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Only Just Beaten By The Nissan

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A truly great performance car needs a near perfect blend of handling, driver involvement, power and desirability. That's what the Cayman S delivers, and why it's retained its crown here for the past two years.

However, for 2008 it has been beaten by the smallest of margins. Nevertheless, all who got behind the wheel fell in love with its ability to engage and involve. The driving position is faultless: every point of contact has an engaging, tactile and mechanical feel. Few other cars can even come close to the purity of the experience. With the flat-six engine mounted centrally the Porsche is beautifully balanced, while faultless body control, wonderful steering and superb traction make it one of the finest-handling models money can buy. On the track, it can be placed in a corner with pin-point accuracy. It can flatter the novice while satisfying the needs and stretching the abilities of even the most experienced track driver.

This incredible composure carries over to the road, too, where the slick gearshift, awesome brakes and surprisingly relaxing comfort are simply sublime. Our Cayman S was packed with costly optional extras but these only serve to enhance a car that is already a true great. Don't let its uncomfortable position in the Porsche range just below the legendary 911 put you off. It's an engineering masterpiece.
 
Is it just me, or am I the only person who fails to see the attraction in this Nissan (and others like it). It is a big ugly musclebound brute of a thing, whos only ability is to charge at the horizon and blast round corners using huge gobs of power and technology to keep it all together. Could someone really explain to me exactly what the attraction of this is in speed limit obsessed, GATSO infested, speed bump littered Britain? And please don't say "track days" ... who needs leather seats and sat navs for this, just buy a Radical or an ex race car, and do it properly. I'll admit that even my humble 2.7 Cayman outstrips what I can use most of the time in this namby pamby island of ours, but at least it's pretty, and has the tactile senses to make it a great car even at modest speeds. Simple is best. [:mad:]
 
I am sure that the Nissan is a wonderful car and I know that the Cayman is a delightful vehicle but this endless parade of best car articles tells you nothing other than the dubious tastes of a tribe of trade journalists.
 
ORIGINAL: John H Is it just me, or am I the only person who fails to see the attraction in this Nissan (and others like it). It is a big ugly musclebound brute of a thing, whos only ability is to charge at the horizon and blast round corners using huge gobs of power and technology to keep it all together. Could someone really explain to me exactly what the attraction of this is in speed limit obsessed, GATSO infested, speed bump littered Britain? And please don't say "track days" ... who needs leather seats and sat navs for this, just buy a Radical or an ex race car, and do it properly. I'll admit that even my humble 2.7 Cayman outstrips what I can use most of the time in this namby pamby island of ours, but at least it's pretty, and has the tactile senses to make it a great car even at modest speeds. Simple is best. [:mad:]
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I agree. The only attraction seems to be that it is 911 turbo performance for less than a 911 - but that is missing the point.
 
ORIGINAL: sawood12 The only attraction seems to be that it is 911 turbo performance for less than a 911 - but that is missing the point.
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Or not much more than a Cayman "S" with a few toys fitted [:'(]
 
I agree with you guys. I have seen one a couple of times locally and yes it is huge and yes in grey it is ugly. Its still said to be a great drivers car but a carrera 3.2 or E30 M3 will surely give a more tactile experience on public roads without the driving license loosing "bending the laws of physics" that the journos bang on about. Agree again about the track day car but surely the same criticism can be made of the carrera GT, GT2, GT3 and pretty much every new Porsche if you compare to the likes of Radicals? The points made above by us all are what ultimately depresses me about modern automotive engineering with regards to products called "sporty". The exact same criticisms apply right across the industry. Its all about big wheels, tacky fake racing body kits, and willy waving laps of the Nurburgring.
 
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