My father in law just bought a boxster. He got a little sports car envy from my Z and had to buy what he thought would be better than my car. A used boxster. lol. Thats how he is. He does it to his own kids. His other son in law bought an F-250. He sold his truck and bought an F-350 king ranch 6 months later. Just throwing that in there...
That said, porsche's are awesome... These new introductions are way too advanced for the Z to be compared. One thing about the Z though. They are going for this hybrid, sports car/muscle car mix. The porsche is more like sports car/semi exotic mix. The Z tries to match performance and capabilities on track. I think they kinda neglect the refinements in order to give you a functional package at low cost.
Right now, I'd be happier if they can at minimum match this motors power on a turbo 4 and give us the on paper stats of the newer porsche. If we lose some refined feel? so be it. My expectations from a sub $40k car aren't that high...
But this is one of the best reviews I've read thus far. some are right in saying driving the cayman is a closer comparo. But it's nice knowing that the Z can still be exciting to someone who drove the end all be all to road sports cars sub 100k.
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