what year did porsche start making boxsters

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It all depends on whether you are talking about the miniature die-cast cars by porsche. Or the ones big enough to actually drive
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The Boxster, internally known as the 986/987 and/or 986 Boxster/987 Boxster is a mid-engined roadster built by Porsche. Introduced in late 1996 as a 1997 model, it is Porsche is smallest and least expensive vehicle, taking over from the 968.

1996

Porsche started make Boxster in 1995 for the European market for the model year 1996. The first model years for the USA was 1997, of course these first ones delivered were manufactured in 1996.

The Boxster, internally known as the 986/987 and/or 986 Boxster/987 Boxster is a mid-engined roadster built by Porsche. Introduced in late 1996 as a 1997 model, it is Porsche is smallest and least expensive vehicle, taking over from the 968.

basically the boxter is cheap and sh''te