Red Porsche 718 Boxster with the roof down on a residential street

Two Seats No Roof

Red Porsche718 Boxster

A flat engine in the middle, three hundred horsepower, and the smallest, cheapest way into a Porsche that still drives like one.

Everything else in this issue is bought with a number. This one is bought with a corner.

The 718 Boxster puts its engine between the axles and its roof in the boot, which is the whole argument. Three hundred horsepower, two seats, rear-wheel drive, and a chassis that has been the benchmark for thirty years — for less than a third of what the cars either side of it cost.

Specification

Horsepower
300
0–60 mph
4.9s
Top speed
170mph
Seats
2

2.0L turbo flat-4 · RWD

Red Porsche 718 Boxster in profile with the roof down and PORSCHE side script
01Roof down, the profile is almost all wheelbase — and the name is written along the sill in the lettering Porsche has used on race cars since the sixties.

Mid-engined means the mass sits between the axles instead of over the nose, and everything follows from that. The car turns in without arguing, the rear stays where you put it, and the steering tells you what the front tyres are doing in a way that almost nothing else at this price still bothers to.

Which is why this is the car to take when the plan is a road rather than a restaurant. Mulholland at seven in the morning, the coast road after that, and a roof that folds away in the time it takes the light to change.

Other cars are bought with a number.
This one is bought with a corner.

Rear of the red Porsche 718 Boxster with the light bar across the tail
718 Boxster script on the rear deck of the red Porsche

02One light bar across the tail with the name spelled out beneath it — and under the deck between them, the engine.

Cockpit of the Porsche 718 Boxster with the roof down
03Three dials, a wheel with nothing on it, and the crest in the middle. Porsche has spent sixty years removing things from this view.

The particulars

The guest book

Queries

How much does it cost to rent a Porsche Boxster in Los Angeles?
The red 718 Boxster is $286 a day, with multi-day stays discounted. Delivery to our Beverly Hills partner hotels is complimentary.
Is it quick enough to be worth it?
Three hundred horsepower in a car this light and this low is quicker than the number suggests, and the mid-engined balance is why people who own faster cars keep borrowing this one for a canyon morning.
Can I see the dates before I call?
Yes — the diary on this page is the live fleet calendar. If a date is open there, it is open.

The diary

When you can have it

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Reserve

Book it for a road, not a restaurant.

Tell us the dates and we confirm the car straight away — delivered hand-detailed to the address and the hour you name.

Check dates & reserve or call +1 (424) 303-6496

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