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The Comparison: 2014 Jaguar F-Type S vs. 2013 Porsche Boxster S
Into the woods with two hot roadsters.
By June 20, 2013 / Photos by Heather McGrath
Northwestern Connecticut comes with grazing cows, Colonial architecture, and stately oaksa bucolic setting that invites you to drive, top down, along the many lovely back roads. But we didn't head there to soak up the scenery. We went to see how Jaguar's return to the roadster arena compares with the niche's all-star in a shootout that was referred to around the office as the Battle of the Berkshires. Porsche's Boxster S versus Jaguar's stunning F-Type S: Scoring would be in 10 categories, with up to five points awarded in each.
Both have blue-blood racing heritage. Jaguar has won Le Mans seven times; Porsche, a record 16. Beyond that, our two cars have little in common, starting with the way they look. The F-Type has a mammoth, air-gulping "mouth" intended to suggest great power; instead, it suggests Aston Martin's similar visual effect, which was designed by the same man. No matter. It's a classic shape, and it blends beautifully with the headlight assembly. The back has a narrow band of taillights that accentuates the Jag's width and contributes to its firm stance. The looks make a strong first impression, and the subtleties of the car's styling reward further inspectionfor example, door handles that open with the push of a button and retract like airplane wheels when the car moves off.
The F-Type uses styling cues intended to give it a romantic flair, while the Boxster's look is self-referential, its proportions dictated by its mid-engine layout. No illusions here; what you see is what you get. The great architect Louis Kahn advocated using materials in the way that best suited them, and he would have been delighted with how each of the Boxster's components seemingly knew exactly where it should go. (One exception: the little spoiler at the back, a fussy feature that detracts from the total effect.)
In the cockpit, both cars score high marks with seats that provide excellent support and are infinitely adjustable. As for elegance, there's a profligate use of hand-stitched leather. The Jag features a large, rather strange handle that helps the passenger get settled. The car really envelops you, its beltline somewhere around your chin, hood looming large, along with vents that rise from the dash like surveillance cameras when the ignition is switched on. The Porsche is more relaxed, easier to get into and to see out of. You feel at home immediately.
The couple of seconds between pushing a car's start button (or turning its key) and an engine settling into an idle has become a creative opportunity up there with nuancing the sound and feel of a door slam. Here, the Boxster offers nothing special, while the engineers at Jag have the F-Type emitting a joyous blast, its tach surging toward the redline. The loud bark that follows ruins any hope of a stealthy getaway.
We took the cars out into a world of greenthe glowing hills of a Northeast summerdriving fast along narrow, winding roads with names like White Hollow and Salmon Kill. Suspension? The Boxster has struts all around, the Jag a control-arm setup, and both cars flirt with the line between sporty and just plain too stiff. Steering? The Jaguar's feels faster, maybe a touch too fast, but both cars have just the right amount of power assist. And the steering wheels on both cars have thick, Formula 1-style rims. Each accelerator gives just the right travel and resistance. The Boxster was well-planted, covering ground with a relaxed gait, a car that inspired confidence. The Jag flowed as easily along the same roads, its engine responsive to the lightest touch, its exhaust a satisfying bellow, with much popping and crackling as the car coasted. All these sounds were electronic creations, but who cares? We had a sunny day, two fine cars, and a date with Lime Rock Park's 1.5 miles of asphalt. So far, the Boxster and the F-Type had scored pretty evenly, with the edge going to the Porsche. It's more sure-footed, a little less bouncy than the Jag, although we're splitting hairs. As we pulled onto Lime Rock's sinewy asphalt, we wondered: Would lapping a track even things out?
This was the time for these cars' racing heritage, the pur-sang stuff, to show itself. On paper, it was a classic confrontation between horsepower and handling. The Jag's edge was its supercharged 3.0-liter V6, delivering a stout 380 hp, while the Porsche's advantage came from its mid-engine layout and rear-biased, 46/54 weight distribution. Not that the 315-hp Boxster was exactly underpowered. The two cars' 0-to-60 times were almost the same, in the low four-second bracket, the Jag a staggering 684 pounds heavier but also more powerful.
The pleasant surprise was the Jaguar's handling. It understeered, but far less than expected. Nonetheless, as lap times came in, the Porsche's superiority was conclusive and absolute. It could go deeper into the turns, the brake pedal alive under your foot, telling you exactly what was going on. The Jag could go almost as deep, but without the feel for the limit. The Porsche oversteered usefully, which is to say you could get the tail out and steer with the throttle, making it more agile in the turns.
