The Porsche Boxster 718 S Review: Authentically German 

I don't know how you two completed the sausage segment without laughing uncontrollably!! It must have required a lot of takes. Spot-on, honest review of the 718S, too. Awesome video, fellas!!

"A German joke is no laughing matter." LMAO!

The Car is correct 😂

Quite possibly one of the funniest reviews I;ve seen for a while. Beautifully put together, cheers James!

Meine Güte! One thing has to be corrected at once because it ruines the review in total: It is not a „Steuerrad“ but a „Lenkrad“. ☝️

Enjoyed the creativity and imagination in this video whilst still providing your usual excellent reviews and opinions.

I don’t normally “do” revues, mainly because I simply can’t be a*8ed. However, after watching the two McLaren revues and now the 718, I’ve come to the conclusion that this guy is truly a star. I’m on my second Boxster and am head-over-heels in love with my 718 (I had two Lotus in between). I want a car to give me something more than just its sound and the 718 cossets me in all so many ways. Expensive? - Yes; Good value? -Yes; Would I buy again?- Yes. I adore my 718 and don’t give a stuff if others don’t like it. Oh, and by the way, if I’d wanted a 911, I’d have bloody-well bought one!

Dieser Wagentest ist korrekt augeführt und verdient daher einen Daumen hoch!

Thanks for this great and veerry german review of - in my opinion - one of the most outstanding vehicles in the market. And thanks for pronouncing it in a correct way! Prof. Ferdinand appreciates it posthumously 😄🤗

I was thinking of starting a RU-vid car channel. I don’t need to. You have just the right amount of honesty humour and sarcasm. Doing a wonderful job.

That kitchen table scene was priceless! The beer is correct.

Dude, the sausage presentation was awesome! That is his happy face! :)))) Priceless ha ha !

As a German I highly enjoyed this!

You speak the German words really well. 10 Points from Germany ;-)

Watched your review again I’ve been thinking 718 Boxster s from my bmw 330 for a while, you review has been the most convincing and solidified my answer to myself. Used market Boxster 718 s only 3k difference I’m going for s!!

Awesome review! So damn funny… I am of German heritage and really appreciate your hilarious input. Also, I agree that the car is brilliant, and I really don’t mind the sound. Maybe because I’m 71 years old and don’t need a loud car, just a great handling and fun one, which this is. I’ll definitely watch this again when I need a laugh.

Great review and loved the out takes at the end. A Turbos Vs Superchargers video would be awesome.

Wow, your german spelling is much better, than any brit I have ever heard before.

I’ve seen just about every 718 video on RU-vid. This is by far the best. Congratulations Hahahah

love the outtakes at the end... i bet a outtake compilation video could be fun

Würstchen! What a great idea. Very nice show. Greatings from Germany :-)

This review was exceptionally up to expectations. Not an inch more or less. Especially the Wurst review section. It is satisfactory.

I enjoyed this review very much , informative and humorous , and I’m half German so appreciated the references.Remembering my good old Mum.

I love your German and your knowledge of the Land...i have been living here since 1986 so can appreciate where you're coming from. Zis is a very great Sendung.

Thank you for a very good and a very enjoyable review of the latest Boxster. Porsche does get the whole balance thing between luxury and sport quite right and they do cost a lot. From a value proposition, buying one used does seem to be the (only) way to get one at a price that can be swallowed. I have done that twice now and have no regrets. I also follow SixPotShot's recommended approach about complaining about every little thing that goes wrong. :-)

There's one thing absent from your commentary that I think is quite telling that has been present on a few recent reviews: You didn't fall in love with it and you didn't say you wanted one. I think that's the stand-out thing for me with a lot of modern kit and that's the lack of smiles and giggles it provides. It's not like the Germans can't do it either. My 130i was fantastic fun and I really miss it. So let's have some more modern fun cars reviewed, what surprise can you pull out of the hat? Loved this video James and the blending of humour. Keep 'Emm coming! :D

“Aber Herr Ober, der Kaffee ist ja kalt!” “Gut, dass Sie mir das sagen, mein Herr! Eiskaffee kostet nämlich einen Euro mehr …”

Very good... I especially appreciate what I presume was humorous intent during the wurst portion: The purposely blank expression of the non-speaker; if you did indeed intend that to be amusing, you hit the nail on the head!

