Porsche 718 Boxster S - (Portugal) One Take
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 เม.ย. 2016
- This is the new 718 Porsche Boxster S. It's light, tight, and fast, and for the first time in over 20 years, features a four-cylinder engine in a Porsche road car. The 2.5L Turboharged flat-four engine makes 350 HP and 310 lb/ft, and mated to the always impressive PDK gearbox, makes for a proper rocket of a roadster. Once you get used to the new sound, the performance and refinement of the gold standard of roadsters is hard to ignore.
Read more about the new Boxster S! Check out my review for Road and Track!
www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/...
FULL DISCLOSURE: Porsche flew me to Portugal, fed me, and put me in the Intercontinental Hotel Estoril for this review. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
One of the best things about all of Matt's videos, they are clearly marked with stuff like "FULL DISCLOSURE: Porsche flew me to Portugal, fed me, and put me in the Intercontinental Hotel Estoril for this review." Kudos to that Matt, that's pretty cool. Also Cool Video.
So Technically this Car is Faster than the Cayman GT4 although it did 7:42 vs the GT4's 7:40 cause the GT4 is on Aggressive Cup2 Tires
Beeeeeep!
I salute your car enthusiasm on s daily!
+luimarco How bout a video on Blaha's newly discovered white supremacist past, reptilian lies etc.? guaranteed to drive some traffic to your channel kpsutbi
+luimarco Good spot Lui. Car knowledge on the dayleee.
Went from watching your video to this, only to see this comment. If the fans don't go to Lui, Lui goes and finds the fans!
The first thing that comes to mind is that this is the first iteration of the 718. At the end of it's lifetime it will be even more bonkers fast. Think about it - this is as fast or faster than 911s of ONE generation ago. 4 cylinder or not, this is a serious sports car. Great review Matt.
Yeah you can call this thing a secretary's car all you want but chances are it will kick your car's ass! Great job Matt and Porsche 👍
Should have given that guy a ride
+S Miller but...but Matt isnt a gay
+S Miller The guy walking in the beggining or the guy driving an engine?
***** The guy walking who was getting all excited about the car
Light, tight, and fast. Just the way I like 'em.
Challenge for you-will they sound good again?
+ARMYTRIX can you guys make it sound like a sti? lol
Balo657 it is already sounding 90% like a STI, should be easy.
matt, you all were totally on track yesterday on your podcast. I eat my morning breakfast every morning at 7 to your one takes. IT IS like my morning show. My day feel incomplete without it! lol. thanks for the great content!
thanks for getting out and giving it a blast so i can hear the engine in action... verdict sounds much better than I expected, still cant shake the lack of 6 feeling though
I think Porsche got exactly the video they hoped for from you. Good choice on flying you out there. They knew you wouldn't be overly nostalgic about the 6-cylinder and judge the turbo-4 for what it is and give the car an honest review.
i ve just became a fan of you just because u went to my country loool my beautiful old Portugal! nice Porsche and ride
I like how Porsche flew you out, your in Portugal, and this still feels like a true one take. Keep it up Matt! I don't see how you don't have 3 times the number of subs...
Congrats Matt, Great job & happy see that your hard work is paying off!
Is Portugal full of people who just keep appearing out of the bushes?
Google 'Dogging'.
Based on the rally footage I have seen from there, yes.
+OneTallOrder haha, so true
+Ethan Gee no....they just spawn there like GTA
+PeePee2000 But theres no gun ready to kill the first unlucky guy that appears!
Sounds really good actually, especially for a turbo 4 banger. But that said, I'm a sucker for WRX/STI exhaust notes, so I'm biased. Could be way worse all things considered.
Matt I think this is the most I've ever seen you genuinely smile in a video! Cheers man great review
Thanks for another great video and review Matt. I haven't seen you this excited in a car for a while. Must be proper fun.
Beautiful, sunny, B-roady Portugal :)
Looks awesome! Performs awesome! Porsche never fails to disappoint!
lol
Excellent one take of the latest 718 S. Great to hear the evolution is a giant leap forward and the performance does sound impressive.
These videos get better each time.
This car looks & sounds 10/10 especially for a 4cyl.
Representing Portugal right here! Great to see brand present their cars here in our country - Porsche, Renault.. :D
Because you country and roads are beautiful! :)
+Vitoman901 thanks bud
did you shoot any one takes on some of the local modified cars from lisbon or was it just the boxters? Hope ypu enjoyed your stay, greetings from Lisbon.
This was a press launch I was in Portugal for 24
Hours
TheSmokingTire hopefully you come back some time theres alot of cars around lisbon and further north that would be good for 1 takes
+André Ameixas :)
+André Ameixas That would be cool, but the logistics of it would mean Matt would have to arrange hotel, a rental and then have the people take their cars to him. It's not as simple as it is in the states
+Groundskeeper Willie unfortunatly your right, but knowing the guys out here if the oportunity presented itself guys would be down for it.
