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 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, 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 US$ 68k and US$ 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.
Cr : Carscoops
