Porsche 718 Boxster

Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol automatic GTS
Score: 10 / 10
“Even faster than its manual sibling, the Boxster GTS 4.0 PDK is one of Porsche’s most usable, fun cars. It feels perfectly sized for British roads and handles superbly, and has an emotional appeal that the regular four-cylinder Boxster simply cannot match.”
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Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol manual GTS
Score: 10 / 10
“On the surface, this Boxster seems like a lot of money, but as roadsters go, the GTS 4.0 is difficult to fault. Its six-cylinder engine is the star of the show, but it’s backed up by a brilliant chassis and effortless everyday usability.”
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Model reviewed: Spyder
Score: 10 / 10
“As sensational to drive as it is to look at or listen to, the new Porsche 718 Boxster Spyder is a seriously good sports car.”
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Model reviewed: Range review718 Boxster T
Score: 9 / 10
“The Porsche 718 Boxster T taps into the vein of ability that makes the 718 such a great sports car – its handling and involvement.”
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Model reviewed: (range review)
Score: 9 / 10
“Latest generation Porsche 718 Boxster gets four-cylinder engines that blend performance and efficiency.”
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Model reviewed: Boxster Spyder
Score: 9 / 10
“The Porsche 718 Spyder is a truly special machine and evidence the brand hasn’t totally forgotten its purist roots. With its big engine, manual-only transmission and spicy handling it’s a car for drivers, its unique style and limited availability setting it apart from the 718 Boxster on which it is based.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Most roadsters are more about posing than driving, but the Porsche 718 Boxster is a consummate sports car. The latest model looks brilliant inside and out, and combines brilliant handling balance with immense grip and turbocharged performance that’s easier to access during everyday driving.”
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Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol automatic GTS
Score: 9 / 10
“The PDK automatic gearbox doesn’t damage the ultimate driver appeal of the Porsche Boxster GTS and it makes day-to-day driving more bearable if, like most people, you deal with traffic more than you tear down back roads.”
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Model reviewed: 718 Spyder
Score: 9 / 10
“New flat six rectifies most, if not quite all, of the Porsche 718 Boxster’s shortcomings”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“It remains the finest open-top sports car at its price by some distance – enough, certainly, for a sun and fun seeker to buy without a second thought.”
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Score: 9 / 10
“Porsche’s drop-top sports car already had a strong driver focus, but the 718 Boxster T goes further – and is all the better for it.”
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Model reviewed: T
Score: 8 / 10
“The Porsche 718 Boxster T is a lovely thing, but so is the standard Boxster for around £7k less.”
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Model reviewed: 718 Cayman
Score: 8 / 10
“It might be the cheapest, least powerful member of the Porsche convertible family, but you really shouldn’t write it off. The 718 Boxster is still a brilliant machine to drive.”
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Model reviewed: 718 Boxster S
Score: 8 / 10
“Once, the Boxster used to give you so much of the 911 Carrera Cabriolet experience at around half the price. Even with the Carrera’s switch to turbocharging, that’s no longer the case.”
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Model reviewed: (range review)
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The latest Porsche 718 Boxster is more powerful and efficient than ever and remains one of the best cars to drive in any class.”
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Model reviewed: 718 Boxster S
Score: 10 / 10
“There are seven-star hotels in Dubai. If the same rating ever applies to cars, we need to chuck this Porsche 718 Boxster in there at the front of the queue. Whatever German is for cream of the crop, it’s that.”
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Model reviewed: 718 Boxster Spyder
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche 718 Boxster Spyder is a rare gem of a sports car, there is nothing else like it at the price.”
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Model reviewed: GTS
Score: 8 / 10
“Sharper feel and extra power make the GTS the best Porsche 718 Boxster yet.”
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Model reviewed: (range review)
“Dynamically superior to the previous Boxster, its problems lie in the engine bay.”
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Model reviewed: (range review)
Score: 7 / 10
“The once untouchable Boxster has come unstuck, swapping a naturally aspirated ‘six for a poor sounding, poorly performing turbo ‘four.”
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Model reviewed: (range review)
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche 718 Boxster, likes its predecessor, is the best two-seater performance convertible you can buy. It may not have the same character as before, but it makes up for that with sublime handling, strong performance and everyday comfort.”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 9 / 10
“Entry-level Porsche is still great to drive”
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Model reviewed: 718 Boxster S
Score: 8 / 10
“Yes, it’s faster. Yes, it does more miles-per-gallon. And yes, it produces less CO2 yet more horsepower. But it isn’t as much fun.”
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Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol manual GTS
Score: 10 / 10
“While the 718 Cayman coupé is clearly the driver’s choice of the two, there is not much lost despite the loss of a roof in the Boxster. The set-up is supple and very street biased, yet you can drive this car hard on a track and for as long as the tyres last it’s faithful, fast and fastidiously mannered.”
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Model reviewed: (range review)
Score: 9 / 10
“The Porsche 718 Boxster has the balance, grip, speed and desirability to make it one of the greatest sports cars on sale, but its new engines are hard to love.”
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Model reviewed: 718 Spyder
Score: 8 / 10
“Beautiful up top, focused below. Not quite as unique as it once was, but still a glorious item.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“No sports car handles as well or is packaged so expertly.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“In GTS trim with its glorious 4.0-litre flat-six engine, the Porsche 718 Boxster is sensational to drive and beautifully built – it’s one of the best open-top sports cars on sale. However, the four-cylinder versions aren’t as pleasing.”
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