Porsche celebrates Boxster turning 25 with special model

The Porsche Boxster 25 Years is limited to 1250 units worldwide. Photos: Porsche

Porsche New Zealand is celebrating the 25th birthday of its roadster with a special anniversary model: the Boxster 25 Years.

The limited edition is restricted to 1250 units worldwide and is based on the GTS 4.0 model, which is powered by a 4-litre six-cylinder boxer engine with 294kW of power. 

The new Boxster 25 Years is priced from $175,800 and Kiwis can order it now with first deliveries expected mid-2021. 

The Boxster 25 Years makes lots of nods to the original open-top two-seater that debuted at the 1993 Detroit Motor Show. 

The Porsche Boxster (above) debuted at the 1993 Detroit Motor show.

The production version was launched in 1996 with hardly any changes in its visual appearance and is now in its fourth generation after production of more than 357,000 units.

One of the most striking features of the special model is the reinterpreted colour Neodyme, a copper-like shimmering brown, which provided an exciting contrast to the basic GT Silver Metallic colour on the pioneering 1993 showpiece. 

In the special edition, it is used on the front apron, the side air intakes with mono bar as well as for the lettering and the two-tone 20-inch alloy wheels.

Features such as the alloys hark back to the first Boxster.

In keeping with the style of the historic original, the special model combines a Bordeaux leather interior with a red fabric convertible top. The convertible top bears embossed Boxster 25 lettering. 

An interior package in Aluminium, 14-way electrically adjustable sports seats, door sill trims with “Boxster 25" lettering and the heated GT multifunction sports leather steering wheel are just some of the features on the new model’s extended standard equipment list.

The power plant of the anniversary edition offers pure exhilaration: the 4-litre flat-six engine of the 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 is also used as a higher-power variant in the 718 Spyder. 

The interior colour also is a nod to the first Boxster.

Porsche is offering the Boxster 25 Years with a manual six-speed transmission and a seven-speed Porsche dual-clutch transmission (PDK). 

The special-edition model reaches a top speed of 293 km/h and, in combination with the PDK gearbox and standard Sport Chrono package, sprints from zero to 100 km/h in four seconds. 

Other standard features include Porsche Active Suspension Management sports suspension (PASM), which is 10 millimetres lower, and Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) with mechanical limited-slip differential. They combine remarkable ride comfort and sporty, dynamic handling.

The Porsche Boxster 25 Years is priced from $175,800 with deliver mid-2021.