In their quest to find Britain’s best driver’s car of the year 2016 the guys from Autocar hit the track recently with a bunch of really cool sports cars. One of them was the ugly but lovely Porsche 718 Cayman S, a car that at first sight appears to be a knife at a gunfight but has a lot of guts to make up for its lack of oomph.
So here’s a brief, concise, and to the point track test of the Porsche 718 Cayman S along with some commentary on how it did against all the other pretenders to the title, which by the way include some huge playas such as Porsche 911 R, Aston Martin GT8, Honda NSX, McLaren 675 LT and BMW M2.
Porsche 718 Cayman S Highlights:
- 2.5 liter turbocharged four-cylinder flat engine
- Power output 257 kW (350 hp) & 420 Nm of torque
- Turbocharger with variable turbine geometry (VTG)
- Optional Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV)
- Optional Sport Chrono Package
- Optional PASM with 10mm lowered ride height
- “Normal”, “Sport”, “Sport Plus” and “Individual” driving mods
- 918 steering wheel
- Standard Porsche Communication Management (PCM)
- Zero to 100 km/h in 4.2 seconds (PDK & Sport Chrono)
- Top speed 285 km/h
