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OUR PICK OF THE RANGE 718 Cayman GT4
Porsche 718 Cayman
The Cayman is the coupe version of the Boxster, but it didn’t arrive until the Boxster’s second generation (which ran from 2005-2012). Like its roadster relation, the Mk3 Cayman was downsized to a raft of four-cylinder turbo engines (precisely the same ones as in the 718 Boxster, actually) and, again like its sibling, it gained a 4.0-litre, six-cylinder fl agship with an enlarged version of the engine from the Porsche 911 (minus its turbos and with the internals changed) in 2019, which is called the Cayman GT4. This is the one you want: it must be one of the greatest, most intense sports cars of all time, with the coupe body really suiting the chassis know-how that has gone into it. The four-cylinder 718 Caymans, mind, are hardly bad cars – go for an S or GTS if you feel the GT4 is a little bit too robustly priced.
OUR PICK OF THE RANGE 718 Boxster T PDK
OUR PICK OF THE RANGE Macan S
RChoiceecommended Editor’s Porsche 718 Boxster
Hard to believe, maybe, but the Porsche Boxster has been around for 23 years and counting. It is now into its fourth generation, which launched in 2016 to much controversy as Porsche downsized the old Boxster/Cayman’s fl at-six petrol engine to a turbocharged ‘boxer’ four. Nevertheless, despite some enthusiasts complaining, every 718 Boxster is a very quick car. The base-spec and T models use a 2.0-litre 300hp unit, while the S and GTS twins employ a larger 2.5-litre, with 350- and 365hp respectively. However, in 2019, Porsche announced another six-cylinder Boxster, called simply the 718 Spyder. This uses a 4.0-litre normally aspirated engine and is the most powerful, prestigious and pricey Boxster of all. It’s magnifi cent, but you’ll get masses of fun from the (relatively) more aff ordable Boxster T with the PDK gearbox. As mid-engined sports cars go, it’s very near fl awless.
Porsche Macan
Porsche took an age to fi nally shrink the Cayenne proposition into a smaller SUV to cash in on the boom for such vehicles, but fi nally – in 2014 – the Macan arrived. It’s based on the Volkswagen Group MLB chassis, which is used (among other things) by the Audi Q5, but Porsche’s chassis engineering genius means the Macan has always felt like what it should be: a sports car on stilts. Diesel power was quietly dropped in 2018 and the Macan was also facelifted, the easiest giveaway being the full-width light strip on its boot lid. The engine range was rationalised to a trio of petrol turbos: a 245hp four-cylinder 2.0-litre in the plain Macan; a 354hp 3.0 V6 in the Macan S; and then a 440hp 2.9-litre V6 in the Macan Turbo. It’s the middle ground that off ers the best package here – loads of performance and a (semi-) reasonable price tag.
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