Which supercar is most like a Cayman?

[xandermahony]

I love the way the (n/a) Caymans drive and rev. What’s the next step up from them? RR 911s are a much different prospect I find. I haven’t driven a mid engined Ferrari since the 360, which felt a bit soft compared to the Exige I’d just stepped out of. The Exige (and later a an Evora felt much more aggressive in terms of chassis setup. Reading reviews it sounds like a McLaren would be the logical progression from a Cayman in terms of driving experience but I haven’t even been a passenger in a McLaren to compare. Any thoughts/experiences that anyone can share? Cheers, Xander.

Edited by xandermahony on Wednesday 19th February 20:47

[TDT]

McLaren bought and benchmarked Cayman when they were first developing 12c, although the development target was to beat Ferrari 458, so all their Super and Sport series cars have some trace back to Cayman from a chassis dynamics.
Cayman has pretty much been a core reference for most MR layout cars.

I start my Porsche journey with a 997 GTS, I then went to a 981 Cayman GTS.
I found the Cayman very hard to replace, and test drive loads of cars including AMG GT and 570S/570GT
570S/GT is basically a super-Cayman. But in the end the only thing that could properly replace my 981 CGTS was another Cayman....this time a GT4.

Edited by TDT on Wednesday 19th February 20:46

[anonymous-user]

xandermahony said:

I love the way the (n/a) Caymans drive and rev. What’s the next step up from them? RR 911s

Edited by xandermahony on Wednesday 19th February 20:47

Top lurking !! One post in 52 months must be some kind of record?

[SkinnyPete]

xandermahony said:

I love the way the (n/a) Caymans drive and rev. What’s the next step up from them? RR 911s are a much different prospect I find. I haven’t driven a mid engined Ferrari since the 360, which felt a bit soft compared to the Exige I’d just stepped out of. The Exige (and later a an Evora felt much more aggressive in terms of chassis setup. Reading reviews it sounds like a McLaren would be the logical progression from a Cayman in terms of driving experience but I haven’t even been a passenger in a McLaren to compare. Any thoughts/experiences that anyone can share? Cheers, Xander.

Edited by xandermahony on Wednesday 19th February 20:47

Interesting question and difficult to answer

I haven't driven a midengine Ferrari in few years so I can't compare, but I didn't recently hire an R8 V10 auto for a day and compared to the Cayman it was awful.

Heavy, clunky, and lacking feel...it reminded (as if I needed reminding) how good Porsches are.

[supersport]

My wife said my F430 drove just like her Boxster

[gpgts]

Loved it as much as my Ferrari 360 Spyder for different reasons. GTS is brilliant sports car. One reviewer called it a modern day Dino and I would agree.

[Snowy999]

Ferrari Dino 246gt

Moment i sat in my GT4 it brought back the same memories.

Only thing missing is an alcantara upper dash....

[Andyoz]

TDT said:

McLaren bought and benchmarked Cayman when they were first developing 12c, although the development target was to beat Ferrari 458, so all their Super and Sport series cars have some trace back to Cayman from a chassis dynamics.
Cayman has pretty much been a core reference for most MR layout cars.

Interesting, never knew that. And you can get a nice one for £12k