This limited edition Porsche Boxster is for drivers who really want to stand out
Want to get noticed without screaming? Consider the color orange...
So says about.com writer Jacci Howard Bear. You know, it worked for Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser, who selected orange for his campaign color as a reference to the Orange Revolution in Ukraine — and as a symbol that he was a candidate who was down with change. One of television’s top meal mavens even selected Rachael Ray Orange for her line of enamel nonstick cookware. You get the picture.
That brings us to Porsche’s Orange Boxster special edition convertible sportscar. How better to ring in the new year and relegate last year’s troubles to the rearview mirror than by putting the grabs on one of only 500 Orange Boxsters ever produced?
Snag a “base” model for a mere $49,900 or an “S” for $59,900. By the way, the base comes with a 245 horsepower engine, a top speed of 160 miles an hour and a somewhat respectable 20 miles a gallon in city driving (29 highway).
Here’s the deal:
“It’s a special car if you want to really stand out,” says Porsche marketing man Tony Fouladpour. “The color really brings the car to life, making it much more of a lifestyle vehicle. It’s a car that 10 years from now will be coveted as a really rare vehicle.”
With massive 18-inch black alloy wheels, it should make a great trick-or-treat-mobile on Halloween as well.
The flip side of charging around in your very own Orange Revolution: “It’s not for everybody,” Fouladpour says. “We knew it wouldn’t just fly off the showroom floor. But it’s the same color as the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which among Porsche-philes is a respected color — that’s a car that comes track-ready.”
There’s more. As in handsome black Alcantara upholstery with orange trim interior and matching orange roll-over bars.
“You’re not going to be very stealth in this vehicle,” Fouladpour says. Look at it this way, though: You can celebrate solidarity with the Funk by flashing your orange-ness at him as you race regally past hizzoner’s self-deprecating, self-piloted, rusty-but-trusty Toyota Corolla.
HEARNE CHRISTOPHER JR., THE STAR
“It’s a special car if you really want to stand out. The color really brings the car to life, making it much more of a lifestyle vehicle. It’s a car that 10 years from now will be coveted as a really rare vehicle.”
| Tony Fouladpour, manager of corporate communications, Porsche cars north america