As it’s a Porsche don’t expect it to be cheap in terms of tyres, insurance or maintenance – although at least it has long service intervals of 20,000 miles. It’s fairly economical for a sports car though and in terms of residual values will hold onto its price better than many rivals – due in no small part to the badge.

It’s no surprise that the Boxster isn’t particularly environmentally friendly. It averages 249g/km of CO2 but fuel economy is more acceptable – the standard model can average a decent 30mpg while the S will return around 27mpg.

Porsches are mainly hand built and standards of engineering are very high. Despite the sky high expectations of the average Porsche owner, very few are ever disappointed by the reliability of their car.