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Written by Ollie Kew
It sounds different but good different. That"s the biggest relief. The four-cylinder, turbocharged 718 Boxster emits a bassy, moody burble at idle that vibrates the local atmosphere with attitude. You get that sense of reverberating air being sucked helplessly into the engine, bullied, battered and spat out the back.It"s our first exposure to the new Boxster, and TG can already hear several other cars are pounding around the test track near Marseille. They sound good too. The worry was that yet another four-cylinder turbo engine was going to give the 718 all the vocal range of a humdrum hatchback. It"s not as musical as the 3.4-litre and 3.8-litre naturally aspirated cars, sure. But the four-pots have a real character.
Date written: 25 Feb 2016
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ID: 2293
It sounds different but good different. That"s the biggest relief. The four-cylinder, turbocharged 718 Boxster emits a bassy, moody burble at idle that vibrates the local atmosphere with attitude. You get that sense of reverberating air being sucked helplessly into the engine, bullied, battered and spat out the back.It"s our first exposure to the new Boxster, and TG can already hear several other cars are pounding around the test track near Marseille. They sound good too. The worry was that yet another four-cylinder turbo engine was going to give the 718 all the vocal range of a humdrum hatchback. It"s not as musical as the 3.4-litre and 3.8-litre naturally aspirated cars, sure. But the four-pots have a real character.
Date written: 25 Feb 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2293
