MrDemon said:
I dislike the 718, poor seller also, porsche keep phoning me to have one !
They seem to have loads in Stock.
I act went into my OPC and said there is no chance on me owning a 4 pot and to stop phoning me about it.
they are a nice daily if you dont want to drive a Golf as a daily and want the badge.
not a fun week end car for the driver in us waiting to get out. Thing is imo it does come across as a poor 911 now where before I always had Caymans, for a daily now the 911 GTS is the better car if you can afford it and is still a flat 6. The 987 and 981 were amazing value and felt like real sports cars , the 718 feels like the basic model now :-( yet the price is up !
the flat 6 engine is a great engine and feels special.
I'm not so sure the 718 is a poor seller, true there are a lot in the dealerships but I think this is more to do with OPC's taking Boxsters for stock while the factory is not producing as well as buying in more cars than usual to generate turnover, they need cars to sell, giving the impression you quote, a lot of the stock cars are not well specced, fairly basic with the bare essentials, I have been looking for a loaded 718S for several months, I looked at my OPC's new stock, nothing suitable (but they have sold) and have only recently found and bought a 12 month old car. My OPC has sold most of its new Boxsters over the last couple of months and 2nd hand cars with a few of the right options they tell me are also selling. It is a difficult time for OPC's when they have only stock cars to sell, the strategy changes pushing more used cars they are rarely older than say 2015 except for low mileage or GT cars therefore most will be 718's, when the factory is back up and running and quoted deliveries are back to normal we will get a better picture.
In response to your view on the 718, we have bought one for daily summer open top motoring for both the wife and myself to drive, having stopped work and retired to Devon what better than to drive along the sea front in an open top Porsche in the sunshine [
] ,still got the GT4 for track days, tours etc, the 718 Boxster S is better in many ways than the 981 and I had a lovely 981GTS, the sound is the only problem, when driven on the paddles it really goes, its well balanced, handles beautifully and will keep up with pretty much anything on back roads it is a real pity they cannot sort the sound. The PDK box in normal does from time to time do some funny things but when driven on the paddles it is pretty much on it.
Not a GT3 or GT4 by any means but as a summer everyday sports car its great car, if you nail it the sound improves although not as nice as a flat 6. Time moves on, legislation dictates but I'm sure Porsche will get it right in the end.