For yet greater sportiness, the optional Sport Chrono Package and Sport Chrono Package Plus offer an even more powerful engine setup – and unbridled driving pleasure. Selecting the ‘SPORT’ button on the centre console activates ‘Sport’ mode, which makes the throttle more responsive and uncompromising.

Surely that must be the limit to this athlete’s dynamic potential? No, is the unequivocal answer in the form of the optional Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) and the SPORT PLUS button. Two further functions blur the boundary with motorsport: ‘Launch Control’, which harnesses the tremendous power of the Boxster Spyder and unleashes it for a racing start; and the ‘motorsport-derived gearshift strategy’ for faster shift speeds, extremely short shift times and optimum shift points. In other words, maximum acceleration, driver’s heartbeat included.