New Cayman looks amazing at every angle. Makes the current generation a little wimpy.

 

From the front bumpers 3/4 back, it looks more 911 than the current 911, and this is a good thing.

 

Looks awesome! I wish I fit!

 

I didn't realize the tail lights are fake too ... the more I look at these pictures the more it's growing on me.

Definitely seem like the porsche strategy is this:

(1.) No low end cars (i.e., old boxster), the used market will provide for that
(2.) Five choices: mid-engine coupe/roadster, GT coupe/roadster, sedan, SUV, exotique
(3.) Brand "Design language" same in and out through all choices

Guesses:

(4.) No more protecting the 911 since it's a GT versus the 2-seaters - in coming years you will see the mid-engines beating the GTs

(5.) Keeping with #4, expand the 2-seater line with GTR/GT2/3, etc

I hope I'm guessing right because if this is the strategy, it's awesome.

 

To your point Gruss, I do not know for how much longer Porsche can continue to keep the 911 in the portfolio and hold true to the rear engine only heritage. Porsche engineers have thrown every trick in the book at the car: Length the chassis, camber out the tires, tune tune and tune the suspension for stability and reduce front end pogo, etc. but at some point I feel it will have to evolve into a mid-engine car in order to survive.

Porsche quietly acknowledges that the Cayman/Boxster are the best handlers in the normal portfolio such is the reason they refuse to give it 911 level output. Cayenne provides the best specific profit margin per unit.

And let no one operate under the illusion that the 911 is a sacred cow. In the late-80's it was slated to end its production run in the early 90's and be fully replaced by the 928 > 944 series of vehicles.

 

It looks like the back window might have some cover to it. Looks like there is tape making it look smaller.

I will be at the LAX auto show on the 29th. Any special pics I should try to capture

I am sure the press will have a lot shots by then, plus I bet Porsche releases the photos of it this week sometime.

 

Ahhhh No!
No it doesn't ... New doesn't su ck.. But sometimes newer isn't better..

 

1) The Cayman should have new wheel options, different from the Boxster, if you could get some nice close up shot of the wheels it would really help those of us who will be ordering the Cayman site unseen.

2) Also, if the rear hatch is open, or if it's possible to open it, it would be great to see what they've done to the rear luggage area.

3) And one last thing, if you could get some straight on shots of the back, front and side without any 3/4 angles, so we can really see the proportions properly.

Huge thanks in advance!

 

I'm also not a big fan of all the big block lettering on the new models... Too busy.. To much stuff goin on..
Trust me I've spent the last 3months wandering around my local Porsche lot while my tpc cayman turbo r lives its new found life 6 feet above the ground on a regular basis.. It's like my cars possessed..
But then again wtf do I know...

 

Yikes! The 911 replaced by the 944?!? That would have been awful.

 

I see two very distinct brand languages.

The 991, Panamera, Cayenne are softer and rounder.

The new 981 Boxster and 981 Cayman and the upcoming 918 are sharper, squarer and more angular.

I definitely don't think there is a homogenous design language anymore.

 

What about the interior?

 

Interior very, very, very similar.

 

Will do.

I am curious as well to see the back from those angles as well!

 

Thanks! I'm very jealous you're getting to see it in person 5 months before I will.