Matt's been driving the new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS this week. While we wait for his verdict, here's a tbt to the old one...
isn't myopic, Deutschland uber alles bias. Or money in back pockets. It's because - simply - it's a bloody good car built by folk who really know what they're about.
Does the GT4 embody the true beliefs of Andreas Preuninger and his Porsche GT team then? Having achieved the required objectives to raise the GT3 to a new level is this the car they actually wanted to build all along? Enough philosophical musing though. What's it actually like? Immediately the optional fixed 918 Spyder seats force you into a racer-style upright position, pushing the wheel into your chest. A wheel that is - shocker! - round in shape, covered in nice Alcantara and completely bereft of any buttons for phone, nav, cruise control or any of the other crap found on most modern steering wheels.
Widely accepted as being a nicer shift than the 911's seven-speeder, the gearbox has a short action and a positive gate. So long as you don't manhandle third to second and end up pushing through the detent for the reverse plane. If this does happen you'll arrive at your corner with the clutch still down, fumbling around for a gear and quite likely puckering against the Alcantara. Not that we'd know anything about this because we are, naturally, infallible driving gods...
Same with the damping, which errs on the side of authority rather than flow but is absolutely unshakeable even on the brutal vertical undulations that characterise Portuguese roads. There's enough body movement and weight shift to read what the car is up to and there's a class to the chassis over and above a PASM equipped GTS. The passive Sport Chassis on the GTS is closer in feel but the GT4 has an ace up its sleeve in a more assertive still track setting.
And to be properly fast around a track you'll need to be happy carrying speed rather than relying on power to build it. This isn't a slow car. But the linearity of the 3.8's power delivery can feel flat if you're more accustomed to forced induction motors. And you really need to rinse it to get a sense of meaningful progress.
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