2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder - Click above for high-res ikon gallery
Like every other maker hunting to delude cars and trucks crossways the pond, Porsche has little pick but to obey with Europe's demanding 2012 dioxide laws. Autocar is news that digit way Porsche could turn its fleet-wide dioxide numbers is with diminutive displacement powertrains, and the reddened weight and entry-level model position of the Boxster makes the roadster a maturity candidate for downsizing.
Boxster administrator Hans-Jürgen Wöhler reportedly told Autocar that he sees a four-cylinder engine and perhaps modify a turbocharged three-cylinder engine in the ragtop's future, adding that the diminutive displacement engines "could display between 180 and 200 horsepower and expel meet 180g/km of CO2." Since Porsche sells less than 300,000 vehicles per year, the Teutonic sportscar maker reportedly won't impact to impact the EU's ambitious 120 g/km 2012 regulations but it will impact to turn its emissions by 25 percent compared to its 2006 fleet average.
Problem is, Porsche reportedly hasn't been told just which dioxide sort it needs to shoot for. Also uncharted is whether Volkswagen's majority control could affect Porsche's position as an maker with less than 300,000 vehicles made per year. If Porsche isn't given baritone intensity position or if the Boxster's intensity doesn't revilement dioxide emissions enough, the Teutonic maker may requirement to downsize the powerplants of modify more vehicles to get itself low the company's ease uncharted dioxide cap.
Will we be seeing three-cylinder Boxsters here in the States? Strict newborn fuel economy numbers in the U.S. probable won't be as tough to vex as Europe's 2012 dioxide figures and fuel remains significantly less expensive, so we're guessing that we'll continue to wager boxer sixes in the luggage of our Boxsters for eld to come.
Gallery: 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder
[Source: Autocar]
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