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Written by Ollie Kew
This is the new Porsche Cayman GT4. Of course, it"s now got 718" in its name, because when Porsche facelifted its mid-engined two-seater and dropped in a controversial four-cylinder turbo engine, it added the 718" bit to pay homage to a classic four-pot Porsche of ye olden days. But fear not. The turbo engine has been banished from the GT4. This thing"s packing a 4.0-litre, 8,000rpm, 414bhp flat-six. That ought to make a jolly nice noise. Power is up 35bhp from the last GT4, which never really wanted for poke. We loved it. Won our 2016 Sports Car of the Year Award, in fact. But we"ll take the extra horses. Torque matches on old 3.8-litre version"s 310lb-ft. And it"s actually no quicker: the GT4 does 0-62mph in 4.4sec. Just like before. Top speed is up a smidge from 182mph to beyond 186mph. The engine is cleverer, though. Kinder to the environment. Not only does it produce more power while breathing out through a heftier exhaust filter (which adds about 12kg in weight), it can also shut down a bank of cylinders when you"re cruising. And the bigger engine now has a wider torque band. Porsche GT boss Andreas Preuninger is confident this erases one of the only problems with the old GT4 that the gearing was too long. The gearing is the same this time around, but the car might punch through each ratio a bit harder.
Date written: 17 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16055
This is the new Porsche Cayman GT4. Of course, it"s now got 718" in its name, because when Porsche facelifted its mid-engined two-seater and dropped in a controversial four-cylinder turbo engine, it added the 718" bit to pay homage to a classic four-pot Porsche of ye olden days. But fear not. The turbo engine has been banished from the GT4. This thing"s packing a 4.0-litre, 8,000rpm, 414bhp flat-six. That ought to make a jolly nice noise. Power is up 35bhp from the last GT4, which never really wanted for poke. We loved it. Won our 2016 Sports Car of the Year Award, in fact. But we"ll take the extra horses. Torque matches on old 3.8-litre version"s 310lb-ft. And it"s actually no quicker: the GT4 does 0-62mph in 4.4sec. Just like before. Top speed is up a smidge from 182mph to beyond 186mph. The engine is cleverer, though. Kinder to the environment. Not only does it produce more power while breathing out through a heftier exhaust filter (which adds about 12kg in weight), it can also shut down a bank of cylinders when you"re cruising. And the bigger engine now has a wider torque band. Porsche GT boss Andreas Preuninger is confident this erases one of the only problems with the old GT4 that the gearing was too long. The gearing is the same this time around, but the car might punch through each ratio a bit harder.
Date written: 17 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16055
