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next boxster will be the new 924!
News report on the next Boxster
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/940/Autonieuws/article/detail/557716/2008/12/17/Porsche-Boxter-diesel-in-2012.dhtml rough translation Porsche is planning a new Boxster for 2012 With a VW 2.0-liter TFSI engine, and quite possibly a 2.0 Tdi biturbo, with 204 horses and about 500nm of torque, it's the same engine that audi intends to use as a replacement for the current 2.7 v6 Tdi , and will be coupled to a DSG tranny That's a lot of torque for hairdressing imho. no panic just yet, the flat-6 will still be available... ironic though, Boxster running with a 4-in line perhaps they will rename it to the 4Linester if it comes with a 4 banger... 
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Ooooh! I'm lovin' that!
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Sweet, they can't bring the 924 back soon enough! Hot!
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My 1st Porsche
 
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sweet. Racer, is that a Sebring edition?
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What, they can't even spell Boxster??
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may be the new light wt. sports car due to be slotted BELOW the Boxster
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My first was also a 924--1979 with the dogleg 5-spd. Green with gold spiderweb wheels. Really loved that car.
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I had a '79 for a while that I sold to some guys from the east coast. They made an amateur film about it (pretty funny, I'll see if I can find it). Basically they flew out here on one-way tickets and drove the car straight through to see what mishaps and adventures they could run into. The car made it too - no major mechanical issues. Those things are tanks.
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My first Porsche was a 924(S) too!
 Not sure about the TDI in the Boxster though... a blown flat-4 would be a better alternative IMHO.
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BK is still BK in any language
GM vermindert productie in Noord-Amerika met 30 procent
General Motors gaat zijn productie in het eerste trimester van 2009 fors terugschroeven. De grootste Amerikaanse autofabrikant beperkt zijn productiecapaciteit in Noord-Amerika met 30 procent door de invoering van technische werkloosheid in tal van fabrieken. Met deze maatregelen wil GM de autoproductie in het eerste kwartaal met 250.000 eenheden verminderen. Markt Deze beslissing werd genomen omwille van de "huidige sterke terugval van de automarkt", zegt het bedrijf. De autoverkoop in de VS is in november met 36 procent gedaald, terwijl de verkopen van GM zelf met 41 procent terugliepen. De Canadese auto-industrie lijkt nog harder getroffen te worden dan de Amerikaanse. Ken Lewenza, de topman van de Canadese auto-industrievakbond TCA, meldt dat naast GM ook Chrysler en Ford hun fabrieken in Canada in januari volledig of gedeeltelijk gaan sluiten. "Drieduizend arbeiders in de assemblagefabrieken zijn rechtstreeks getroffen gedurende enkele weken of de hele maand", zei Lewenza. Fabrieken In totaal twintig fabrieken in de Verenigde Staten, Canada en Mexico worden deels of volledig getroffen door de maatregel. (afp/sam)
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Around here, many of the guys in the SCCA referred to the 924 as the Audi GT because of that engine.
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I still have my first Porsche, a '77 924 Martini (I repainted it many years ago and I left off the red/blue Martini stripes). Both daughters used this as their first car. My oldest daughter then moved up to the '87 924S (actually a nice car) while my youngest is commuting to college, so we picked her up a New Beetle. The old '77 must have got rustproofed when new as it has required minimal rust repair over the years and while gutless and over 200k miles on the clock, the d@mn thing wont die and still has it's original clutch. It is worth nothing, so I am just keeping it as it runs and drives perfectly.
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Nice stable, Tim. Which of the Germans is your favorite to drive? I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say either the 911SC or the 951.
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