For three of the four generations of the Porsche Boxster, Porsche has offered the car as a special edition “Spyder” model. This variant was never offered for the first generation 986 Boxster, but that ...

About six months ago, I decided to buy a Porsche Boxster. “It’s like, probably the last cheap Porsche,” I mumbled into my beard. Fast forward, and I still don’t have one, but what I do have is an ...

I remember the first time I saw a racetrack with my own eyes. The year was 2011. I was doing media work at an International-level drift event. When I entered the paddock, I had a wow moment every ...

The Porsche 911 GT1 is one of the lesser-known supercars. While popular among Porsche diehards, it never quite reached the level of fame some of its Italian rivals did in the late ’90s. The GT1 was ...

Almost three decades after the launch of the 986-era Porsche Boxster, they’re under secondhand scrutiny like never before. There’s the looming arrival of an electric Boxster for one thing, the thought ...

If you want to own a modern Porsche on the cheap, a 986-generation Boxster is the way to go. Introduced as an entry-level alternative to the 911 in the late Nineties, the first generation of the line ...

It may not seem like that long, but the 986-generation Boxster is more than 20 years old; the car debuted in late 1996, showcasing a design that was finalized in 1993. Now, Porsche Classic is ...

From the January 2000 issue of Car and Driver. There's gotta be a but in this car somewhere. You know, the killer but, as in "the handling is totally bitchin' and the chicks really dig it but . . ." ...