Boxster/Cayman (981) [Hot!] Porsche Cayman GTS

[hoffmeister_fan]

I've come to the conclusion I would be happy as pig wallowing in his own crapulence if I had this car.

 

[mini_cooper4]

I often find myself dreaming of the perfect car for a "reasonable" price.
It's already here! Brilliant!
Do we know if there's a more "hard-core" version on the horizon?

 

[donkeykong]

^The GT4!

 

[mini_cooper4]

^The GT4!

Sounds like a dream but do you have any source?

 

[donkeykong]

Sounds like a dream but do you have any source?

http://www.germancarforum.com/community/threads/porsche-cayman-gt3-gt4-in-the-works.48696/page-3

 

[Soup]

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[Sunny]

Sutcliff loves it, thinks if he can have only one sports car for the rest of time, this is it. He even prefers the manual which is surprising because he is a big PDK fan.

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[Rainer271]

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[DeDe]

^Some idiot put P Zero Nero tyres on the GTS instead of the normal P Zeros, therefore it became much more oversteered. That's why it's only a tenth of a second quicker around the track than the Cayman S.

 

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[Iamnotme]

Autocar's First Drive Review in the UK:

Should I buy one?
Almost unreservedly yes. The Cayman’s expertly resolved performance and handling have always been a brilliant advert for commitment to a two-seater concept; a shining reason to ask yourself how often you’ll really use the back seats of a BMW M car, an AMG Mercedes coupé – even a 911.

The GTS’ effectively ends the debate. Unless you’re going to spend at least double the money, the Cayman GTS is the greatest sporting machine you’ll find for balanced mix of road- and track-based entertainment. If you’re bothered that it’s too slow, too small, too weedy-looking or ‘only’ a Cayman, you’re missing the point entirely. This car really is that good to drive.

At least, ours was. Ours also had a pretty spectacular optional specification – because it wouldn't be like Porsche to make everything standard. Its built price started with a seven. My guess would be that you don’t need to spend that much to get the definitive GTS – but you probably do need torque vectoring (£890), passive sports suspension (which is free), and carbon-ceramic brakes (£4977).

You may also want a PDK paddle-shifted gearbox (£2250). Or you could spend £40k on a boggo Cayman 2.7, and get 75 per cent of the full GTS experience for two thirds of the outlay. That’d be the intelligent thing to do.

Then again, intelligent compromises don’t always hit the spot. And greatness tends to be worth paying for.

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[AnDrIx1986]

Autocar's First Drive Review in the UK:



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It's not about how often you use the back seats of an BMW M, it's the possiblity of shopping at IKEA and take some of your friends the 5 miles from the bar back home... How often are u really on the racetrack to feel the difference?

 

[empower77]

That's why i got myself a new X5; so I can have something like the GTS...

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

stopped by my local porsche dealer today...

sat in a gts and turned on the ignition...i think i am in love. but it seems it'd be damn pricey affair.

 

[Sunny]

It's not about how often you use the back seats of an BMW M, it's the possiblity of shopping at IKEA and take some of your friends the 5 miles from the bar back home... How often are u really on the racetrack to feel the difference?

Valid point about back seats. I know people rush to rubbish the back seats in a 2+2 too often, but in a crunch it can be a life saver. But OTOH, you don't have to go to a race track either to realize the difference between a real sports car from Porsche and a M. That is the same sort of argument I have seen thrown at M many times here in the past by Audi and Mercedes fans to excuse the dynamic shortcomings of their favorite cars compared to a M.

In the end both excel at what they are meant to be.

stopped by my local porsche dealer today...

sat in a gts and turned on the ignition...i think i am in love. but it seems it'd be damn pricey affair.

Did the same last Friday , sort of... was a Boxster GTS and did not start it up. But test drove a Boxster S. Mighty impressed. FWIW the steering felt so much better than a 991.

 

[klier]

That is the same sort of argument I have seen thrown at M many times here in the past by Audi and Mercedes fans to excuse the dynamic shortcomings of their favorite cars compared to a M.

So true.

That's why i got myself a new X5; so I can have something like the GTS...

Fantastic combination indeed.

 

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[tristatez28lt1]

2015 Porsche Cayman GTS Manual
The essence of the brand.

Lacking serious competition, Porsche has owned the $50,000–$90,000 import sports car segment for a while with the Boxster and Cayman. The Jaguar F-type is a noisy glamour queen that lacks the Porsches’ lightness of touch, and the Alfa Romeo 4C is too raw. Acura missed an opportunity to offer us something like the 4C from a company that takes quality seriously, but alas, it massively overshot the mark with the megadollar NSX. So the Boxster and Cayman retain their monopoly over semiaffordable excellence.

