The engine is always vocal and always shouting. A sport button will stiffen things up further but I don’t recommend it unless you’re at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. The ride is as stiff as it gets, although the GT4 did a better job of absorbing downtown Toronto’s atrocious roads than I expected it to. But once you’re in, they are really comfortable, and supportive as you’d expect. The bucket seats have fixed back rests and the hard shell carbon fibre plastic construction is unforgiving. The best part, though? The analog tachometer with the redline painted in at 9. My tester was fitted with an optional front-axle lifter system, crucial for clearing speed bumps and driveways.
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Full carbon bucket seats are standard but 18-way adjustable seats are available at no extra cost. The GT4 RS gets a massive swan-neck rear spoiler that works with all the other aero modifications like the rear diffuser, fender vents, front splitter, and side blades to generate up to 25 per cent more downforce than the GT4. Porsche’s 7-speed dual clutch is the only transmission choice, with a straightforward shift lever taken straight out of the GT3. Total weight savings? About 35 kg over the GT4. Even the Porsche badges aren’t really badges, they’re stickers. Weight saving measures include a carbon-fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) hood, lightweight carpeting, reduced sound insulation, a lightweight rear window, lighter door panels with fabric pull loops and nets on the storage compartments. The Cayman GT4 RS’s goes on a diet to shed pounds. Nevertheless, 493 hp is 99 more than you get in the GT4 and that’s nothing to scoff at. There’s slightly less power in the GT4 RS because Porsche had to rotate the motor 180 degrees to make it fit within Cayman’s engine bay and re-routing the exhaust meant losing a few horses. This dry-sump masterpiece spins all the way up to 9000 rpm and makes wonderful racecar noises the entire time. The GT4 RS gets the full fat 4-litre race-bred engine directly from the 911 GT3. A mid-engine configuration is the best layout for a sports car and is inherently better balanced than the rear-engine 911.
It seats two and can also be had in convertible form, aka the 718 Boxster. The 718 Cayman is Porsche’s compact mid-engine sports car. Here’s what I learned about the car and my experience with it on the road. So, strictly for science, I borrowed a Racing Yellow 718 Cayman GT4 RS from Porsche to find out how good it was at being a daily driver. But now that they have, the results are everything we could have hoped for.īy now, we already know that the GT4 RS is an absolute weapon on the track, no surprise there.
Despite years of incessant clamouring from customers and fans alike, no one expected Porsche to do this. That means it gets the engine from the epic 911 GT3, which makes for a very potent combination.
Typically RS models have been reserved for the 911 but for the first time, Porsche has applied the formula to the 718 Cayman. These are forged from the crucible of motorsport and even a run for groceries in one will have you reaching for your Nomex suit. You can go for something that’s more street-focused, or go all out with a track-honed machine that will provide all the racecar thrills you’ve ever dreamed of. From the Macan to the 911, Porsche offers plenty of ways to drive quickly.
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