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The Porsche 982 is the internal designation of the fourth generation Boxster/Cayman (third generation Cayman) made by German automobile manufacturer Porsche. With the switch to a new turbocharged flat-four engine the marketing name for the models was changed to Porsche 718, in reference to the 718, which won the Targa Florio race in 1959 and ...
Introduced in 2016 for the 2017 model year, the Porsche Boxster and Cayman were renamed the Porsche 718 Boxster and Porsche 718 Cayman (internally called the 982), reviving the historic 718 moniker while switching engines from naturally-aspirated flat sixes to small-displacement flat-four turbocharged units. The new 718 Cayman was also ...
Porsche 986 engines Vehicle Engine MY Engine numbers Technical data [2] Boxster: ... MDB.XA is the "Engine Type". 982 (718) 2016–present 2.0 L (1,988 cc) 250 PS ...
The Porsche flat-six engine series is a line of mechanically similar, naturally aspirated and sometimes turbocharged, flat-six boxer engines, produced by Porsche for almost 60 consecutive years, since 1963. [8][9] The engine is an evolution of the flat-four boxer used in the original Volkswagen Beetle. [10][11][12] 1967 Porsche 911R.
The 718 was a development of the successful Porsche 550A with improvements made to the body work and suspension. The car's full name is 718 RSK, where "RS" stands for RennSport (sports-racing) and the "K" reflects the shape of the car's revised torsion-bar suspension. [3]
The Porsche 981 is the internal designation given to the third-generation Boxster/Cayman (second generation Cayman) models built by German automobile manufacturer Porsche. It was announced on 13 March 2012 at the Geneva Auto Show with sales starting early summer 2012. The 981 reflects the new design language from the 911 (991) and 918, and ...
The use of these engines exclusively in Caymans ended in the 2007 model year when Porsche upgraded the Boxster (987310) and Boxster S (987320). [ 26 ] A 5-speed manual transaxle is standard on the Cayman (G87.01), while a 6-speed manual ( Getrag 466) was the standard transmission for the S model (G87.21) and an option on the base model (A87.20).
NART had a Ferrari 500 TR, and the British company Peerless entered a true GT car, with a Triumph engine. The privately entered Porsche 550A of de Beaufort and Linge. It finished 5th overall. Porsche, having dominated the S-1500 class now broadened their focus by uprating two of their three works 718 RSKs with 1.6L engines.