Six years ago, Porsche answered buyers’ prayers with the limited-run 911R, combining the GT3’s engine with
a six-speed manual gearbox and a gratifying dose of retro styling.
Since then there has been no shortage of enthusiast specials: it’s as if the team at Stuttgart has been lifting sketches from cognoscenti notepads and adding them to the production roster.
Nearly 30 years ago, the Boxster concept shown at the 1993 Detroit Auto Show might have seemed like someone’s dream of a modern-day 550 Spyder, but it was, in fact, far more of a rational response from a troubled Porsche that simply could not afford to be fanciful with product planning.
The Porsche Boxster 25 retains the original’s intoxicating flat-six howl
Yet despite this forced hand, the resulting production Boxster of 1997 not only stayed true to the marque’s principles but was also a runaway success, driving a large portion of the firm’s enviable profitability today.
The Boxster 25 marks the anniversary with an evocative reinterpretation of the show car, dressing the flagship GTS 4.0 with GT Silver paint, wheels and intakes finished in a copper-like ‘Neodyme’ hue, and the interior trimmed in striking Bordeaux Red.