Both cars offered an array of handling options, from letting the car virtually drive itself to having no electronic interference at all. We preferred the latter, but regardless of setting, the Boxster just ran off into the distance. It turned 1:02s in the hands of your rapid Editor-in-Chief Larry Webster, while the best he could do in the Jag was more than two seconds slower. (Keep in mind that slow is a relative term. By Lime Rock standards, these cars were blisteringly fastat least a second under what the railbirds predicted.)
The most progressive component of either car was its transmission. The F-Type's eight-speed ZF automatic is a magnificent piece of engineering, one of the best transmissions in the business. At Lime Rock, it used second through sixth, snapping off shifts with none of the laziness common to torque converters, and the shifts were so smooth and telepathic that they were barely noticeable, even when they came in a turn. The Porsche's PDK automatic had seven speeds and two clutchesin theory, a setup even better than the Jag's, though we were hard-pressed to nail down which we preferred.
So how much? The Boxster S lists for $61,850; the F-Type S, $20,000 more. But wait! Here it says that our particular Porsche, as tested, goes for $101,070. One minute we had a bargain, the next, a car nearly $20,000 more expensive than a base 911. What does that 40 large buy you? That tranny: $3200. Carbon-ceramic brakes: $7400. And so on.
The rules of this test mandate that we pick a winner, but the more we got to know the cars, the more different they became. Not just in layout, but in scope: The Porsche is a much-developed machine in its third generation, honed over years into one of the best sports cars ever built. The Jaguar is an excellent first shot and great in its own right, but it doesn't benefit from the same momentum.
In the end, we found ourselves searching for that one special feature that would tip the scalesand found it, sitting in the bright sun, in pit lane. The Jag, in all its magisterial whiteness. And where was the Boxster? Why, out on the track, tearing around, a true driver's car, one that makes you want to do another lap, and another after that, and then take the long way home.
Road & Track advisor and contributing editor Sam Posey has raced in everything from the original Trans-Am series to Formula 1. A man of broad interests, he's covered the Tour de France for ABC and designed several buildings. He lives in Connecticut, where he paints daily, runs his Corvette Z06 at Lime Rock, and tears up local pastures in a mini dune buggy. Ed.
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The Military Has Cataloged Its Ethical Failures, and They're Kind of Awesome
Did you hear the one about the first lieutenant who had to pay $120,000 in fines for accepting bribes from contractors he'd awarded with lucrative Defense Department deals? Or the Navy civilian in Texas who asked a defense contractor for a $5,000 payment so the contractor could be "recommended" for a $153,000 contract? What about the four senior officials, including two Air Force generals, a Marine general and a Navy admiral, who extended their stay in Tokyo to play golf at an illegal cost of $3,000 to the government?
The thing is, those aren't jokes. They're true stories. And they point to a growing problem within the military: a pattern of misconduct, misbehavior and outright thievery by senior generals, top Pentagon civilian officials and of course, the rank-and-file.
The laundry list of wrongdoing, in the Defense Department and in various other government agencies, is contained in a surprisingly readable but unknown document compiled by the equally unknown Defense Department's General Counsel's Standards of Conduct Office.
The name of the July 2013 report says it all: The Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure, a 164-page who's who of bureaucratic nee'r do wells that details all of those government personnel who have tried to fleece the government, line their pockets with public money, use government property for their own use or demand loans from subordinates.
There is a section on credit card abuse, another on political endorsements. There's one on financial aid disclosures, and others on fraud, gambling and gift violations. The Defense Department likes to say that most of its personnel are law-abiding, upstanding citizens, and that's true. But the numerous cases listed in the document beg the question: who does this kind of thing?
"Our goal is to provide DoD personnel with real examples of federal employees who have intentionally or unwittingly violated the standards of conduct," the introduction reads. "Some cases are humorous, some sad, and all are real."
Whoever assembled the list of cases in the Encyclopedia - taken mostly from Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General cases -- seemed to have had fun doing it. Forget the stuffy, bureaucratic-ese of most government publications - this one channels Al Gore with his famous directive to write government documents in English. The Encyclopedia is all written in a breezy, informal style meant to attract attention to all the wrongdoing even as it repeatedly details all the U.S. code violations and governmental regulations in question.
Here's the headline to the item about the golf outing in Tokyo: "A Swing and a Miss for Senior Officers Using Government Funds on Golf Outing." One about a sergeant who put government-owned parts on his truck is titled "Staff Sergeant Tricks out His Ride on the Government's Dime." Here's another: "Misuse of Culinary Specialists Results in Attention of Chief of Naval Operations."
