DAY 9: Porsche and the Ultimate Driving Machine

With 3 days of carsmas to go, you might have been wondering: dude, where’s the Porsche? Well, we’ve had something cooking in the lab, and we’d like to share the recipe:

The recipe:

• One (1) Porsche Cayman
• Brakes from the 991 GT3
• Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) from the 991 GT3
• Torque Vectoring
• Front Axle from the 991 GT3
• A Fixed Wing
• 3.8L Flat Six from the 991 Carrera S. Place between the axles for flavor.
• 6 speed Manual Gearbox

Stir until 380hp and 420 Nm of torque speed out of the pot. This is how Porsche makes mid-engine flagship cars.

It’ll do 0-60 in 4.2 seconds. It’ll weight 1,340 kilograms. It’ll top out at 295 kmph. It’ll be called the GT4.

Meet the new prince of the mid-engine car world. 

There was not a lot to complain about the 981 Cayman. It was an excellent car. Porsche took what was perfect and somehow managed to define the word perfect-er(??!).

While the GT4 was not meant to take on the bigger brother, the GT3, it is said to do the famed Nurburgring in 7 minutes and 40 seconds – exactly the same big bro clocks. For half the price. 

In a time when GT3s were ditching the third pedal for a paddle, the GT4 was offered only in a manual which sent tears rolling down the cheeks of Porsche enthusiasts and fans.

Then for half the price of the GT3, the GT4 is quite the bargain, isn’t it?

Which is why it is among the best sportscar of the decade. A well deserved title. 

The 718 GT4 and the Spyder has been released too. It appears Porsche intends on keeping a GT4 in the line up. And thankfully, in naturally aspirated flat-six configurations.

There is no denying that this bunch doesn’t know how to put a car together. Porsche will always make the ultimate driving tools.

We’re just looking forward to more. Come on 2020s!

12 Days of Carsmas

Check in daily as we post a new car for every day of carsmas.

You can see the entire list here: https://mikaniki.com/news/2019/12/the-12-days-of-carsmas/