Thursday 21st February 2013

Chris Harris video: new Cayman

Still not sure about the new Cayman? Let Harris try and convince you

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You've had the first drive written words already, so there's little point in me adding anything more at this point, other than to introduce the video.

The 'baby' Porsche has gone and grown up

I've trawled through the spec sheet of the 3.4 S model and discovered one irrelevant fact will only be of interest to sad people like me: fitted with a manual 'box the Cayman loses out on all the standing start sprints, but it actually records a higher top speed 177mph, as opposed to the slothful 176 claimed for the PDK car.

The most pressing Cayman question for now seems to be whether to go non-S, or S. I didn't have time to drive the smaller car, but with a specific output of 101.6hp per litre it must be a right screamer. One of those in white with some pretty wheels might just be the perfect Cayman.

Check out the press pack for the full geekery. And enjoy the vid.

[Arrive Alive]

I was convinced that I needed one within the first 35 seconds. Good work Chris.

[77bd82]

I had the genII 2.9 version for 18 months, fantastic car but I always felt it looked a little 'cheap' This looks amazing.

Great review btw

[Some Gump]

ooh. ooh. no likey.

I love the look of the new Boxster, but this looks like a Cayman cross bred with PAnamera, and coming up with the factory equivalent of a carera GT lookalike based on an MR2.

Please tell me it's nicer from other angles than these pictures? I love the new boxster, and like the old cayman a lot - I was hoping the Cayman grows up to fill the void left by older 911's as the sports car rather than GT...

[SWoll]

I don't think the yellow in the vid does it justice TBH.




Any better?

I think it looks fantastic personally.

[kambites]

Looks wise, I just can't get on with that lip thing running across the back and into the rear lights. It looks absolutely ridiculous! Why couldn't they have swept the boot line up into a proper flat tail rather than having that daft thing?

Still, sounds like it's a decent car if you like that sort of thing. I'm sure it'll sell well.

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 20th February 23:44

[Some Gump]

Front:



Rear:

[vsonix]

Hmm, agree with what someone said earlier about darker colours suiting it better. And yeah, that line across the tail lights takes a bit of getting used to. It's like they stuck the spoiler on with cheap glue and it slipped off in the rain. Still, it's not bad enough to put me off wanting one!

[hbalaranjan]

Alfa 4C. similar price and a lot prettier.
Saying that - The last time Chris Harris made a video with a Cayman S, it made me buy one the same weekend! I look forward to driving this new Cayman S

[SWoll]

Some Gump said:

Front:



Rear:

You fear the rear end?

Anyway, it was the soil, not the chives, that were the problem.

[SWoll]

Some Gump said:

I was hoping the Cayman grows up to fill the void left by older 911's as the sports car rather than GT...

I'd say the review shows it does exactly that, whether you approve of the looks or not.

[MarshPhantom]

Minger.

[Munich]

Another press Porsche with PDK. If Porsche was not owned by VW, would they be pushing the PDK message so much or is it Porsche are simply bowing to market tastes?

PDK gearboxes are getting better, that I except, but Porsche is a driver focused car manufacture. For them to continuiously position their cars with PDKs is interesting.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Now if only they made a convertible version of that I'd certainly buy it!

[anonymous-user]

Chris, you've no doubt seen the GT3 pics and expose on Rennlist.

The guy who posted spoke of a completely new PDK. Is this the same as in the Cayman or entirely different from the rest of the range?

Another very enjoyable video, I'm looking forward to the arrival of the R....

[DanielSan]

The Cayman is still the only Porsche I think looks good, GT3 RS aside, and the one does look even better.

[Amirhussain]

MarshPhantom said:

Minger.

+1. That rear end

[chrisw666]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Now if only they made a convertible version of that I'd certainly buy it!

A bit of photoshopping and voila!

[ironictwist]

I've never been a massive fan of the Cayman...But even that almost has me sold

[Davey S2]

Very nice but with a decent spec it's a £60K car.

Used GT3.2's are now low £70K's.

[Herman Toothrot]

Hopefully they will sell bucket loads so I can have one down the line.