Don’t shoot me - Boxster/Cayman prestige?

[Dabz]

This may ruffle some feathers and I apologise to those who take offence, but two people have already asked me this same thing recently.

I’m fairly new to Porsche ownership (3yrs) but long term petrolhead. I’ve always been told that the Boxster/Cayman is the “poor man’s Porsche” and carries far less prestige than most other Porsche models. “entry level model” and “not a real Porsche” seem to be posted on Instagram a lot too.

so, with the 718 EV coming soon, we hope, are these sentiments true, do they carry any weight? Does it even matter to anyone other than internet keyboard warriors?

Asking to see if there’s a healthy respectful debate to be had about this and hoping this doesn’t descend in to throwing muck at eachother. It would be nice to get some nice early debate in this 718 EV forum

Personally I’d love an electric or BHEV 911 but that probably makes me strange, so in the absence of one of those I’m excited to drive the 718 EV and see how fun it is

 

[atebit]

Actually iirc the Macan is (was?) actually the cheapest entry point, at least in NA.

Could care less about “prestige”. Not everyone tracks their Porsche. A Base 718 is plenty of car for me, I expect the EV to be more car than I need.

Don’t be “this guy”:

 

[Kakatus10]

I've always been of the opinion the only real Porsche is a non-SUV Porsche. So, all models aside from the SUVs

 

[atebit]

I've always been of the opinion the only real Porsche is a non-SUV Porsche. So, all models aside from the SUVs

 

[RingoDingo]

Among car enthusiasts, I’d say most recognize the mid-engine cars as the best handling and pure driving models. While rear engine vs mid-engine no longer matters for EVs, I wouldn’t sweat the prestige thing. Most Porsche snobs won’t rate you either way with an EV and most non-car enthusiasts don’t know one model from the other. Get what you like best.

 

[Dabz]

Get what you like best.

In my case it seems like "get what your daughter likes best" - I have a very climate-conscious 11yr old who doesn't understand why I would opt for a 992.1 GTS over waiting for a 718 EV - why would you want to burn fossil fuels Daddy? As most fathers can probably attest, daughters usually win

The only consideration is that we can squeeze her in to the back of a 911 where the 718 will almost certainly be 2 seats only

 

[irrelevant]

I have a C7 Corvette in my garage. I already don't care what the Porsche snobs think.