SHOO-INS

If you’ve driven the dynamically superior Porsche Boxster or Cayman, you understand why this duo returns year after year.

—Mike Duff

No handicapper would have offered underdog odds on the Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman making our 10Best list for the 19th time in a row. Only twice since its first year of eligibility in 1998 has a form of Porsche’s mid-engine sports car failed to make the cut. Even the 10Best fixture Honda Accord has missed four times during its longer eligibility, and although the Chevrolet Corvette ties the Boxster with 25 all-time wins, it has failed to reach the list no fewer than 15 times. Judging by success rate, the Porsches are 10Best’s brightest stars. This is a special kind of excellence, though even as we award another title, it is impossible to deny that the present-generation 718 is showing its age. The current Boxster and Cayman launched as 2017…

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Car and Driver (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2024

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