michaelscain

Well I was watching an interesting review of the Porsche Boxster RS60 Spyder VS the Porsche 996 on Channel Five's 5th Gear Last Night. Vicky Butler Henderson was driving both cars back to back around the track, the 996 won by a few tenth's which seamed to me to be a little optermistic.

Later in the show the 996 was given away as part of a phone-in Comp, i seam to think that this is the main reasons why it was a little faster around the track. Or am i just a little bitter. Please note the Boxster was a 3.4L car fitted with the optional expensive Ceramic Disk Brakes and PASM system.

What do you guys think? or is a 10 year old 996 3.4L really a faster track day machine.

Anway you can view the 3 min video of the test here;

http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain....he+911+Carrera

Cheers Michael

jumper5836

They both are similar in power and wieght. Seems they would be dead even, a few tenths of a second in my mind really is. It could have went either way.
It's a lot cheaper giving away a 99 911 then a brand new RS60

Patrick E

Link didn't work for me.

michaelscain

http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain....he+911+Carrera

MagnusB

http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain....he+911+Carrera

htny

I will say this having spent a couple of days with a 987S, great car. However, the 911 (I've not driven a 3.4, only 3.6) feels like it puts the power down quicker, and feels better in the wet to me (might just be familiarity though). The 987 in the video also had PCCB, not certain if they take longer to warm up. And then you have 19s on the 987 vs. 18s on the old 911, a few pounds unsprung. On short little damp tracks, that might be all the difference. In another setting, perhaps the new boxster would be faster.

And I'm fairly confident they would have had plenty of willing callers even if the 911 was a few tenths slower than the Boxster, free is free.

jax996

I raced three separate Cayman S's on the 1/4 mile and it was not as close as I thought it would be. 1.5 car lengths every time. I have a 2003 C2 with 0 mods. This was part of a driver school and on the twisties, more of the same. The closest Cayman S was 2.6 seconds behind my time.

I am in no way crapping on the cayman S's as they are really fun to drive and definitely quick cars.

redridge

porsche know their market, the 911 is their gravy train... the reason why they de-tuned the crocks. However, mid-engine cars are the future.

jax996

I have to agree with you. With the closeness in performance between the 996 and the current 997(up to '08), the Cayman was not going to be "allowed" to beat it in typical measurements like the 0-60 among others. Whether it was through gearing or other measures, it definitely does not beat the 911 in a straight line.