I drove a Cayman S before buying the Evora, and even with the old 6 cyclinder engine, it had nowhere near the character or feel of the Evora S. It was a very good car, but frankly both the driving experience and the interior just felt like a fast Golf or Audi.

Hi Jay, have you ever driven a Suzuki swift sport (gen 2014ish till 2016ish)? Would be great to see your opinions on he critics favourite cheap warm hatch Cheers for your informative videos!

I`m impressed with the german pronounciation. You did very well.

Really enjoyed that video, fun and informative as always. Just one thing, turbos disconnect drivers from the experience? Maybe from the aural experience but I don’t think it removes anything from the driving experience, just offers different one than an NA engine. A 400+ bhp turbo Impreza is a very different kettle of fish to a 250bhp NA RWD 2 seat sports car. And with the way emissions legislation is going, turbos and more efficient engines are likely the only way cars like this are going to survive the environmental onslaught. Porsch-UH should fit sports exhausts as standard on S models. Sounds like a blocked hoover...

Does it have snap over steer?

This made me really hungry. lol I posted a comment on your 4C review a few days ago. You've driven both this and the 4C and I'm curious as to which you preferred? I'm an American and also pronounce Porsche with a silent e.

Hahah! Now the people who were correcting your German won’t even understand what you’re saying. Love it!

You're the best reviewer by far. Thank you for this review.

Redirected from your recent video, this has made my evening. The cultural input was equally hilarious :D

Excellent command of the German pronounciation and way of thinking, Jay!

Can you do a same review the same for a base Cayman 718? :)

Ok that was hilarious, truly was. Thank you on the POR-sha front (slip up at 7:12 though) , however, being an American, I have noticed it pronounced both ways, but typically POR-sha in the Porsche communities, of course. In the UK, however, it's typically just Porsh. We DID get our English from...that's right, the ENGLISH...but if I'm hearing someone pronounce it POR-sha, I will most likely give me the perception that their knowledge of the brand has a higher probability of being a bit elevated than that of the general population. Again - thanks for the LOL - keep it up! Danke!

A bockwurst is ready to eat when it floats on the water. It'll submerge when cold and float when hot. If overcooked, it'll burst and taste like the water it's been overcooked in. :D Oh, and Kölsch is only considered a beer in Cologne! It's more like a german version of Heineken beer flavoured lemonade.

Great job discussing the car!

Spot on, that was a really balanced review. I agree with it lol. I have an S and I absolutely love it but that soundtrack, it’s just such a let down. I’d still have it over a 981 though for all the other reasons.

In fact, the engine of the 718 sounds to me something like a 4 cylinder audi 80 engine from the '80s with a ABT exchaust, NOWHERE near a subaru boxer.

hahaha 1st time looking at the "older" videos! XD this sure took a turn hahaha

Loved the sausage explanation I’m now on my way to Lidl’s

Excellent review of German cuisine - you could also have include cochineal . . . a bottle of red beetle blood to add colouring to the sausages :-)

You have, by far, the richest cultural content of any car reviewer on youtube! Viva Das Deutchland.

I feel like I need a tiny bit more... I'm five-ten.. but if this has bucket seats gain the inch that I need.. the car should fit me pretty good.. I hope this one's better

“The beer is correct, that is his happy face”😹😹😹

Awesome video sir. Greatly appreciate you satisfying the grammar mazis

....which makes the 987 a total bargain. A friend of mine from Germany pronounces it ‘posher’ which seems appropriate!

