We’ll start with the obvious: Nobody is cross-shopping Miles Works wide-body first-gen (986) Porsche Boxsters against new, fully loaded Toyota Camrys with enough room for the whole family.

Porsche’s finances were in a desperate state ... To get both the Boxster (986) and the all-new 911 (996) over the line required a sharing of significant parts such as the facia and interior ...

The first-gen Porsche Boxter (986) was only sold as a convertible, but it received a hard-top coupe derivative for its second outing (987), and this was the first of the Porsche 718 Cayman ...