Almost three decades after the launch of the 986-era Porsche Boxster, they’re under secondhand scrutiny like never before. There’s the looming arrival of an electric Boxster for one thing ...

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Three years earlier at the Detroit show, Porsche’s concept for an affordable ... To get both the Boxster (986) and the all-new 911 (996) over the line required a sharing of significant parts ...