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Twenty years ago, if a car could hit 62mph from rest in 5.4sec, it could count itself among the rarest, most exotic of supercars. Now there are five-door Japanese hatchbacks costing half as much as the Cayman S that could stay with it over this measure, if not keep going to match its 171mph top speed.
But, as with all things Porsche, it is quality not quantity that matters most and in almost all respects, the Cayman S lives up to expectation. The driveline – the way the engine, clutch and gearbox cooperate to channel the power from flywheel to tarmac – is fabulously smooth, so most drivers could drive it with limousine-like smoothness. The 295bhp engine pulls evenly across its rev-band, with just a hint of extra urgency at the top end, which is entirely appropriate in this kind of car.
The only slight disappointment was the engine’s noise, the sound quality of which degrades slightly as the revs soar.
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