RE: Spotted: Porsche Cayman S Viper Green

[Mermaid]

Bold choice, awesome spec - I'd be more than happy with it but it is only a Cayman S from a residuals viewpoint - reminds me a bit of the M3 CS, both awesome road cars.

[marcosgt]

Maybe the photos don't capture the colour properly, but if they do, I'd pay 2 grand to delete it!

It's the vilest green I've ever seen (and I LIKE green cars)!

M

[donna180]

Better on 18s unless going for a time on a track....

[WCZ]

no floor mats and xenons as standard, pathetic imo.

[Furyblade_Lee]

I doubt anyone financially fortunate enough / stupid enough ( choose which ) to knowingly spec a new Cayman with certain depreciation of £20k+ in a few years would be bothered about paying an extra £70 for some interior mats!!
You are right though, in a £50k car they should be standard. Companies like Ford and KIA you could understand throwing them in for free to sweeten a deal on a small hatchback . Unless Porsche do some optional carbon-backed lightweight RS floor mats for £150, in which case....

[Davey S2]

DanDC5 said:

I'd say quite a few of those options are unnecessary on that car, £5340 for ceramic brakes for example. Are they really worth it on that!?

Agreed.

I took mine on two very 'spirited' trips around Europe driving all of the major driving roads and passes including most of the Mille Miglia course and only ever had one issue with the brakes becoming a little spongy (but still having good performance).

I dont think ceramics are necessary on the road and while I only tracked my car once (other than VMAX at Bruntingthorpe) I suspect serious track drivers would rather steel anyway.

[britsportscars]

I'd love to have a go in a Cayman. The reviews all make it sound like a brilliant all round drive.

Not sure about the colour on that one, but everything else looks good.

[DannyScene]

Dan Trent said:

For anyone who's interested here's the full options package. Read it and weep!

Dan


Base price including VAT £45,503.00

Options;
Viper Green (colour to sample paint) £2,365.00
Sports bucket seats with full leather interior £4,029.00
Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) £1,030.00
Sport Chrono Package Plus ` £531.00
Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes (PCCB) £5,349.00
Sport Shifter £380.00
Sports Exhaust system £1.434.00
Limited slip rear differential £753.00
19” Carrera Sport alloy wheels £1,521.00
Wheels painted in Basalt Black £991.00
AeroKit – Cayman £2,994.00
Cayman side strips £305.00
Bi-Xenon headlights with Dynamic Cornering £1,038.00
Hard-drive based satellite navigation system integrated
within Porsche Communication Management 3.0 system £1,945.00
Carbon interior package £578.00
Sound Package Plus £388.00
Universal audio interface (iPod compatible) £222.00
Telephone module for PCM £527.00
Floor mats £71.00

Total price including VAT £71,954.00

Are they having a laugh?
Almost a grand for black paint on the wheels
£305 for some stickers on the side
£71 for floor mats
At £45k base price the least you'd expect is fking floor mats.

[TheRoadWarrior]

Love the colour. No review of what its like to drive then?

PH said:

press cars probably get more attention lavished on them than any other so it’ll be in tip-top condition.

...and if you believe that you'll believe anything.

[DannyScene]

TheRoadWarrior said:

...and if you believe that you'll believe anything.

I thought that. Aren't press cars the ones that the likes of topgear get lent when a new car is released?

[Dapster]

Furyblade_Lee said:

Unless Porsche do some optional carbon-backed lightweight RS floor mats for £150, in which case....

If you fancy a laugh, download Audi's A8 price list.

Audi exclusive floor mats – with leather piping, front and rear (cannot be combined with option YSR/S3G – Audi floor mats) £2,145.00

[david_b]

I suspect this is the car that was on the Porsche stand at the Goodwood Moving Motorshow last year - certainly there was one the same colour specced up to £72k. IIRC they had 3 or 4 cars on their stand, they all had £20k+ worth of options on them...

[marcosgt]

britsportscars said:

I'd love to have a go in a Cayman. The reviews all make it sound like a brilliant all round drive.

Not sure about the colour on that one, but everything else looks good.

When (if) I get around to changing my RX8, I'm going to try a Cayman (as I love the look and concept of the car), but when I drove it at Thruxton it was an eminently forgetable experience, sadly.

M

[juansolo]

Garlick said:

I dearly love this car, but I would be very happy with a small wheeled Cayman 'base' as my daily steer.

Feels so pure in that spec it almost hurts.

I can vouch for that. There's just something very right about the base Cayman as a package. Often overlooked and a bit of a bargain IMO (certainly if you bag a low mileage 2nd hand one). I honestly keep struggling to think of anything out there that does what it does and I'd swap it for, it just doesn't exist. I just wish it rode like an Evora, then it'd be pretty much my perfect car.

Edited by juansolo on Tuesday 13th December 13:48

[lucebayjack]

I literally have just seen an identical one of these when driving through Martigny. I can confirm the viper green paint looks sexual.

[Bubbles996]

This car was used in the Autocar video comparison with the Cayman R when it was launched.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mFoSpbhAOw
It was also for sale at Porsche Leeds for about £48k last month.

Edited by Bubbles996 on Tuesday 13th December 16:20

[998420]

TheRoadWarrior said:

...and if you believe that you'll believe anything.

They really do you know.

A friend of mine works for a Manufacturer and he is the man who prepares Press cars for them. he spends a lot of time going through every single aspect of a car, rebuilding things, regreasing, refitting, perfecting, before they get let out to journos. journos are a spoilt bunch, if there is the slightest fault in the Press car they can bh about it and ruin a car's launch, so they take no chances and prepare teh F*** out of the cars.

AFAIK, they are not the only ones.

[tomoleeds]

£52,000 is a lot of money for a march 2010 cayman,whats been booted about by lots of press drivers.
Would have to be a 911 for me at that money.

[Davey S2]

Dapster said:

Furyblade_Lee said:

Unless Porsche do some optional carbon-backed lightweight RS floor mats for £150, in which case....

If you fancy a laugh, download Audi's A8 price list.

Audi exclusive floor mats – with leather piping, front and rear (cannot be combined with option YSR/S3G – Audi floor mats) £2,145.00

For that price I'd want them hand weaved out of Steffi Graff's pubes.

[r7ehw]

Pricing is bonkers!