Fast becoming one of my favourite channels 👍🏼

Reminds me of the book "Three men on the Bummel".

I'm thinking this doesn't have the Porsche Sports Exhaust, as it sounds pretty dire. Regardless it does have a Subaru UEL / Beetle / 356 / 912 esque offbeat sound to it, IMO... IMO Porsche have deliberately separated the manifolds to deliberately give that deeper sound rather than a raspy four cylinder sound from an "optimal" 4-2-1 manifold.

£76000 is insane amount of money for this. I rather buy new civic type r for every day use and fun on the road and lotus Elise or Caterham for track days.

Here you were, doing so well, saying Porsche so properly, I was so impressed!😃 but then, at about 7:15, you blew it and said Porsche wrong!😝 Yet again, you are a big disappointment to so many of us! I don’t think you should be allowed to drive these cars or even to talk about them anymore.😏 As to the introduction to German food, it was the wurst I’ve ever seen!🙄

Sehr gut! I couldn't agree more with your review. There's no theatre in a turbo engine. Hence I moved on to a V8. Sadly that wasn't a Porsche. Think I'll have a Lange schlange for dinner 😉

Fantastic, enjoyed the sausage info too... cracking work.

Surely a low mileage 981 GTS is the value proposition in this segment. Outright speed and numbers just isn't everything.

Good review.

Great review. Loved the sausage review too. Prima!

Nicely Done

The boxter is the Porsche you think is affordable until the gearbox goes brong. I wanted one but I can't have one and then turned my head to the S2000...

Awesome video!

Brilliant loved it! Top quality!

🇬🇧 have a sense of humour that 🇩🇪 are not renowned for lol. Didn't realise it was going to be Jay Emm on Cookery or Comedy 😆. Gets a 👍 from me.

This or TTS?

...Ordung! Must! Sind! Jaaaaa?! Nicht War?! Das ist Doppelkupplungsgetriebe! Herr Jay! The Alles Gute lesson reminded me story of SLR development when McLaren engineers were saying it has sound like Spitfire and Germans from AMG were reverting "Nein! Das ist Messerschmitt sound!"

Lawrie would of been ace doing the sausages part of your video!

mine was fully equipped was $105k USD...love it

Nice one James. The sausages sound better than the car! :-)

This was funny as hell. The straight face....I don’t know how he did it. I’m laughing still. BTW, today I bought a 2019 Cayman GTS, which I’ll pick up next week. They’re tinting the windows, putting a clear full bra on the front, and doing a full car (including glass, paint, wheels and rotors) ceramic coating. I traded them my 2002 Porsche 911 Turbo (X-50), and my 2016 Mercedes S-550, 4Matic. My 911 is faster than stink and smooth as mayonnaise. The Mercedes is uber luxurious....I just wanted a new Porsche, the first new one in my life. I’ve had three before the GTS, and all of them were used. I can’t wait!

I don't know how you come to that conclusion about the noise. I have a Caymen S and people hear me coming and look even at low speed. Sounds great. In any event the 718 is a much better car than the others. It's brilliant.

Sauerkraut eaten with sausage? Not really. Localy here In Czechia we put them together into white cream soup with potatoes, and it is cure for hangover and really filling food.

This was very good (it at least fooled a non-German who has limited ability to speak proper English as a first language). It seems it's good enough to fool RU-vid too, linked from this video for me is a German review of the GTS. :)

