erod550 wrote:At first I was like who would want a Cayman over a 911, then I looked over the site and watched a couple of those videos and that thing looks like a lot of fun.
The Cayman is a MUCH better, much more evolved chassis/setup than the lame *** 911. Don't get me wrong, the 911 is a fantastic car and a legend, but Porsche has spent the past 5+ decades trying to make the rear-engine design work. There's a reason no other auto manufacture in the world utilizes a design even remotely close.
The entire weight of the engine is hanging out BEHIND the rear axle. It's like having a front-engined car with the engine before the front axle, which any mouth breather can see is less than ideal for weight distribution.
This is another reason why all clean-sheet designed Porsche race cars have a mid-engine. Only the 911-spec cars keep the rear-engine layout. And another reason why Porsche's all-out street-breed race car- the Carrera GT- has a mid-engined V10 and not a rear-engine flat-6.
I know this sounds like a bunch of 911 hating, and don't get me wrong, I LOVE the current 977 Twin turbo or GT2 and would do just about anything to own one, but the design is inferior. That's why Porsche won't give the Boxster or the Cayman any serious power.