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Cayman GT4: Where are we up 2 now? Déjà vu Edition
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You can buy an RS one including PDK for £45k so a nice little upgrade for your GT4ChrisW said:Or maybe not, according to Autocar it may (will !) have a de-tuned GT3 4.0 ??
ted walker
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Brian_Innes
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This is my tuppence-worth as an experienced owner of the current 781 CS PDK. It's already a surprisingly capable car for a "touring version" "S".
Brian
BJ Innes said:If Porsche do indeed launch a flat-4 turbo 718 CR PDK with tweaked torque and top-end power, it'll be a sure-fire winner.
I think it'll really polarise potential buyers just as the 718 models already have. I think it'll be quick but speed isn't everything, especially for road-only use. [
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AndrewCS
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Steve Brookes said:I would give some serious thought to a 718CR if they were to release one.
Me too ... have ridden with Brian around Anglesey, that was what convinced me to go to a PDK.
Brian_Innes
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Porsches, the coupes that is, are sports cars. End of. They excel in dynamic performance whether on the road or on the track. The aim is to achieve improvement with each new evolution over the previous model. I bought my 718 with an open mind. If the car had turned out to be a bad egg I would have moved it on long ago. I had no pre-conceived prejudices against the flat-4 turbo, just as I have none against the 911, Boxster, or Spyder versions. They are all good, and are enjoyable driver's cars.
The forthcoming GT4 replacement will be another step forward in dynamic performance, including speed, whether relevant to some owners or not. My own opinion, based on no more than a hunch, is that Porsche will hedge their bets and go for a n/a flat-six from the parts bin for the GT4 PDK, and a tweaked flat-4 turbo for the 718 CR with manual and PDK options.
Steve is correct in saying the 987 CR was a low volume seller. Look at where it is now, in terms of desirability among track day enthusiasts in particular.
AP and his gang of merry men at Weisach are six-cylinder aficionados, that is already on record. My bet is, AP will get a budget for a flat-6 n/a GT4 with manual and PDK options. Meanwhile the Hoi-Poloi at the mainstream factory will get the green light for a flat-4 turbo Cayman R, tuned on the lap-top, with the usual cynical options list to inflate the price north of £60k. It'll be a success. No doubt about that.
Brian
Like I said, they polarise opinion and neither camp is ever going to convince the other to change their mind.
I don't think we'll see an R and a GT4 though will we?
Brian_Innes
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After 10k miles and 12 months touring on some of the best roads in Scotland, England and Wales, my 718 CS PDK is an involving, capable, and supremely enjoyable driving machine. All passengers who have sat with me have expressed how smooth and effortless the 718 is on a road journey.
As for throttle response to the right foot, 420Nm of torque arrives at 1900 rpm which makes for a more accessible power delivery on winding, undulating, rural roads as found in Scotland, North Wales, and North Yorkshire. It's not all about speed, that's kept for my track day exploits. It's the smooth torquey power delivery of the 718 that has most impressed me and everyone who has experienced it first hand. As for the sound, you soon get used to it.
Brian
As you point out, the engine issue has polarised opinion for the time being, but given time I suspect that it will become less so as the n/a cars gain mileage and numbers decline due to natural attrition. Plus, you can be sure that Porsche are working hard to tackle the perceived negative aspects of the flat-4 turbo engine.
Jeff
effortless it may well be, but that’s why I have my R still, it's very involving.
When you count how many NA engine manual sports cars you can buy, it’s not many
not even Lotus make one now ,
things like my R, Spyder and GT4 are not made anymore, new cars really do suck money balls for me, cannot get excited with anything new.
nothing Porsche has made since 2010 match's the steering feel you get from the R or a 997.2 911. These are sweet spot cars for the driver in us.
Thats why why I never owned a 981 I hate the steering in them you cannot drive them on the limit PSM off in the wet, you just don’t get the feedback.
the R is looking expensive over a 2nd hand 981 or a 718, but it’s the better drivers car by a county mile.
The GT4 is too good lol so you tend to go a tad to fast in that.
you can stick PTV, eps, and e diffs up ones bottom. And now you can add turbo and PDK to that list of dullness
Best value car today if you like driving is a 997.2 base model manual 911 at £43k
the Cayman R looks expensive so you do need to want one, but will not be disappointed in the £48k outlay.
but boy why are we not all buying 997.2 base model 911,s lol it’s the pick atm imo.
Steve Brookes
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MrDemon said:things like my R, Spyder and GT4 are not made anymore, new cars really do suck money balls for me, cannot get excited with anything new.
nothing Porsche has made since 2010 match's the steering feel you get from the R or a 997.2 911. These are sweet spot cars for the driver in us.
I've heard the same sort of thing said by the die hard air cooled guys...they can't get excited by anything that has water running through it. [
As much as I enjoy my CR, I am open to what might come next. While a used GT4 is at the top of my agenda (as you know [
No one makes a NA manual sports car bar the MX5 and the GT86 !
Next GT4 might well be the last of a era.
The changes are too big for me to like anything. As a daily most new cars are nicer, but then as a daily my Golf does every thing I ever want a daily to do for £27k ! if I spent £150k on a Turbo S it would not excite me or be any nicer !
So that leaves trying to find a weekend car which is still exciting enough to put £80k into something which sits in the garage, it needs to be special and no new car is.
only car which has made me turn my head is the new Exige CUP 430 but it's 110k !
Steve Brookes
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Nope, not as far as I am aware. went in last week and it was a go still, just getting itchy feet., esp talk of a GT4 430BHP 4.0 car.Steve Brookes said:Did they knock you back on the new GT3 allocation then David?
£135k plus £2k RFL is a lot of money.
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