Porsche Boxster 981 Bergspyder: everything we know about the one-off sports car

Lightweight prototype is finally revealed after four years in storage

Porsche 981 Bergspyder
The 981 Bergspyder (left) next to the 909 racing car from 1968
(Image credit: Porsche)

Porsche has revealed that it once planned to launch a lightweight speedster version of its 981 Boxster sports car, only to ditch the project at the last minute over its “feasibility” as a production car.

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