In love with that gray Porsche has been using recently! Understated but still beautiful.
Very rarely do I get the impression that someone actually loves the car that they're reviewing. That is exactly what comes across to me in this review. Great job Matt!
7:42 on ring? That's fast for this class of car.
Im a simple man
Video from Portugal, im portuguese, i gave it a like
I'm also a simple man. Last evening my girlfriend wanted to surprise me with a bj. i gave her a like ; )
Hope you had a great time here in Portugal. Bem-vindo!
it´s great to see a video made here in my country , hope you enjoyed it, great car
If I was paying Porsche prices, I'd want proper Porsche flat-6 goodness. It's cute that Porsche is offering this, but that MSRP needs to go down. But seeing as most people buy these for the badge now-adays, I don't think they really care.
0:52 How could you forget about the 914?!
+Meteor Media And worst, about the 356 !!!
holy hell I don't think I've ever seen such high res and clean footage on my phone. nice camera!
Salutes from Portugal Matt! I was hyped to know you where here!
The older N/A Boxter's and Cayman's are gonna appriciate in money a lot because of the green engine in this :(
Doubtful any time soon, they made a ton of them they aren't anything that special.
W/e, I think that flat 4 sounds great! One of the best sounding four bangers IMO
Matt i´ve been a follower for quite a while now,, unaware that you were in my country, but also in my hometown, i came to now figure out that you actually passed by me driving that lovely boxster s! I'm sure you loved Portugal and Cascais as much as my North American friends! keep up the great work and videos! Greetings from Portugal, Alvaro.
you have fans in Portugal also, nice to see you here
Visited Portugal a few times, some of the best driving roads I've been on.
where are you from? do you mean it?
+Pedro Costa i'm from france and i can vouch for roads in spain. i was driving up in the hills in spain and when i crossed the spain/france border, the road turned into shit. spain got the best roads
+norman bates Portugal isnt Spain....
Guy Woolford
really?... You think i'm stupid?
+norman bates But u said Spain in your previous comment so apparently you are
I wanna see you One Take that "Man with an Engine towing a Wagon"
+OneTireFire Likely as fun as the Morgan 3 Wheeler!
+Groundskeeper Willie its the new Morgan 4 wheeler! they did away with the wooden chassis - just a driveshaft has loads of torsional rigidity
OneTireFire
Hell of a loading capability. It seems it can haul a ton of manure
Spot on review. Own and drive mine everyday and just cant get enough of it. 10/10 porsche, well done! 👊
Rally great that you came to Portugal, I hope you enjoy my country.
The other important Porsche 4cyl -- the 356...
+Michael Brown And the 718, 550, 904 ...
The list is long, and I only got about half of them in the video
+TheSmokingTire Great videos. Keep up the good work.
This is a great ad.
+Dre2383 He said right in the beginning that this was paid for by Porsche. I mean, as long as it's not some underhanded advertisement with shitty content, what's the problem with stuff like this?
+hampstershat123 I wasn't being sarcastic about that...
Dre2383
Cool sorry for misunderstanding then.. you have to understand sarcasm isn't the easiest thing to detect on the internet.
Congrats on the success you're having Matt!
audio sounds good dude keep this new setup its much clearer and louder than previous onetake vids keep up the excellent work
Setup is exactly the same as its been for the last 4 months
Sounds VERY close to an STI... Awesome car though, but I'd have to agree with some other people here in the comments. Used 911 over a new Boxter any day of the week. That being said i've only driven a couple 997's and a 964 Turbo, never a Boxter.
@@erickmaynard3507 I think you would.
For me it's the other way around, but i never drove a 911, only a boxster. But even before that drive, I liked the boxster more, in fact it's my favorite car, so I'm looking forward to buy one in the future.
You mean to say it sounding like a STi is a bad thing? Psh that makes it way better :D
Best of both worlds haha
The 718 looks great, looking forward to seeing this in my garage next year
Best review I've ever seen despite it being causal and looking amateur. You make me feel like buying it right now! What a nice sunny day! Subscribed!
Portugal
get that engine installed into a type 2 splitty bus. :)
Really nice to see a one take made in Portugal, familiar roads. Hopefully you enjoyed the food :P and the weather.
great review! thank you for being direct & honest!
The Boxster should have been a four all along. That would have helped the 911 & Boxster be more distinctive.
thought you'd pickup that kid to take him up and down the road once for the time of his life.