The nearly two year-old report nonetheless comes at an awkward moment for the military. As the Navy investigation into the "Fat Leonard" bribery scandal unfolds and expands, the report highlights a number of lesser-known incidents of bribery that the Defense Department believes all of its personnel should be aware of. Indeed, many of the cases have to do with misconduct involving millions of dollars of government money.
For example, a retired Army major, Christopher Murray, received $225,000 in bribes during his assignment to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, in 2005 and 2006 while he served as a contracting specialist there. In another case at the same base, Army Maj. James Momon, Jr. accepted cash bribes from five DOD contracting firms that supplied bottled water and other goods to U.S. bases in Kuwait.
"Momon, a contracting officer at the camp, awarded contracts and Blanket Purchase Agreement calls to those contractors, receiving $5.8 million as payment for his actions," the document reads.
Then there was 1st Lt. Robert Moore, one of the "10 percenters" as some in the military like to call bad apples, who was deployed to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan and eventually agreed to pay $120,000 in fines for accepting bribes from contractors in exchange for DOD contracts.
That wasn't all. According to the report, "Moore pled guilty to conspiracy, admitting to falsifying the number of bunkers and barriers delivered at Bagram, which resulted in DOD paying for bunkers and barriers that were never received." He also admitted to falsifying damage reports for leased vehicles, causing DOD to pay for repairs not performed.
Moore wasn't alone. Army Major Christopher West and Air Force Mstr. Sgt. Patrick Boyd, also pled guilty to bribery and conspiracy for related conduct. And the two paid for their mistakes: West had to give a whopping $500,000 back to the military while Boyd turned over $130,000 more.
There were also numerous cases of senior officers who bent the rules and used their position to obtain better airline tickets, visits to clubs or extra services to which they aren't entitled.
The encyclopedia details the case of one senior officer who, with his wife, flew in "premium class" on official business trips, justifying it in part by suggesting that flying anything less would have looked odd to their hosts in a foreign country. The case does not identify the officer, although it sounds very similar to the types of concerns over which Gen. Kip Ward, the former Africa Command commander, was reprimanded and later effectively pushed out of the military.
In another case with the same officer, "the officer justified business-class seats by indicating he was required to perform official business immediately after his arrival at his travel destination, when in fact he spent almost his first full day attending a VIP welcome, making U.S. embassy calls, enjoying lunch and dinner, and touring a local vineyard."
There's more. "Although never issuing any direct orders, the officer requested his subordinates to perform many personal services such as caring for his dog, shopping for athletic gear, and repairing his bicycle." And there's this: the senior officer - who presumably makes in excess of $150,000 a year -- asked subordinates to loan him "thousands of dollars in payments out of their personal funds." While he repaid them later, officers can't essentially ask subordinates for personal loans - a fairly obvious violation of ethics guidelines for officers.
The four senior officers who abused their travel orders apparently were at a golf outing in Tokyo when they used government transportation and received a per diem to play in a golf tournament.
"There were no business events that day, and the all-day golf event was attended by less than half of the conference participants... golf foursomes do not provide the opportunity to dialogue with a large or diverse group of people and thus do not greatly foster communication between conference participants," the report said. The four officers were told they had to reimburse the government both for the lodging and the per-diem costs incurred during "the golf outing."
Some of the cases make for lighter reading.
Take the case of the Army sergeant assigned to a National Guard maintenance shop that worked on civilian vehicles there but removed government-owned car parts to install on his personal vehicle. He then used a government credit card to buy a new fuel tank and install it on his personal truck.
"The staff sergeant not only took a government vehicle for his personal use, but he even took a shed from the shop and moved it to his home," the citation reads. "He was also suspected of using his government credit card to pay for gas for his personal vehicles. The staff sergeant was charged with larceny and wrongful appropriation under the Code of Military Justice and the government was able to recover $8,800 in property."
The bottom line lesson: don't try any of this at home. "Please pay particular attention to the multiple jail and probation sentences, fines, employment terminations and other sanctions that were taken as a result of these ethical failures," the document reads.
[This story was updated to reflect the newest version of the Encyclopedia, last published in July 2013.]
