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" A smaller version of the has been rumored for quite some time now, although had been doing a great job deflecting the talk as just that: &amp;quot;rumors.&amp;quot; But now that has taken over Porsche, executives have let fly with a few choice quotes, and it looks almost certain that Porsche will produce the so-called &amp;quot;Baby Boxster.&amp;quot;   So just why would Porsche build such a car, which has the potential to dilute the iconic German sports-car brand? Simple: To boost volume. Germany&amp;#039;s Autobild says VW Group chairman, Martin Winterkorn, wants to add some 50,000 vehicles per year to the Porsche mix by 2013, while Britain&amp;#039;s Autocar quoted Winterkorn as saying Porsche is &amp;quot;...investigating opportunities for a smaller sports car and a smaller SUV.&amp;quot; Our U.S. Porsche source wasn&amp;#039;t as forthcoming, but he did say, &amp;quot;Now with VW firmly in the mix, the possibilities seem to have quadrupled.&amp;quot;   While the smaller Porsche (reportedly named &amp;quot;New 356&amp;quot; internally) will share its mid-engine platform with the upcoming and the , the power source will not be a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 from the VW/Audi parts bin as originally thought. Instead, the latest rumor is that Porsche is developing a horizontally opposed 4-cylinder, in keeping with the company&amp;#039;s long-standing tradition of boxer-type engines. Turbocharging will enable the New 356&amp;#039;s engine to produce 250\u2013300 bhp.   Despite the fact the New 356 will be smaller, lighter and use a 4-cylinder engine, we&amp;#039;re told the car will still cost around $40,000 when it hits the road in late 2012, meaning it will undercut the base Boxster/ by only a few thousand dollars. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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