Thanks! I ordered a 2017 Cayman (same as box three engine for 2017) and was very worried about how it sounds but at the same time wanted to have the newer model for the performance. I've read so many forums complaining about the sound (many of whom did not drive it) being similar to a STI, but the higher revs definitely sound more Porsche, and I've decided that I don't even dislike How STI sounds and the lower sounding pitch is less irritating (not that I would mind the more traditional Porsche sounds)
+TheSmokingTire Hi Matt, I'm from Portugal. I've been following your channel because I love cars and alslo because your videos about cars are so well done that makes me watch them over and over again. I'm not from Lisbon, I'm from the north, so I didn't met you personaly, but just the fact that you were invited by Porsche to 'reveal' and review their new car on your channel and also in the country where I live makes me feel like I have met you personaly! I'll be here to watch more videos like this one! Bye
Car looks good. Porsche can't really do anything wrong to me. Just not to hot on that turbo 4 cylinder noise, but mehh.
+BXRchampion1993
I'm a fan of good gas mileage and torque that comes in at low rpm and keeps on all the way to peak rpm. The engine performs better in every aspect.
I like everything about the new car except the black bar across the back hatch.
+Sam Smith I think thats their because its the resting place for the active wing maybe, thats what it looks like to me.
I saw it at an autoshow. The black bar looks better in person.
Matt, with much respect to the one takes, it's great to see you do new cars. Seems like you get to be a little more forthcoming when the owner isn't there with you. Regardless, keep up the great reviews/one takes!
One of your best videos. Love the happiness!
I think it sounds pretty good, at least compared to most 4-cylinder cars, but I also think the same of Subaru's.
so which one would you pick guys a cayman GT4, cayman R, boxter 718, or a Mercedes GTs. kids not concerned.
+hdidane00 Isn't the AMG GT way more expensive?
Mercedes GTS is above those cars wtf.
+hdidane00 The GT4 and R are so very similar, but the GT4 takes the R's lunch money every day of the week.
The Mercede's GT is just too expensive to be considered part of this "club".
So for me it has to either be the 718 or the GT4. If you have the money, you get the more expensive GT4, if you don't have the money then you get the 718.
In real life I'd wait for the 4cyl turbo cayman because I hate convertibles so I'd end up with a 2.5 turbo Cayman S.
+hdidane00
GT4.
It's excellent.
+hdidane00 Mercedes for a day, then 718 for a daily
Double jealous on this one. The car and the place. Yes please.
I'm from Portugal, and i love this car... great combination!
I like that....I like that...
I wouldn't say it sounds like "sti" it's just that sti and this cars both have a flat 4. So you should say it sounds like flat 4. Like you say cars sounds like v8 but not the name of the brand.
+Big Boss saying "it sounds like flat 4" seems a little redundant, seeing as it is one.
I just test drove one and it felt fantastic. without sport exhaust it only sounded "okay" but with the sport exhaust I think it would sound very decent. it felt very sporty and buttoned down through the on/off ramps and quick but not extremely fast. I originally was thinking I wanted a 911 so I could have back seats for my kids... after reconsidering, the back seats are not useful enough to warrant the 911 even though it did feel great to drive (991.2 Carrera), I think I'll grab a Cayman or Boxster S (hopefully a GTS when i'm ready to buy) and still have money left over for a 4 door BMW 340i or something. Pleasant driving experience!
had to watch this video making me late for work, but it's worth it. please do a base 718 boxster one take if someone offers!
It sounds EXACTLY like an STi...
I'm pretty sure somebody will make equal length headers for it and make it sound like BRZ turbo.
inline 6 and flat 6 sound differently and so do inline 4 and flat 4 though.
A Subaru is a flat 4, not an inline 4. Well, arguably it's a boxer 4, but that makes very little difference in sound at 4 cylinders compared to the flat 4.
And with the right header a Lotus Elan sounds just like a pinto...do you hear Lotus owners complain? I think not!
little disappointed with the sound, but a great car.
+Veyronp87 would sound way better naturally aspirated.
but yeah...no sound to fall in love with, you want to hear singing and all you are getting are 'sweet nothings' whispered in your ear. ugh
Great video...more of these pls
Nice car, beautiful scenery and virtually no one around to get in your way..... great review 👍
I don't like the sound of it.. Looks is very good, but the sound is a bit of a shame.
I thought Porsche didn't compromise? That four cylinder sounds like a compromise to me.
It makes more power and gets better fuel economy. The Germans would say that's not a compromise.
More power, better on gas, so this is more of an advance.
It's awesome to see Matt in Portugal, we're sorry our roads are crap for sports cars...but I hope you enjoyed the rest of the country.
I really enjoy seeing my fav YT auto channels coming here... we have the food, we have the weather, we have the roads, come more often! cumps Matt!
And you forgot about the 356.
