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Cayman Wins “Best Driver’s Car” and “Best Sports Car” Awards
September 17, 2009
The Cayman has won two awards from journalists recently: “Best Driver’s Car” and “Best Sports Car.”
A recent issue of Motor Trend pitted the Cayman S (with PDK) against the Nissan NISMO 370Z, Cadillac CTS-V, Audi R8, Chevrolet Camaro SS, Ford Shelby GT500, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Mazda MX-5 Miata, BMW 135i, and Jaguar XJR. The test team, including racing drivers Max Angelelli and Randy Probst, tested all the cars at Laguna Seca, looking for the best balance of useable performance, accessible handling, and driver-friendly design. The Cayman S ended up blowing them away, inspiring quotes such as “(p)robably more than any other car here, including the R8, this one feels like an extension of your neural synapses.” You can read the full article here.
The best-selling car magazine in Great Britain, Auto Express, also heaped praise on the Cayman, naming it the “Best Sports Car” of the year. The magazine said the Cayman is the ultimate blend of traction, balance, and agility, and also loved the practicality of the two trunks.
Full press release from Porsche after the jump.
[source: Porsche]
Porsche Cayman Acknowledged as “Best Driver’s Car” and “Best Sports Car”
Top Awards from American and British Car Journals
Stuttgart. The US car journal Motor Trend has chosen the Porsche Cayman S as the “Best Driver’s Car” of the year 2009. At virtually the same time, the Cayman was also picked by British car journal Auto Express as “Best Sports Car” in their New Car Awards 2009. In both cases Porsche’s mid-engined coupé convinced the test experts in particular through its driving dynamics, precision, feedback and response.
Featuring PDK Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe, the Porsche Double-
Clutch Gearbox, the Cayman S proved all its strengths in the tests conducted by Motor Trend both on regular roads and the race track, making its way to the top against nine other thoroughbred sports cars. The test team including the two professional racing drivers Massimiliano “Max” Angelelli and Randy Pobst took their decision on the title at the Laguna Seca Race Track in California, lauding in particular the surgical precision of the car’s steering, Porsche’s mid-engine sports coupé thus scoring yet a further title in a most demanding contest.
With its circulation of 1.1 million copies and 7.6 million readers, Motor Trend, an internationally renowned magazine, is acknowledged as one of the leading car journals in the USA.
Auto Express, the British car journal, was equally unequivocal in emphasising that the Cayman dominates the sports car scene with unrelenting efficiency. A guarantee for the coveted title “Best Sports Car” was also the ultimate blend of traction, balance, and agility. Apart from the characteristic sound of the boxer engines, the testers also lauded the practical qualities of the Cayman with its two luggage compartments and large tailgate.
Auto Express is the best-selling car journal in Great Britain.
The second generation of the Cayman has been in the market since February of this year. Its newly developed six-cylinder boxer engines guarantee best grades in both fuel economy and performance, 320 horsepower delivered by the 3.4-litre power unit interacting with PDK in the Cayman S ensuring acceleration from 0 -100 km/h with the Sports Chrono Package in just 4.9 seconds, together with fuel consumption of 9.4 ltr/100 km (equal to 30.0 mpg imp). Delivering maximum output of 265 hp, the 2.9-litre power unit in the Cayman, again teaming up with PDK, consumes just 9.1 ltr/100 km (equal to 31.0 mpg imp) for even greater fuel efficiency. And it almost goes without saying that both models fulfil the strict EU5 emission standard in Europe and the ULEV standard in the USA.
Contrary to other competitors in the “Best Driver’s Car” competition, the Cayman S also remains below the fuel consumption limit for Gas Guzzler Tax in the USA and is therefore exempted from the special tax imposed on cars with particularly high fuel consumption.
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