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Thu 9 February 2012


	Porsche Boxster versus Honda S2000 09-03-2002 Handling Day 2001 11-13-2001 Toyota MR2 SMT 09-10-2001 Lightweight Day 2001 09-08-2001

1.	A new round in our favourite
2.	New-generation Boxster
3.	Honda S2000
4.	Boxster comfort and refinement
5.	Adjusted Honda dampers and springs
6.	Porsche philosophy: Flat 6 engine design
7.	Honda philosophy. Revving high inline
8.	Behind the steering wheels
9.	Factfile Porsche Boxster
10.	Factfile Honda S2000
11.	Versus
12.	The Verdict!
13.	Picture Gallery: Flat 6 versus 4-cyl. inline
14.	Picture Gallery: Flat 6 versus 4-cyl. inline
15.	Picture Gallery: Flat 6 versus 4-cyl. inline
16.	Picture Gallery: Flat 6 versus 4-cyl. inline
17.	Picture Gallery: Flat 6 versus 4-cyl. inline
18.	Picture Gallery: Flat 6 versus 4-cyl. inline
19.	Picture Gallery: Flat 6 versus 4-cyl. inline
20.	Picture Gallery: Flat 6 versus 4-cyl. inline

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Test: A new round in our favourite

IT�S THIS YEAR�S summer weight bout: the second-generation Boxster does a little light training before taking on its refreshed Japanese rival, the Honda S2000
In many ways this is a unique motoring situation. No reinvention of the wheel, just a subtle tap on the collective shoulder to remind us that the Boxster, the blue-collar Porsche, the ordinary roadster, is in fact an extraordinary car.
� Porsche Boxster vs. Honda S2000
� 6-cyl. 6-cyl. opposed vs. 4-cyl. inline
� Rear-wheel drive vs. rear-wheel drive
� 228 HP vs. 237 HP
� 179 HP per tonne vs. 189 HP per tonne
� �31,450 vs. �25,995
� Here we go

By Chris Harris � Photos: Richard Newton