Porsche Cayman - a car for a sports-minded egoist and Lovelace

The middle tank "Panther" with a rear-engine configuration, in the design of which was actively involved Ferdinand Porsche, the founder of Porsche, was the main tank of the Wehrmacht since 1942. Not without participation Porsche designed and famous "Tiger". Tank "Leopard" was developed with the participation of Porsche and is still in service with the army of Germany and other NATO countries. So the names of fast and beautiful predators to the beginning of the 21st century have already been dismantled, apparently therefore the new model of the car Porsche named Cayman in honor of the crocodile. Porsche Cayman appeared in 2005, when on the wave of success of sales of Porsche Boxter model with a roadster body it was decided to add a coupe and release it as a separate model.

The individual Porsche Cayman model then had three modifications:

• Just a Porsche Cayman with an engine power of 265 hp. Or 180 kW at a speed of 7200 per minute, with a torque of 300 Nm at a speed of 4400-6000 per minute, with a top speed of 265 km / h and acceleration to 100 km / h in 5.8 seconds;
• Porsche Cayman S with engine power of 320 hp Or 217 kW at a speed of 7200 per minute, with a torque of 370 Nm at a speed of 4750 per minute, with a maximum speed of 277 km / h and acceleration to 100 km / h in 5.2 seconds;
• Porsche Cayman R with engine power of 330 hp Or 243 kW at a speed of 7200 per minute, with a torque of 370 Nm at a speed of 4750 per minute, with a top speed of 282 km / h and acceleration to 100 km / h in 5.0 seconds.

The letter R in the last modification implies Racing and means even greater readiness for street and other races.

The front suspension of this car is built on shock absorbers with a special arrangement of transverse and longitudinal levers, as well as additional springs, minimizing the angle of lateral roll. The rear suspension reacts in turns with two lateral levers and pull rods, longitudinal levers and shock absorbers. All this allows the car to remain stable on bends, which are passed at high speed.

Porsche Cayman - a car that can be equipped with a large number of additional options, of course, for additional money. For example, the Sport Chrono package, which affects many different functions, which dramatically increases the "aggressiveness" of the car's behavior in response to the throttle movement by a single button press. The system Porsche Stability Management, abbreviated PSM, providing the exchange rate stability, forgives the inexperienced and "brawny" driver slip and side slip in the bends. Porsche Active Suspension Management, PASM in short, can be placed on the order, adjusting the clearance and rigidity of shock absorbers depending on the usual or sporty driving style.

As for the domestic operation of the Porsche Cayman, the feedback from owners from Russia and the CIS countries is not numerous. This car "slipped" almost unnoticed by the Russian public between individual purchases of Porsche Boxter and numerous - Porsche Cayenne. But those who managed to go behind the wheel of the Porsche Cayman, claim that this car keeps the road always! "Even in the steepest turn the car enters like on rails!" - that's what its owners say about it and share the fact that they feel like a simulator at the wheel of this car. Yes, the Porsche Cayman is not a machine for "pot-bellied" officials (they do not fit in there), the machine is not for "swinging" with a criminal past (it is difficult to get out with guns and nowhere to hide the "Kalash" in the cabin). In general, the traditional Russian buyers of expensive cars Porsche pleased another model.

Porsche Cayman - a car that, in the words of one of the Russian owners, can become "an excellent cabinet for the egoist and ladies' ... or" Lovelace "!