Your best video ever! Greetings from Austria

OK, OK, dearest Jay, we've gotten the point, which was, that you got the point.... I don't have a dog in this fight and I appreciate that when it comes to all luxury goods, optional extras have a declining cost-benefit ratio and inclining cost-profit ratio. Nonetheless, I embrace the fact that some 19, 991 generation 911 models exist and that truly, proper engineering marvels can be added to your car if desired. PASM, PDK, the launch control package, the LOUD/quiet button, the SHAZAM! mode, and soon with electric motors onboard, possibly running each front and/or back wheels independently, we will see 918 and Acura NSX level performance in the new 992 generation - if so desired. Now, I'm going to say something potentially controversial, but I nonetheless strongly believe to be true. The reason that all 911 generations saw prices increase suddenly and by orders of magnitude at the very moment the new 991 went into production, was not because the new model triggered nostalgia for a 'true Porsche sports car' by being perceived negatively as an emotionless, grand touring luxo-missile with playstation steering feel. Indeed I contend that the 991 revealed itself to be, for the very first time (because company finances had never been better and Porsche were greenlighted to lead VAG's engine and chassis development) a car which strode across its market, and some others besides, like a colossus. If it is charmless, we none of us doubt that it's come by it earnestly and with purpose. We were all engrossed as each 991 model variant was realised, and saw, once again, that here was a machine shaped over 50 years by irony, pathos, national pride, bloody-mindedness and a ceaseless drive to create something it can never be... flawless. The experience on track, on the road, wherever, in a 991 whether NA or boosted, really is that of having 50 years of sheer bloodymindedness, in your pocket, ready for deployment. Not only will a remapped Carrera.2 4S hit 60 MPH in two-point-something, but will pound nails sufficiently to frame-up a 2500 sq.ft. bungalow, then go on to cross Canada in January in a manner befitting Neil Armstrong et al. Porsche revealed to doubting Thomas's just how great a leap forward can be made by constant iterative development. The confidence portrayed by this machine is profound on every level and the world, unsurprisingly at this moment, wanted a piece, any piece of that confidence, because each one connects to the whole, and the whole, blimey.... was now effing biblical. The likes of Ferrari, Mclaren, Corvette, Lotus, Mercedes, BMW... everyone, were shown in no uncertain terms that their plans, after picking them up off the floor, would have to be subjected to a little bit more hemming and hawing if only to make sure they never produced anything that the motoring press might become interested in comparing directly with the 991. The new 992 progresses only 'x' amount, but nonetheless will take us and classic Porsche prices to far greater heights. 'No 911 will be left behind' because no new 911 will leap too far forward from his brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, and when this happens the lineage appears strong, healthy, superior and uniquely so in the marketplace. And to have something unique, unique and impossible to pirate in this marketplace is to astride the world as a colosuss. Apparently I thought this Boxster video would be the perfect place for an unreadable, tangential dustfart about the 911. No doubt I was right about that too...

I know its kind of the same vehicle minus the soft-too, but can we get a Cayman video please?

I may have been wrong about the Ferrari re-review. This may be your best yet.

OMG the sausage sequence absolutely killed me

In Germany they wouldn't say "seven eighteen / sieben achtzehn", but say "Seven-hundred eighteen / siebenhundertachtzehn". Just sayin. ;-) The 714-4's engine sound actually reminds me a bit of a 914-4's engine. Most people have forgotten how Porsche's air-cooled 4's sounded.

I am going with the Boxster S manual.

PorschE. That was not that hard, was it? Is it Jag or Jaguar?

Despite not being inserted in my own backside - I tend to use the Germanic Porsche pronounciation, ................however i did find this video rather amusing - Danke ;)

Why do you show so little comedy in your reviews? This was gold!

Actually really like the Boxster

that kitchen is amazing...

The beer is KOREKT!

Zis video put a bigga smile on my sarious GERMAN face

Ultimate diss video lol someone pissed you off 😂

How do you pronounce Ferrari - like an Italian? Or do you say Feh-rer-ry with the emphasis on the first syllable, as if it was an English word?

That's Carmine red i think. Love that color.

I agree.....sporty car without a pleasing EXHAUST NOTE is not a sports car

I really like it

Best video yet.

Brilliant :)

I think my English is tons better than your German😉, but not a lot of English People do speak a word of German at all. So - great review✅, reasonable language capability 😉

And thank you for that.

porsch-e, not uh. lovely review!