I don't like the direction Porsche goes lately. Good engineers keep up high the quality but the concept is flawed.
+Andreas Breslawski That's the problem!! This car closes an eye to the Z4 and the TT cabrio. But all the truly great cars cannot be placed in a segment and they create a segment. In which segment did the first boxster belong when it appeared? Which car was the competitor of the 1978 Porsche 928, 1989 Nissan R32 GT-R or the 1994 Impreza WRX STi ???(the EVO became really competitive later on).
My only thought is that Porsche decided to differentiate the Boxster /Cayman to justify the extra price of the 911. But when the first boxster appeared, the slogan was "no more 4-cylinders", young guys don't know that but I am old enough to remember it.
Matt you should make a video of all the best moments from your one takes, favorite cars, favorite moments i.e. people in the road with the m4 or the tree stump and the huracan
It's great see you in portugal reviewing a great car as a new Porsche 718 !! I hope it was worth it !!
lol this guy at 7:50
that sounds STI all the way
all the suby guys are gonna be like lets go drive our porsches
Hahaha for reals 😂
taylor wagneers Porsche and STI should never be used in the same sentence.
right over your pinhead
taylor wagneers Who are you calling a pin head?
It really shows how fast and how easy with comfort the driver hits over 100 miles beautifully done great super dun cat Porsche Boxster S
I love the ruggedness and efficiency of four cylinder high performance motors. I've driven a vintage Porsche 912 and a 4 cylinder BMW 3 series for years, wonderful and simple to drive and maintain. Carbon reduction and therefore efficiency is the mode of the age, so this new Boxster is all good. Thanks for the review, very fair and unbiased!
It's great ? The sound takes some getting use to ? I got to get on board with Porsche on this one ? That doesn't sound convincing at all . If this is progress then Porsche should put the flat four in the 911 funny right. . Poor Boxter , Poor Cayman . Engineering Marvels being held back ..
I dont normally comment, but +68k for a 2 seater 4 cylinder? How about no.
+BranPSU13 why noT?
Its a nice weekend car.
Nice video in that it reflects the fun drive that the 718 S is. So much better than the 981 and to my humble view, ticks more boxes for me than the 911 (and yes, i have owned a 911). The 718 stands on its own now and is no longer a poor mans porsche and i love it.
Bem vindo a Portugal!!! Matt
Sounds like a Subaru
Porsche made flat-four engines before subaru
Should have taken the thumbs up kid for a ride.
+Mortalomena Thought the exact same thing.
But the question is: would you let an unknown/possibly grubby kid in a brand new Porsche that isn't yours?
Hard-Edge Painting Even more so if its a press car lol
Mortalomena
That's why you and I aren't press. ;)
I haven't previously been a fan of the look of the Boxster, but this one looks great!
That looks good and sounds great! I love the STi sound!
Sounds like poop
+SDD525 the 2.0 in the new Camaro sounds better
+SDD525 Which isn't saying much.
Yuck with that engine.
+engared
Liked when he said: "Does it sound like an STI?" *turns engine on*
I answered: Yes! XD
Hard-Edge Painting I mean the car would be as good with an updated old engine; plus you will have the NA feel and the noise. With this new engine; its just fast...that's it.
Might as well go electric...*shudder*.
+engared it makes 35 more horsepower, 43 more lb/ft, and gets 15% better fuel economy at the same time. Not possible with the 6
TheSmokingTire Im sure with Porsche's boffins, they could achieve it if they wanted to. Maybe not exactly the same numbers, but ballpark figures with increased displacement or techno wizardry. And you get to keep the noise and feel as well.
The problem is the EU emissions which is destroying fun cars. Honestly, watching your video; I couldn't care less if it was electric now. Almost every other reviewer is lamenting the demise of the 6 cylinder.
The new car just doesn't seem to have the excitement anymore. At least, the type you want from a Porsche. That engine would be perfect in the new STI though. But in a Porsche; it has to have the X factor.
+engared I don't really care what others say. I drove the car 400 miles, twice as much as any other journalist (I had my own car; didn't have to share) and I loved it.
Good job, Matt. Thanks.
¡Excellent review, Matt. We really felt like we were right there. Please pick up a vacation house to share while you're there. What a peaceful place - Porsches notwithstanding.
The Air BnBs there are cheap! I wanna go back
IMO the STI sounds better than this. This thing sounds like a lawn mower with a fart can exhaust on it. FLAT 6 NA ALL DAY LONG.
4 bangers are for peasants.
+Shadow Hamster Yeah man that $80k car sure is for peasants only.
+BBDSmint yeah wtf is he doing with a $80k car? What a peasant....
if a 'peasant' has won the World Endurance Championship and LeMans the last 2 years...sign me up
sick paint!
Best review so far on the internet👍🏻