2010 Porsche Boxster Spyder will hit Los Angeles Motor Show
At the next month's Los Angeles Motor Show occasion, Porsche will debut its new light mid-engined roadster – the Boxster Spyder. With its striking weight of just 1,275 kg (2,811 lb), the new Boxster Spyder tops the weight chart of the entire Porsche range. Combining Porsche's most important sports car values – powerful, light, topless, and very efficient, this new mid-engined roadster carries the same perfected formula already applied in creating the successful road-going sports and racing cars, ranging from the legendary 550 Spyder all the way to the ultimate RS Spyder.
The Porsche Boxster Spyder possess lower centre of gravity and all-new sports suspension, which gives the vehicle proper portion of driving dynamics. Its power comes from a 3.4-litre six-cylinder engine with Direct Fuel Injection and maximum output of 320 bhp, 10 bhp more than in the Boxster S. With PDK Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe and Sports Chrono Package onboard, the new Spyder accelerates from a zero to 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds flat.
The new Spyder model is the third version in the Porsche Boxster range, its market start is scheduled for February 2010 at the price of 63,404 Euro.