Just read it (or some of it) and it makes depressing reading. The people who write this stuff do not appear to inhabit the same world as the rest of us.
It seems to come down to two objections ... the car is too slow, and it costs too much. OK, lets do them one at a time.
Too slow? It doesn't seem so long ago that only bona-fide supercars could do 160 mph and 0-60 in 6 seconds (which is what the Cayman does). Now it seems every little tin box hatchback can do that, and ludicrous numbers of cars on sale can top 200 mph. Err ... WHY? The developed world has become obsessed with speed cameras and fines for speeding, yet these magazines prattle on as if they all existed in a vacuum. My Cayman strikes me as plenty fast enough thank you, at least for the real roads that I use every day. I would argure that it is not the Cayman that is too slow, but that too many other cars these days are pointlessly fast.
Too Expensive? Sure, Porsches are expensive cars, but like Swiss watches and bench grade shoes there are some things worth paying a bit more for. An own goal for Porsche though for supplying a base model car stacked to the eyeballs with expensive extras, no wonder they complained about the cost. And why this obsession that stripped base model Porsches are somehow unacceptable? ... which only defeats their own arguement. This is a sports car for heavens sake, not a limo, keep it simple!
In short their criteria seems to be little more than "bang for the buck" and on this level the Cayman will never shine. This simplistic approach completely overlooks that the Cayman is one of the most delightful cars to own and drive that money car buy, and I wouldn't swap mine for a lorry load of plastic Loti, or stickered up French tin boxes, no matter how fast they go.
OK ... rant over!
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