Porsche produces class-leading sports activities automobiles for customers with all types of budgets and for these on the decrease finish of the market (in Porsche phrases…), sells the Cayman T and Boxster T fashions.

Launched a few years in the past, the Cayman T is priced from $66,400, making it $9,500 costlier than a base mannequin however over $30,000 lower than a Cayman GT4. For that cash, customers get a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine rated at 296 hp and 280 lb-ft (380 Nm) of torque.

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The instance examined by Matt Farah on this evaluation was coupled to the obtainable six-speed handbook transmission. Farah says that in isolation, it is a good engine however is way more impressed by the two.5-liter that comes with the Cayman S and Boxster S fashions. He additionally says that beneath 5,000 rpm, it sounds similar to the boxer-four of a Subaru.

Like every Cayman, the T provides glorious dealing with and may be very simple to drive at its limits. The adaptive suspension additionally provides very good ranges of experience high quality and Farah says that it feels very mild, hardly a shock because the Cayman T is Porsche’s lightest mannequin, tipping the scales at 2,921 lbs (1,325 kg).

In the end, Farah doesn’t assume the Cayman T has sufficient horsepower. The instance examined on this evaluation had a sticker worth of $77,000, placing it up there with a nicely-specced C8 Corvette, a mid-engined sports activities automobile with 200 hp extra.