Reporter for Daily Star says Cayman is Por-fection
Yes pOr-fection.
The Cayman Islands we all know, who live here or visit here, are pErfection.
However, the reporter was actually talking about a car made by Porsche that bears the “CAYMAN” name.
Here is the story and our name is carried prOudly.
Cayman claims the crown as 2013’s impressive motor
By Mark Forsyth From Daily Star UK
WITHOUT doubt, the best new car I drove all year was this – the new, third-gen Porsche Cayman.
Before this moment, my car of choice was a Lotus Elise – I like a car that reacts like a reflex action.
But the Lotus is just so yesterday.
The roads we drove the Cayman on were pretty special, too – a manic blast across Scotland from Inverness to the stunningly beautiful Applecross on the west coast. Perfect.
Call me a Luddite but I’ve never seen the point of the 911 with its engine hanging out the back behind the rear wheels. It’s an illogical place to put something as heavy as an engine, isn’t it? Admittedly, by persevering with such perverse architecture, Porsche has licked the current 911s into monumentally effective cars. But the Cayman makes this obsession look a bit silly.
Y’see the Cayman, like the Boxster, places its engine ahead of the rear axle and just behind the seat backs…in the middle…where engines in fast cars should be.
It’s the right engine, too. A watercooled flat-six of such creamy smoothness you’ve probably experienced rougher qualities while draining your pint of Guinness.
The same alloy block is available in two capacities – 2.7 or 3.4-litre.
The bigger version runs a longer stroke crankshaft and wider electroplated bore. Despite the 3.4’s bigger, pub-bragging power figures, I much preferred the smaller version.
Why? Because you can thrash it to the furthest outposts of its rev range when conditions allow. Do this in the 3.4 S-version and you’re risking what might just look like an air accident if you get it wrong.
Or a custodial sentence if you’re caught by the Old Bill.
If I was caught speeding in a Cayman I’d just offer the keys to the arresting officer. Just five or six miles behind the wheel and they would understand. Completely. They’d have to readjust their preconceptions of speeding.
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