[BryantH]

Re: The Worst Review of any Porsche I've read

Porsche just seems absolutely determined to clip the Cayman's wings to make moving to a 911 the (obvious) choice.

Seriously, it had to be more expensive to create an all new engine than to allow the Cayman to share an engine with the 911s.

What we want is a Cayman like the GT4. What Porsche wants is to force us to buy 911s.

 

[BryantH]

Re: The Worst Review of any Porsche I've read

My takeaway is savior your 987/981. It's a great car, but as Porsche's financial strength improves, not one they are committed to keeping as great as it was. I still would argue the financial crisis of the 90s made them go all in on the Boxster, but as SUVs have come along to save the company they are doing to the 718 what they did with the 944, 924, 914, etc, which is to build a good car, but one that kept its distance from the 911. The GT4 sort of proved the superiority of the platform and it seems like they want to take those findings into the 960.

Personally I've got my eye on the 2016+ Miata. If I'm going to have a 4 cylinder, at least it will only have to push around 2300 lbs. Until then, life is rough driving one of the finest mid engined cars ever built, but I'll suffer through it somehow.