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Porsche981

2012–2016 Germany passenger car 5 production years
Production2012–2016
Recorded originGermany
Classpassenger car
Background

The Porsche 981 is the internal designation given to the third-generation Boxster/Cayman models built by German automobile manufacturer Porsche. It was announced on 13 March 2012 at the Geneva Auto Show with sales starting early summer 2012.

Text adapted from “Porsche Boxster and Cayman (981)” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology2012–2016

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia infobox ↗5 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2013

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗1 year