2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS First Drive Review: 'May be harmful' (in the best possible way)
is lighter than a Cayman, too. Body panels are carbon fiber, there are lightweight carpets, lighter motors for interior elements, and the engine even happens to be 11 pounds lighter. The unique roof slices off nearly 17 pounds from the regular Spyder’s lightweight roof, which itself was 19 pounds lighter than the standard, power-operated Boxster roof.
Which is good, since we were told that the local polizei are pretty intent on holding the speed limit of 100 km/h applied as a blanket standard throughout this part of southern Germany. That goes for mountain roads you could definitely go faster on as well as mountain roads that make you go, “100, are you nuts?!?” In America, the limits on similar roads would be half that.
Right, so that seems like a pain in the ass, right? Of course it is, especially when the regular Boxster’s roof instructions are as follows: push button. There are benefits to it, though. Besides slashing 35 pounds off the regular Boxster roof , this roof design was necessary for those glorious extra intakes, which effectively raise the engine’s height and encroach upon the space normally occupied by the roof.
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