YouTube is a great source of car videos, but sometimes the desire to create a cinematic video can get in the way of what the people really want. That’s why Porsche has released a new video of the Cayman GT4 RS that’s about as simple as they come, and all the better for it.
The video has no plot. It employs no cinematic tropes, has no over-the-top special effects, nor even does it have a score. There’s nothing to get in the way of the simple pleasure of watching an exciting car drive around exciting roads.
In this case, as it is revealed at the end of the video, the roads in question are those around Mount Rushmore, in South Dakota. A popular holiday destination for sightseers, this video may make readers of this site put the National Memorial at the top of the list for next holiday destination simply because of the winding roads that lead to it.
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Naturally, the driver of this Porsche is going a little faster than any of us could. That’s not just because they’re driving the automaker’s latest, highly-focused track toy, but also because the roads were closed for the shooting of this video.
As to the car, the GT4 RS is the most extreme Cayman ever released. The car managed to lap the Nurburgring in an unbelievable 7:04.511, which makes it 23.6 seconds faster than the non-RS GT4 model.
That performance is possible thanks to a naturally-aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six that makes 493 hp (368 kW / 500 PS) and 331 lb-ft (449 Nm) of torque, and can rev all the way up to 9,000 rpm. That power is routed to the wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, and the car gets a variety of weight saving parts to boot.
As a result, the Cayman GT4 RS can reach 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 3.2 seconds, and to continue on to a top speed of 196 mph (315 km/h). It also gets a fixed wing at the back, an under body diffuser, and an adjustable front diffuser that generate 25 percent more downforce than the GT4.
It all makes for a car that has been called one of the all-time great Porsches, which is really saying something. Looking at it in South Dakota, tearing up the streets, it’s not hard to see why.