2007 porsche cayman review this car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale. It's a boxster coupe, only better. introductionthe porsche cayman is basically a boxster coupe. But porsche doesn't like that description because the cayman's character makes it an individual machine. Its fresh styling is striking, for one thing; and the rigidity of its chassis takes the handling from great to brilliant. Enthusiast publications have gone so far as to call it a masterpiece, out of the box. Cayman was introduced as an all-new model for 2006. the 3. 4-liter boxer six engine is mounted behind the seats, giving the car ideal balance and bringing a sweet but not loud 7000-rpm howl into the cabin. The standard cayman, which costs about $10,000 less, uses a 2. 7-liter version of the same engine, making 50 less horsepower with a five-speed gearbox. The ride is naturally firm, but comfortable all day long. the cabin has the quality of a luxury car, while keeping the focus on function. The cayman comes standard with a digital radio with in-dash cd and eight-speaker system, and the cayman s has a bose surround sound system. Thanks to a large amount of storage space for a sports car, two people could travel across the country and be very happy: never tired, never inconvenienced, and excited by the performance. And the cayman will deliver 25 miles per gallon along the way. big trucks might be intimidating on the highway because the cayman is low to the ground, but it's still a very safe vehicle, with a chassis engineered to withstand a crash, those superb anti-lock brakes, sophisticated electronic stability, and three airbags per occupant: frontal, thorax and head. lineupthe porsche cayman 49,400) uses a 2. 7-liter engine, a liquid-cooled boxer six making 245 horsepower at 6500 rpm and 201 pound-feet of torque between 4600 and 6000 rpm. A five-speed gearbox is standard. The five-speed automatic tiptronic s transmission 3,210) is optional. The front brake rotors are 11. 73 inches in diameter and 0. 94 inches thick, while the rears measure 11. 78 by 0. 79 inches. Seventeen-inch alloy wheels are standard, with 205/55 front and 235/50 rear tires. the cayman s 58,900) uses the same engine bored out to 3. 4 liters; it's less stressed, with a slightly lower compression ratio and fewer horsepower per liter. It makes 295 horsepower, peaking at 6250 rpm. Torque is pumped up to 251 pound-feet, peaking at 4400 rpm and staying there to 6000. A six-speed manual transmission is standard, with the five-speed tiptronic s 3,210) optional. Brakes are bigger, with rotors that are 12. 52 x 1. 10 inches in front, and 11. 78 x . 94 rear; the 18-inch alloy wheels take 235/40 zr18 front tires, and 265/40 zr18 at the rear. The cayman s also gets a nine-speaker bose surround sound system. standard equipment includes power windows, cruise control, air conditioning, carbon-filter ventilation system, power leather seats, heated sideview mirrors, digital radio with in-dash cd and eight-speaker system. options include a choice of leather trim that can be ordered for virtually every interior piece of the car, including the dash, sun visors and steering column. Other options include bi-xenon headlamps 1090), 19-inch wheels and tires 1550), and lightweight ceramic brake discs 2000) meant to improve hard braking on the track. That's $2000 per wheel. The 911 carrera is so familiar, after all these years, that people scarcely look twice any more. The boxster was fresh, when it was introduced 10 years ago. And although the cayman looks like a boxster from the windshield forward (it uses the same body panels), its haunches are sleek and striking. it brings grace to the boxster's shape by adding a sleek roof. The last remnants of the upside-down bathtub are blown away by the styling (if not by 295 horsepower). The slope of the roofline is shallow and long, like a beginner ski run. From the rear, there's something almost '50s fastback about the roof (without feeling retro), as well as the fenders that are suggestive of the porsche 550 of that era. the cayman looks sleekest from the rear three-quarter point of view. Very cool twin exhaust tips poke out together from under the center rear of the car, another touch that dates to the '50s. the huge air intakes for the engine, located under the quarter-windows and just forward of the rear wheels, identify the car as being serious. Big red brake calipers shout for attention through the spaces between the sprawling five spokes of the alloy wheels. A horizontal aerodynamic tray runs under each door and flows gently up behind the air scoops, taking the shape of a hockey stick lying on its edge. Sounds goofy, but looks good. forward of the windshield, the cayman loses some of its originality, although the chin, too, improves on the boxster. The three horizontal openings below the headlamps are more aggressive on the cayman, with round foglamps mounted on slats in the outer two holes. From every angle, the cayman is more stylish than the boxster. interiorthe cabin of the porsche cayman declares high performance. If the upside-down bathtub profile is long gone, the porsche instrument panel retains its classic look. Exterior styling and aerodynamics are one thing, but instrument panels are more about visual efficiency, and the general idea that worked in 1957 still works in 2007. Not just the instruments, because technology has changed them, but the overall feel, including the seating position relative to the steering wheel. This shelf serves as the engine cover, and supports storage bins at each end. The glovebox is relatively big, and contains two outward-swinging cupholders that can hold huge drinks. The console has two more storage compartments, an open one forward and a covered space containing a coin holder and 12-volt power outlet at the rear. When we fired it up for a sunday drive on a cold winter morning, after it had been sitting in the garage for a few days, it blew out some blue smoke before settling down into a light noisy idle. Its 251 peak pound-feet of torque arrives at 4400 rpm and stays there to 6000. One hundred mph is 4000 rpm, where it's perfectly smooth. Top speed is 171 mph as measured on the track, and it'll do zero to 60 in 5. 1 seconds with the six-speed gearbox. the vario-ratio steering is effortless. The cayman is much easier to turn (and drive at high speed) than, say, the bmw z4 m coupe. Car and driver magazine recently did a head-to-head comparison test between the two cars, and the cayman s got the nod, for its racier chassis. Other enthusiast publications agree that it's more stable and sure-footed than either the boxster s or carrera 911. We didn't have those porsche. Anti-lock Brakes✔ Tachometer✔ Heated Seats✔ Power Windows✔ Cruise Control✔ Navigation System✔ Leather Seats✔ Air Conditioning✔ Alloy Wheels

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