2015 Porsche Cayman s Review

2015 Porsche Cayman

No longer the utmost effective Cayman, the S is still a be noticeable sports vehicle

Professionals Class-leading driving characteristics, top-notch cabin quality, surprising quantity of cargo space

Disadvantages Lowered Sports Chassis tends to make vehicle more in danger of speed bumps and bad pavement

Value for money Excellent

Just what would I alter? Add a diesel motor, AWD and a third line of seats — never! — The Cayman S is an unusual brand new vehicle that I can’t find fault with

How I would spec it? Maintain the high cost low in addition to operating fun high, try using the PDK transmission and torque vectoring system

Just as the method your mother and father sagely recommended you in highschool, popularity is not the only measure of competence. The exact same can be said for Porsche’s existing lineup.

The most popular Porsche in Canada this past year had been the midsize Cayenne sports utility automobile, followed closely by the Macan lightweight SUV. The least? The two-seat Cayman, a perennial wallflower that is arguably Porsche’s final continuing to be sports vehicle.

• The 2015 Porsche Cayman S has a near perfect front to rear fat stability, which significantly improves control.

Through the Sad But real file, alongside its equally unpopular Boxster roadster sibling, the Cayman has long been overshadowed by Porsche’s much better attempting to sell SUVs and evergreen 911 2+2. But that doesn’t suggest the mid-engine rear-wheel-drive sports car doesn't warrant your attention if you value to-drive.

In mid-1990s, with sour rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz set to debut their particular particular Z3 and SLK entry level activities vehicles, financially troubled Porsche needed a quick reaction. To speed up the process and reduce development costs, Porsche employed leading 50 % of its 911, swapped out its rear seating with a mid-mounted motor, additionally the entry-level Boxster two-seat roadster was created in 1996.

Once the second-generation Boxster was at development, Porsche decided a hardtop/hatchback Boxster will be advisable, which is exactly how we got the initial Cayman in 2006. Simply this past year, a redesigned second-generation Boxster/Cayman appeared. Yet despite its place at the end of Porsche sales charts, the Cayman lineup is larger than previously.

• The 2015 Porsche Cayman S has a computerized speed-activated spoiler.

  , Driving

Base model Caymans, with a 2.7-litre six-cylinder gas engine which makes 275 horsepower, begin for as little as $60, 985 (all costs include cargo and pre-delivery assessment charges). Added to the lineup previously 12 months are the $86, 885 Cayman GTS (340 hp) and the topline $97, 585 Cayman GT4 (385 hp). Sitting in the middle is my tester, the $74, 185 Cayman S, with the same 3.4L six-cylinder as the GTS, but delivering 325 hp additionally the same 280 pound-feet of torque.

With Porsche publishing zero to 100 kilometres an hour or so times which range from 5.6 moments for the Cayman 2.7 and 4.4 for GT4, there’s nary a Cayman you can phone “slow.” Purists will need the six-speed handbook, but the automated is in fact the faster choice. The Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (German for double-clutch autobox) or PDK, has-been available in the Cayman since 2009. For 2015, it is a rewarding $3, 660 alternative over the six-speed stick, especially if your ultimate goal is outright speed.