New vs. Old: 2013 Porsche Boxster vs. 2005 Acura NSX-T - Car and Driver
It’s impossible to build a new car like the NSX today, and therein lies a lot of its appeal. You’re low and exposed, and the road is so close that 30 mph feels like 50. The instrument panel is also low, and the vast windshield seems to end at your shins. Pull up to a crosswalk and you’ll see pedestrians’ ankles as they walk by. In the Boxster, on the other hand, it feels as if you’re sitting in a Jacuzzi and peeking over the sides. There’s less difference in the way each car sounds, and we’re not talking about their stereo systems (which, in the NSX, plays cassettes). Step into the NSX’s throttle above 2500 rpm and the engine grows an extra set of you-know-whats as it pulls hard to its 8000-rpm redline. In the Boxster, you hear the pops and whines of a water-cooled flat-six trying its hardest to sound air-cooled. Twirl the tachometer and the Porsche’s metallic noises gather into a chorus. The Boxster also has to work hard to keep up with the more powerful NSX. 2-liter V-6 makes 25 more horses and 18 more pound-feet of torque than the Boxster’s 2. 7-liter flat-six. The Porsche achieves the same speed in 5. 6 seconds. Next to the NSX, the Boxster’s six feels fairly torqueless, especially at low revs. Source: www.caranddriver.com
