Sitting on the very prime of the Porsche Cayman vary is the brand new GT4 RS, essentially the most hardcore model of the mid-engined sports activities automobile ever made. This one has been a very long time coming – a stripped-out, no-nonsense Cayman powered by the 911 GT3‘s 4.0 litre flat-six engine.
The naturally-aspirated mill is a mechanical surprise, consistently tempting your proper foot to take it to the 9,000 rpm redline. In comparison with the GT4, the RS makes 80 PS and 30 Nm extra, for a grand complete of 500 PS and 450 Nm. The numbers are barely down from the 911 GT3, however that’s solely due to the longer midship exhaust routing.
A seven-speed PDK is your solely weapon of alternative (no guide possibility right here), and the gear ratios are by far the shortest in any Rennsport mannequin. Energy is nearly obtainable at any second’s discover, and along with uprated suspension and barely wider tracks, the RS is a whopping 23.6 seconds faster than the GT4 across the 20.6-km lengthy Nürburgring-Nordschleife. The time was 7 minutes 04.511 seconds.
In brief, the Cayman GT4 RS is Porsche GT in peak kind. It’s Porsche’s approach of telling the world that it’s bowing out of the inner combustion area within the grandest of all trend. Despite the fact that it took the Cayman almost three full life cycles to get so far, we reckon that it’s utterly well worth the wait.
GALLERY: Porsche Cayman GT4 RS in Gentian Blue Metallic
GALLERY: Porsche Cayman GT4 RS in GT Silver Metallic
GALLERY: Porsche Cayman GT4 RS in Arctic Gray
GALLERY: Porsche Cayman GT4 RS in Racing Yellow
GALLERY: Porsche Cayman GT4 RS in Guards Crimson
