In another one of their “super tests” Sport Auto took the new Porsche Boxster Spyder to Nurburgring Nordschleife and Hockenheim and put it through their usual battery of tests. Our favorite of these tests is the 0 to top speed acceleration test. So let’s see how quick is the Spyder.
You might argue that straight line performance does not reveal much as to the true capabilities of the Porsche Boxster Spyder as a track-focused sports car. That’s true, but seeing how fast the car reaches its real world top speed, you get a good sense of what that flat-six engine can do.
Porsche Boxster Spyder Specs:
- Engine Displacement: 3,800 cm3
- Power: 276 kW (375 HP)
- Max. torque (Nm): 420 Nm
- Compression ratio: 12.5 : 1
- Urban in l/100 km (mpg): 14.2 l/100 km (19.8 mpg)
- Non-urban in l/100 km (mpg): 7.5 l/100 km (37.6 mpg)
- Combined in l/100 km (mpg): 9.9 l/100 km (28.5 mpg)
- CO2 emissions in g/km: 230
- Brakes: Six-piston monobloc fixed calipers front and rear, discs internally vented and cross-drilled
- Wheel size with tyres (front): 8.5J x 20 ET 57 235/35 ZR 20
- Wheel size with tyres (rear):10.5J x 20 ET 47 265/35 ZR 20
- Unladen weight (DIN): 1,315 kg
- Top speed: 290 km/h
- Acceleration from 0 – 62 mph (0-100 km/h): 4.5 s
- Acceleration from 0 – 99 mph (0-160 km/h): 9.5 s
- In-gear acceleration (50-75 mph) (80-120 km/h)
