak, engine removal req'd and it'll take about a month at the dealer.
Porsche of Livermore gave me a new Boxster loaner......here goes lol

I"ve always been a Boxster/Cayman fan and have been casually looking for a Boxster for my wife. One drive and she fell in Love (she has always been a VW girl with her favorite owned car being a 74' Karmann Ghia). While we are not "loaded" we are fairly comfortable (loaded in the eyes of the world right?), the hunting begins.

So, being a 911 enthusiast (but definitely not an expert) and knowing the factory model numbers, I noticed something while I was doing research for this next possible purchase:

996 is the 911 Carrera of 1999-2004, the Boxster is 986
997 Carrera, roughly same vintage, Boxster/Cayman is 987
991 is the 981, again, roughly same vintage
992 is the 982 known as the 718 (What is the thinking behind that? lol)

You substitute the 9 for an 8 and you have traded the rough ages and grouppe types.....Never realized or saw this before.
Is this correct? Also, what/where is a good read source on this?
One problem with today is absolute information overload, a buddy calls it "analysis paralysis".

Anyways, cheers, Mike

 

982 is the internal model number.

718 is part of the marketing name…718 Spyder.

 

718 is the same “vintage” as the 991.2. This, not in terms of age or model year range, but in terms of platform evolution and parts commonality.

By that same definition the 718 aka 982 is *not* the same “vintage” as the 992. Thank %$^&ing god.