Introduction
Dom Ginn
The Boxster defines Porsche’s unmistakable appeal, an opportunity for more to enjoy the marque and now arguably a 90’s icon.
The 1996 launch of the Porsche Boxster was hailed as a return to Porsche's values of agility and lightness. In order to capitalise on Porsche's excellent reputation as the world's top sports car manufacturer, the 986 generation Boxster also offered an element of affordability, practicality with peerless build quality. The Boxster was also responsible for the very survival of the company. With the 911 ably managing sales in the supercar sector, Porsche devised the Boxster for the everyman and it shared much of the same architecture as its bigger sister. By the time production ended in 2004, almost ~165,000 examples had been built, becoming the best-selling car Porsche had ever made. The mid-engined flat-six layout is housed within a balanced chassis, offering tremendous grip, a compliant ride and communicative steering. This attribute gave it a distinct advantage over the new wave of 90’s open-top roadsters.
This beautifully presented 1997 Boxster with a manual gearbox comes to market after ~5 years with our vendor, finished in "Ocean Blue Metallic" with a grey leather interior. It has an excellent service history with an impressive folder of invoices since 1999. It has just seen 2 previous keepers and shows all the evidence of being well maintained, which includes an engine replacement early in its life in 2002. It comes with 2 keys, a full owner's wallet and booklets. Sold with an MOT to April 2026 and has 15 service stamps.
This listing was written from information supplied by Dom after meeting Paul the owner, and having visited and photographed the vehicle.
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Hi Paul,
Thanks again for the opportunity to view the Boxster.
Looking back over the MOT history from the past four years, I noticed that the exhaust and all four shock absorbers had previously been flagged as approaching the point of needing replacement. I haven’t come across any invoices confirming that this work has been carried out—apologies if I’ve missed something.
That said, I noticed the most recent MOT has no advisory comments, which might suggest the work has already been completed. Could you kindly clarify whether the exhaust and shock absorbers have indeed been replaced?
Many thanks,
Stuart
Hi Stuart, yes the exhaust clamps were replaced and the shockers were actually fine, just had some surface rust on the so we cleaned them up and painted with Hammerite.
All the best,
Paul
Thanks for email and the details, appreciated
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