Come next year, rather than getting the new upcoming 718 Cayman GT4 flagship, you could save a few dollars and opt for something a little less extreme, but still more track focused than your regular Cayman.

If that sounds good to you, then you should wait for the 718 Cayman T to arrive in showrooms sometime next year. It adopts the same recipe as the 911 Carrera T, meaning a lightweight approach to doing things, using thinner glass and lighter sports seats.

It could also feature fabric door handles and an infotainment system delete, just like the Carrera T, which doesn’t even have any multimedia buttons on the steering wheel, to go with that big gaping hole in the middle of the dashboard.

Altogether, the 718 Cayman T will reportedly undercut the Cayman S by about 44 lbs (20 kg), while also boasting a Cayman GT4-like sports exhaust system, a lower ride height and the Sport Chrono Package as standard.

We expect power to come from a turbocharged 2.5-liter four-pot producing around 365 PS (360 HP), making it superior to the Cayman S by roughly 10 horses, and leaving it 5 HP shy of the Cayman GTS. Whether or not a manual transmission will be available remains to be seen, but since this is meant to be a driver-focused, no nonsense type of sports car, we assume that it will, just like on the Carrera T.

Word has it Porsche will price the upcoming Cayman T somewhere between $68k and $80k, keeping it below the GTS. If true, then it could be considerably more expensive than a base 2018 Audi TT RS, which has more power and all-wheel drive. Then again, the Audi wouldn’t make for such a track-focused weapon as the Porsche, nor does it have the same street cred. But if the latter you’re after, maybe a stock Cayman will do just fine.

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