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So, one of my childhood heroes is gone. I can safely say that, besides John Denver, for me, there is no greater public influence on my work in education, my work as a writer, my obsession with visual, audio, and written media- than Roger Ebert. This hurts.Read more →
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The First Disruptors: Alan November's BLC10 Event
I know when you think of disruptors, you generally think of people. However, I found that an actual event caused me to be the disruptive person I am today.Read more →
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The First Disruptors: Eleanor Roosevelt
When I first read the book , "The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt," I was mesmerized by this courageous woman. One of my favorite quotes from her is "Do one thing everyday that scares you." You will be surprised by your capacity to continuously rise to this challenge.Read more →
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The First Disruptors: Inspired Disruption
For me, the notion of being a disruptor has been in my blood since I was born the middle child with an older and younger brother. You learn very quickly how to complain and question everything. My older brother was able to do everything because he was the oldest and my younger brother got away with everything because he was the younger of the boys.Read more →
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SXSWedu: Alan Gershenfeld On Disruption
Last week at #SXSWedu, we had a moment to talk to Alan Gershenfeld, CEO and President of E-Line Media, a publisher of game-based learning products and services. We asked Alan to share his thoughts on the term "disruption," and how he thought he and educational gaming play into that.Read more →
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SXSWedu: What does Disruption look like?
In addition to all of the innovative ideas being presented and discussed here at SXSWEdu this week, the conference itself is disrupting my idea of what an educational technology conference is and can be. From what I have seen here this week, SXSWEdu seeks to engage both speaker and audience in every session.Read more →
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SXSWedu: Alan Gershenfeld- The Difference Between 'Big G' and 'Little G' Games
Today at #SXSWedu, we had a moment to talk to Alan Gershenfeld, CEO and President of E-Line Media, a publisher of game-based learning products and services.Read more →


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Just a little 501st Clone Outpost I made. It has a turret,
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Hope you like it!
This is my 30th creation, this is what I would look if i was a Jedi
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A new ship
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Hunting Star Fighter for the jedi
Do you love the republic? Do you hate droids? Do you like space battles and boarding ships and airborne jumps? If you do, this is the club for you! Join the CTPC!!! Look at my most recent CTPC creati …
This ship was developed by Wat Tabor ahortly after the battle of geonosis. Being cheap and fast, these ships still seemed to break down easly. For this simple fact, the separatists stopped making the …
This is my creation, this is a battle on earth and a clone his helping the goody's (the goody's are winning)
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Hello! This superior pictures grenade launcher S-34-Y-MK-3. I have nothing more to say! All the while!
Flies and goes also in water
Space motorbike, very fast, travels in space and on the ground
Fast spaceship, travels through black holes, lots of fun
This is my creation, this is squad Z (another one of my creation's) in the year 2010
Hey Guys it's Lampy, I Know What Your Thinking Why No Creation! Well This. Is A Vlog On My First Ever Project I'm Making (Not To Mention A Competition In Sydney). So I Got My First Supplies So As I P …
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Hey guys,I just wanted to show you my custom 212th clone gunner!!!!!!!!I really hope you like it!!!! And I need a name!!!!!and don't forget to like and coment!!!!
Picked up this sweet imperial drop ship for 30 bucks off the local buy/sell
Brand new in a sealed box
Came with 4 strom troopers and a pilot
I haven't put up a Star Wars creation in a while, so please like.
This is just a pic of my unfinished Venator cruiser. Enjoy!
ITS TIME FOR SOME SUMO WRESTLING YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nah im just kidding its time for a quiz!!!! ERST quiz!!!! Q#1: ow many droids would be built in at LEAST 2 minutes?
Q#2: what …
Chewbacca is meeting with some Ewoks to discuss a sneak attack.
Hey guys here are my decals for Highlander35 hope you like it and use it if you want to :-D
These are my droids. I don"t have that many?
Ok so my last tdccc reminder because my contest ends tommorrow and you just need to make a custom commando and tag it tdccc the prizes are worth it i hope to see a few more entries
As I flew my ship I spotted the enemy ship. I checked my oxygen tanks and went into space. I shot my grapling hook and went on. When I got on I freaked out! I saw our espresso machine tied down to th …
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H&M is having a stupendous year. In addition to the storming Marni collaboration of March this year, fashion editrix Anna Dello Russo's exclusive accessories collection will be launching in September and soon after that you'll see one of the high street giant's most fashion forward projects to date: a range created with the faceless, mysterious, Maison Martin Margiela.
But it's not just the high fashion hook-ups that are keeping the Swedish brand strong, from our in store analysis it's because the regular products are pretty bloomin' good too. There's already a good dose of autumn/winter newness, but thanks to the vast amount of stock H&M can fit into their stores, you'll still be able to pick up that summer dress should be doing some last minute holiday packing. It's no wonder the news came today that profits up jumped up by 11% in July.
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