The Cayman R (and S) is not being held back by not having a turbo option but rather by not having equally powerful N/A engines as are available in the 911.

The more powerful engines drops right in and wouldn't really cost any more to manufacture. A Cayman with the same engine as the GTS would be amazing. 2800lbs and 408 hp!

But then it would out perform the 911 their flagship and Porsche won't let that happen.

They went as far as changing the gear ratio in 1st gear in the Cayman S so that it would be .1 second slower to 60 than a base 911. They also didn't even give an option for LSD until recently.

 

Fair enough. I meant - more powerful engine (just using the 'Turbo' as an example). But I agree with your entire premise.

What pisses me off is that they have all the power to put those things together... But choose not to. I realize they have a business to run, but I have a cars I want.

Car #1 mid-engine, AWD, DCT, 500HP+ (perhaps next iteration of R8)
Car #2 Cayman S or R with 400HP+ stock (either 6sp or DCT).

Neither one of those exist, yet.

 

I completely agree. I was having a conversation with someone on another forum about the possibility of a STi version of the Subaru BRZ. I figure that they could bring the car in with a turbo and about 300hp with upgrades similar to the WRX STi, brakes, suspension, wheels for somewhere in the $35K range. Seems simple enough since they've already got the parts in the parts bin?

But will it happen? Probably not.


With the driving dynamics and balance that the Cayman has if Porsche would build it to reach its potential would really be an amazing car.