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Written by Tom Harrison
Car companies are always building stuff we never see. Concepts don"t get signed off, experimental engineering prototypes get sent to the crusher, or lost forever in dusty warehouses never to be seen again. So it"s a wonderous, joyous thing that we"re getting to see the Porsche Boxster Bergspyder a prototype built in 2015 that never made production, but is quite excellent. The story goes like this. In 2015 the legendary Porsche 909 hillclimb car turned 50. Nicknamed the Bergspyder" ( Mountain Spyder", in English), it remains the company"s lightest-ever racecar, with a kerbweight of just 384kg. To celebrate the milestone, Porsche"s Executive Board commissioned a special car based on the then-current Boxster Spyder. It would be white and green, like the 909, and be stripped of as much weight as possible. The result is a Boxster that doesn"t have a roof, windscreen or even passenger seat. Yep, the second seat was junked and the passenger"s door glued shut in the seat"s place is space for luggage, a shelf for one"s helmet and a removable cover for the driver"s seat. The driver"s seats and much of the dashboard is borrowed from the 918 Spyder.
Date written: 3 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15889
Car companies are always building stuff we never see. Concepts don"t get signed off, experimental engineering prototypes get sent to the crusher, or lost forever in dusty warehouses never to be seen again. So it"s a wonderous, joyous thing that we"re getting to see the Porsche Boxster Bergspyder a prototype built in 2015 that never made production, but is quite excellent. The story goes like this. In 2015 the legendary Porsche 909 hillclimb car turned 50. Nicknamed the Bergspyder" ( Mountain Spyder", in English), it remains the company"s lightest-ever racecar, with a kerbweight of just 384kg. To celebrate the milestone, Porsche"s Executive Board commissioned a special car based on the then-current Boxster Spyder. It would be white and green, like the 909, and be stripped of as much weight as possible. The result is a Boxster that doesn"t have a roof, windscreen or even passenger seat. Yep, the second seat was junked and the passenger"s door glued shut in the seat"s place is space for luggage, a shelf for one"s helmet and a removable cover for the driver"s seat. The driver"s seats and much of the dashboard is borrowed from the 918 Spyder.
Date written: 3 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15889
