Let’s not forget the Spyder also enjoys the same specialised chassis as the Cayman GT4 with Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) with a 30mm lower ride, Porsche Stability Management (PSM), and Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) with a mechanical rear differential lock. It also had power-folding door mirrors with courtesy lighting ($620), headlight cleaning system covers painted in exterior colour ($410), and the Porsche logo in satin black ($310).Īll of this bumped the price of the Spyder to a less attractive $219,290 before on-road costs, though we’d still go with the paint, seats, and upholstery for the look. ![]() Our Crayon-finished 718 Spyder also featured a stack of optional extras including the paint itself ($5150), two-tone Bordeaux Red and Black Alcantara upholstery ($4920), adaptive sports seats plus ($5150), a Bose sound system ($2470), LED headlights with Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus ($2320), and colour-matched rollover bars ($1060). A soulless four-cylinder Spyder just wouldn’t cut it. I never got to drive either of the previous Spyders with conviction and, with the onset of the latest turbo-four 718 making up the bulk of the line-up, there was a real possibility that I might never get behind the wheel of one. It also got a new, more practical roof mechanism that allowed the car to reach its stop speed of 290km/h with the roof in place. The so-called Streamliners behind the seats that tapered down over the entire length of the rear engine lid were a nod to the 718 Spyder from the 1960s and set the tone for that Speedster look. Like its predecessor the Spyder adopted a lightweight formula, removing non-essential kit like the audio and air-con, though both could be added as no-cost options. It was more exclusive, as a manual-only model. ![]() Porsche followed up with its second-generation Spyder in 2016, based on the latest-generation (981) Boxster/Cayman and armed with a 3.8-litre flat-six sourced from the Cayman GT4, lowered suspension from the GTS, and brakes and a sports exhaust borrowed from the 911 Carrera S.
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