Although he does concede it is better in every single other way
Chris Harris, like any motoring journo and enthusiast, was bound to be displeased by Prosche’s new turbocharged four-cylinder Boxster and Cayman updates. He, like all others who’ve driven the car, unequivocally states that while the new 718-badged models are better in every single measurable way compared to their predecessors, the loss of the six-pot engine noise severely affects the overall experience.
We drove the new 718 ourselves and found it to be a turbocharged scalpel when it came to devouring winding roads, and we found that it being turbo didn’t negatively affect the experience one bit – in fact it turned every corner exit (or prod of the throttle for that matter) into a delightful wooshing surge.
One just has to accept the fact that this is no longer a car you buy to hear its six-pot scream resonate through the canyons – it’s now a car that’d leave the old non-turbo one for dead on the same canyon where that car sounds so good; end of story.