The GTS appellation has become Porsche code for “options at a discount,” and indeed the Cayman GTS is no exception. You get more than a dozen Cayman S options—including Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), the Sport Chrono package, sport exhaust, and some interior dressings—for thousands less than what those items would cost on the regular-old S, plus 20-inch wheels and Pirelli P Zero summer tires that might be good for 15,000 miles. Oh, and 15 extra horsepower for an even 340, via the magic horsepower screw seemingly fitted to all Porsche engines.

The GTS doesn’t feel any faster, and indeed, it isn’t. With a six-speed manual that suffers an overly stiff clutch pedal, it pierces the 60-mph mark in 4.3 seconds and the quarter-mile in 12.7 seconds at 112 mph. That’s a tiny smidge slower than the regular S, no doubt because of the GTS’s 20-inch wheels and what they contribute to the car’s additional 74 pounds of curb weight. We’re happy to call it even, just so you understand that 15 horsepower doesn’t buy the moon.

Nor did the Pirellis prove any stickier than the Goodyear Eagle F1s on the S. Not that generating 1.02 g of grip on the skidpad is a problem, but it’s a teeny bit less than the 1.03 we got with the Goodyears. Hey, call that one even, too, what with variations in surface temperatures or test drivers. We do prefer the feel provided by the Pirellis, however, especially on the track.

So, what have we got? Well, a car that—with optional baubles such as the $3680 GTS interior package, $3990 Bose entertainment system, and $1425 black-painted wheels—goes from a $76,195 base price to $95,265 with add-ons, just into 911 Carrera territory. As Porsche’s mid-engine sprite, however, the Cayman offers tangible benefits over the 911, including a more garageable size and less bounding over pitching pavement.

As with all Porsches from Panamera to Cayenne, you sit next to a ramped center console with lots of buttons (or lots of blanks, if you’re light on the options). The GTS interior package buys embroidered logos, contrasting stitching, carbon trim, and silver accents, sprucing up the Cayman’s otherwise gloomy black cabin, but at a steep price. The leather/microsuede buckets fit perfectly, like a well-worn pair of Johnston & Murphys, and the only real objection is that heavy clutch pedal. Why a car with 340 horsepower demands tectonic force to move its pressure plate is a mystery when the clutch in the 526-hp Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 has a far more comfortable heft. The answer is that some Stuttgart somebody thinks sports cars should have heavy clutches, which is dumb.

It’s been a while since the Cayman took over as the prime Porsche for enthusiast drivers, the basic 911 evolving into a rather gigantic GT that is longer than the current Chevrolet Corvette. The GTS only reinforces the position with a samurai’s lightness on its feet, seeming to accelerate and turn as if it were 1000 pounds lighter than it is. It’s much closer to what we think an old 1970s 911 with paper-thin doors and pencil-thick pillars should feel like, although the GTS is far less squirmy on its modern, mongo rubber. It could almost be accused of being too capable, the cornering speeds reaching silly heights before the chassis even feels challenged. Sure, buy a McLaren to be a rock star, but get a Cayman if you just need to be someplace quickly and with a smile on your face. Direct, focused, and not flashy, this is the car James Bond would drive home after he parked that circus-prop Aston Martin at work at the end of the day.

The practically unobtainable GT4 version notwithstanding, the GTS is a slightly higher-proof distillation of the Cayman, which itself is now the purest distillation of what it means to be a Porsche. If you think you want to own a Porsche, you really owe it to yourself to drive this machine first, then decide how far from the essence of the brand you’re willing to stray with another model. Our guess is you won’t want to stray far.

Highs and Lows
Highs:
Sublime, effectively an optioned-up Cayman S with rebates, the double trunks, last hurrah for the naturally aspirated six.

Lows:
Still expensive, heavy clutch, not exactly Lexus ride quality.

Specifications
VEHICLE TYPE:mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door hatchback

PRICE AS TESTED:$95,265 (base price: $76,195)

ENGINE TYPEOHC 24-valve flat-6, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection

DISPLACEMENT:210 cu in, 3436 cc
Power: 340 hp @ 7400 rpm
Torque: 280 lb-ft @ 4750 rpm

TRANSMISSION:6-speed manual

DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 97.4 in
Length: 173.4 in
Width: 70.9 in Height:50.6 in
Cargo volume: 15 cu ft
Curb weight: 3099 lb

C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 4.3 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 10.3 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 18.0 sec
Zero to 150 mph: 27.2 sec
Rolling start, 5-60 mph: 5.3 sec
Top gear, 30-50 mph: 7.0 sec
Top gear, 50-70 mph: 6.5 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 12.7 sec @ 112 mph
Top speed (mfr's est): 177 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 150 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 1.02 g

FUEL ECONOMY (C/DEST):
EPA city/highway driving: 19/26 mpg
C/D observed: 18 mpg

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2015-porsche-cayman-gts-manual-test-review