D.Telegraph 718 Cayman S Review

[S666SBD]

Interesting review of the 718 Cayman S in Saturday's Daily Telegraph .
The Reviewer Andrew English finishes with the comment ..." The abiding impression is that something has been lost ; some of the purity , single-mindedness,some of the heart ".

However ...of more importance he adds ..... A measure of Porsche's commitment to it's new engine is that it has promised that all the more focused GT models WILL KEEP THE NATURALLY- ASPIRATED SIX-CYLINDER UNIT .

So I take that to mean that the future 718 Cayman / Boxter GTS & GT4 Models will keep the Flat 6.

Could this be true ? Can anyone confirm this rumour ?

I will try to contact this Reviewer to see where he obtained this gem of information !

[Magic919]

Not the GTS, just the proper GT models. It's not news and has been said for a while.

[MagicRat]

Do we think that this includes the next Boxster Spyder?

[Porsche911R]

Some thing was lost when the 981 range came out, the engine is only the last little bit, the 981 already lost the other 70%
Big wheels, long gears , EPS, PTV , over servo brakes etc etc

[Bennachie]

At the risk of getting involved in a 'selective quoting' competition, the review is generally positive from a well respected, objective motoring journalist.
THE most telling part of the piece, however, is the final paragraph, the summation of the article.

'The 718 Cayman S is deeply impressive - but unfortunately its predecessor was more impressive still'

[JayK12]

My local dealer did say he would be surprised if the next GT4 was N/A.

[JayK12]

anonymous said:

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He did say he would be the last to know...........But from what I have read the GT will have the NA motor.

[EricE]

MagicRat said:

Do we think that this includes the next Boxster Spyder?

I would think so. The N/A engine will require some adaptations, even though we know that Weissach was involved in the design of the base 718 (982) to make sure that a N/A engine would indeed fit.
Those adaptations will be very similar between a new GT4 and Spyder, so it is in Porsche's best interest to spread the costs across two models. Economies of scale.

Rumours are that the 991.2 GT3 is getting a newly developed 4.0L engine.
By the time the 718 GT4 is coming out they won't offer any cars with the old basic 3.8L 9A1 engine anymore. In fact I think they already stopped producing them now?

So they'll use what's on the shelf, again to use synergies between models and bring down prices via numbers, and the only N/A option left will be a version of the 991.2 GT3 engine.
Ladies and gentlemen, place your LOIs now!

[Andrew911]

JayK12 said:

My local dealer did say he would be surprised if the next GT4 was N/A.

Andreas Preuniger - Head of Porsche'S GT dept has been quoted as saying that the next generation of GT4 will be N/A