Porsche Boxster (Germany, 1993-2003)

Porsche introduced the first generation Boxster, which is best known as the 986, in late 1996 as a 1997 model. The word “Boxster” is actually a combination of the car’s type of engine, ‘boxer’ (horizontally mounted), and its convertible type of body, ‘roadster’.   The 986 Boxster has been produced at the company’s plant in Stuttgart, Germany. It has been also allowed by contract to be built by Finnish carmaker Valmet Automotive a facility in Finland.   In 2003, styling and engine output was upgraded on both variants. In 2004 the 550 Spyder 50th Anniversary Edition was released with a production run of just 1953 cars.