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Littleern

126 posts

137 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Interesting news from EVO regarding the possibility of a GT4 RS in the future. The article also seems to confirm that there will be a 2 year run of the GT4 rather than 1

http://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/cayman/15435/porsche-...

Cazooch

163 posts

110 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Test reviews from Richard Meaden / Evo and Chris Harris next week as they are with the car Sunday / Monday. Looking forward to these...

Amathus

70 posts

119 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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http://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/cayman/15435/porsche-...

Speaking in Geneva, Preuninger said, ‘This is just the beginning of the era. I would be interested in doing a Cayman GT4 RS version, but at the moment we didn’t even talk about such a thing. If the customers call for something like this we could think about it.

‘We underestimated the success of the Cayman GT4, which shows that we were right with the concept. In England, within three days two years of cars were sold. It happened in Sweden, it happened in Germany…everywhere.’

Preuninger also explained his decision to only offer a manual gearbox on the Cayman GT4, saying ‘We put a manual in it for good reason – to show people that we listened.’ Clearly, then, Porsche Motorsport is responsive to its customers’ demands. If enough people call for a Cayman GT4 RS, it might just happen…

Amathus

70 posts

119 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Littleern said:
Interesting news from EVO regarding the possibility of a GT4 RS in the future. The article also seems to confirm that there will be a 2 year run of the GT4 rather than 1

http://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/cayman/15435/porsche-...
Didn't spot that you posted this before I did. Good read

J-P

4,350 posts

205 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Amathus said:
Littleern said:
Interesting news from EVO regarding the possibility of a GT4 RS in the future. The article also seems to confirm that there will be a 2 year run of the GT4 rather than 1

http://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/cayman/15435/porsche-...
Didn't spot that you posted this before I did. Good read
I'd have a GT4 RS. It would be an awesome motor. Have to save for it though, I'm sure it'll be mega bucks!

cc3

2,787 posts

115 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Looking forward to road tests. I keep logging on hoping to read about the first person who has topped up their deposit to £10k and got a build date!

lemmingjames

7,435 posts

203 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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J-P said:
I'd have a GT4 RS. It would be an awesome motor. Have to save for it though, I'm sure it'll be mega bucks!
Best put your LOI in know and have you got callouses on your knees yet?

J-P

4,350 posts

205 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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lemmingjames said:
J-P said:
I'd have a GT4 RS. It would be an awesome motor. Have to save for it though, I'm sure it'll be mega bucks!
Best put your LOI in know and have you got callouses on your knees yet?
Already done on the LOI front. Luckily I have an OPC where you don't need to be sucking off the DP to get an allocation, so I'm callous-free wink

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Will the new steering wheel and buckets become options on the GTS at some point?

boxsey

3,574 posts

209 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Amathus said:
‘We underestimated the success of the Cayman GT4, which shows that we were right with the concept. In England, within three days two years of cars were sold. It happened in Sweden, it happened in Germany…everywhere.’
Does that mean they're still available in Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland? idea

getmecoat

Amathus

70 posts

119 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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boxsey said:
Amathus said:
‘We underestimated the success of the Cayman GT4, which shows that we were right with the concept. In England, within three days two years of cars were sold. It happened in Sweden, it happened in Germany…everywhere.’
Does that mean they're still available in Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland? idea

getmecoat
There is a Porsche dealer in Wales? Whatever next..

swimd

350 posts

120 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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2 year production run... GT4 RS to follow... you almost feel a bit sorry for the punters that were hoping to run the car for "free". Glad I am not one of them! biggrin
Then again with the RHD market acting the way it is, some of you might just pull it off.

AdamV12V

4,987 posts

176 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Chris Harris on Cars - Geneva Motor show 2015

Some of the highlights of what must be the best Geneva show ever. 488 GTB, 675LT, GT3RS, Aston GT3, Vulcan, Aventador, Regera, Cayman GT4 etc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7ns3XEkpsc

Porsche section is 3:25 to 5:00 but the whole thing is worth watching! thumbup

Amathus

70 posts

119 months

Thursday 5th March 2015
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Gandahar

9,600 posts

127 months

Thursday 5th March 2015
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So in summary all the people who said they decided to build so few GT4's to keep the brand image up were talking baloney and those that said that Porsche fecked up were completely right.

Porsche is here to make money for the shareholders, not the speculators, but they seem to have done just that with this miscalculation. And pissed off a lot of people who just wanted to buy the car for proper reasons.

I don't think the Cayman GT series will be able to carry a high price weighting over time like the 911 does. However the road tests are yet to come.


swimd

350 posts

120 months

Thursday 5th March 2015
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Amathus said:
What I expected! smile
The "transmission whine" sounds strange. MPSC2 are rated 71dB just like the MPSS, so I doubt that makes a difference.
"Conversation at speed is a pain."? Sounds like they are exaggerating.

nsm3

2,831 posts

195 months

Thursday 5th March 2015
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As suspected, the suspension may well grate the nerves on our UK, potholed B roads? OK if you are prepared for it though?

Mermaid

21,492 posts

170 months

Thursday 5th March 2015
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" A stick is an imperfect way of changing gears, but with the friendly and gruff little GT4’s quick and accurate shifter, it’s the exchange of a few accelerative tenths of a second for a lifetime of delight"

that will create even more demand. :}

Stiff = typically means multiple owners. 6RS cousin.

Gandahar

9,600 posts

127 months

Thursday 5th March 2015
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I think he was one of those lifestyle drivers they invite along, his readers probably travel by Etihad first class and think something overly large on his wife's finger will mean he has treated her ok. So I think he's not a good writer to base judgements on to be honest. However the ride has been termed stiff by Porsche also, and they live in Germany, so that is one thing to keep an eye out for on proper reviews

I still think it will be like pouring Jersey milk on your Frosties rather than semi skimmed though.


Edited by Gandahar on Thursday 5th March 19:31

turbofreeFLAT6

318 posts

109 months

Thursday 5th March 2015
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AdamV12V said:
Chris Harris on Cars - Geneva Motor show 2015

Some of the highlights of what must be the best Geneva show ever. 488 GTB, 675LT, GT3RS, Aston GT3, Vulcan, Aventador, Regera, Cayman GT4 etc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7ns3XEkpsc

Porsche section is 3:25 to 5:00 but the whole thing is worth watching! thumbup
Especially the end for his synopsis of Lambos and their owners...
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