Sibling Rivalry

Why buy a Porsche 911 when you could spend less, and have a better handling car. The Porsche Cayman is in the middle of the Porsche lineup and ironically that’s where the engine is too. Which of course makes for better balance than the rear engined 911. The new Porsche Cayman, with a limited slip diff, is a better set up car than a base Carrera or many other 911’s. Now with even more power, the Cayman defends this claim even more. Of course Porsche, the king’s of making more special editions has released the Cayman R. This new Cayman, with more power and less weight, has taken the Cayman even closer to the 911. Power is up to 330 hp and weight is down to a little more than 1300 kilos. More power and less weight, that formula sounds familiar; check my write up about Porsche and Rennsport. There are some who will say, it’s still not a 911 and this car is not deserving of the “poor man’s” Porsche tag like the Boxster. Which is still a ridiculous claim, I wish I were “poor” enough to buy a Boxster. By no means is the Cayman R a “poor man’s” Porsche and by now means is it as good as a GT3, but at half the price, it’s not a bad alternative. See what it can do! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpsd9AyoXQ8&feature=related