Exterior tweaks include black paint, a black set of the Boxster Spyder’s lightweight 19in alloys, black ‘Boxster S’ lettering on the rear luggage compartment lid, ‘Black Edition’ script on the black fabric hood, plus black roll bars, black air intakes, and black exhaust pipes.
The same monochrome look from its 911 sibling dominates the interior.The seats—available either as cloth with leather accents or fully wrapped in cowhide—are all black, as are the instruments and the trim on the dashboard and center console.A badge on the glovebox lets you know which of the 987 cars you’ve bought, while sat-nav, Bluetooth, an upgraded stereo and bi-xenon lamps are standard.
As is typical of a Porsche sportscar, at the heart of the Porsche Boxster S Black Edition beats a flat-six ‘boxer’ engine.Mounted in front of the rear axle behind the seats, the 3.4-litre six-cylinder engine is similar to that fitted to the Boxster S , with direct fuel injection for greater power and efficiency.In the Black Edition its output is 320 hp – 10 hp more than in the Boxster S. The revised engine reaches its rated power at 7,200 rpm, the Boxster S power pack at 6,400 rpm.Peak torque of 370 Nm – boosted by 10 Newton metres – is available at 4,750 rpm.
With its standard six-speed manual transmission, it accelerates from 0-62 mph in 5.2 seconds, a tenth of a second faster than the Boxster S. This extra performance has not been achieved at the expense of fuel economy, however, for the Porsche Boxster S Black Edition contents itself with as much fuel as the Boxster S: 28.8 mpg Combined (NEDC).
The Porsche Boxster S Black Edition goes on sale in the UK and Ireland from March 2011 and is priced from ￡47,426.Included in the purchase price is the invitation for customers to explore the dynamic attributes of their Boxster and develop their own skills behind the wheel, courtesy of a Driving Experience Programme at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone.
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