So Mike Schmidt, vehicle testing manager, is driving along in our Chevy Silverado long-term test truck somewhere in Sonoma, California. It’s February 14, 2007. He turns away from the rolling hills and vineyards, tilts down his wire-rim sunglasses, and says, “Happy Valentine’s Day.” His passenger, a photographer, laughs and rolls down the window to spit out some sunflower seeds, his main food source these past few days.
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At a glance, the 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder is simply a special model that sheds 176 pounds of non-essentials in the name of purist performance. Nothing new in this plan, since Porsche has been building lightweight models for decades. It’s an easy recipe — cut weight and sell the car at a premium to Porschephiles who can’t resist the idea that less is really more.
It may be getting colder across the country, but in Porscheland, things are heating up. The German automaker just took the wraps off its ultimate tribute to sun and fun, the new Boxster Spyder, in Los Angeles, and its merchandising counterpart is gearing up for sunshine with its new collection of gear for the spring and summer.