Porsche Cayman RSR Imagines The Racer That Could Have Been

Some look at a mid-engined European sports car and see perfection. Others see an opportunity.

Arian Shamil evidently falls in the latter category, and has cooked up this design, named the Cayman RSR – and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the name is a clear reference to the 911 RSR.

The design envisions taking the Cayman GT4 and turning it up to 11. Since it is supposed to be a racer, it has wider fenders, track-scraping ground effects, a huge rear wing, a giant diffuser where the rear bumper would be, and slimline wing mirrors. The interior is stripped out and fitted with a full roll cage, racing buckets and harnesses, and not much else.

The whole thing sits low to the tarmac on center-lock alloys wearing racing slicks and packing oversized carbon-ceramic brakes. There’s a quick-fill fuel cap, quick-release panel latches, tow hooks, and a striped green and blue racing livery that’d make everyone in Weissach proud of what they’d built… if only they’d actually build one.

They most likely won’t, though. Thar’s because while the Cayman has been is taking part in GT4 racing, everything north of that is 911 territory. And since Porsche has been careful to avoid the 718 Cayman and Boxster edging too close to the 911 on the road, we can’t imagine why it would do so for the track.

Then again, if we’ve learned anything about Porsche by now, what with all the crossovers and electric formula race cars, is to never say never.