All the online reviews for the Porsche Cayman, and especially the Cayman S, tend to leave viewers/readers with an undeniable lust to immediately go out and sell one of their testicles and get a deposit for one of these going as soon as possible – even with electric steering, it’s still that good.
The worldwide motoring press really thinks very highly of it, as does the latest video test drive at the hand of XCAR.
However, while it’s all well and good, and nobody in their right mind would seriously turn down a Cayman S under any circumstances, I think the Boxster is still the better bet, preferably also in S trim. It loses .1 seconds to the hardtop and can’t quite match its top speed, but is slightly more affordable, looks exactly the same just with no roof, and it also offers the thrill of open-air motoring.
Naming its cars differently based on 10 horsepower difference and the lack or presence of a solid roof may have sounded good when the responsible committee met up to discuss it, but it’s not really that clever… I mean usually the coupe is the cheapest, not the drop-top, but here Porsche come with an almost insignificant power hike really minimal changes and come charging more for it and saying it’s something different…
I don’t agree with the conclusion drawn by this review necessarily, and think that given the current pricing scheme it’s still the Boxster (S) that does an all-round better job of being the most worthwhile purchase.
By Andrei Nedelea
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