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Saturday, November 27, 2010

2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R

Posted by haho at 11:00 AM

2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R
A couple days ago Porsche released a press statement saying that it will unveil a new “mid-engine sports car” at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, it’s 2011 Porsche Cayman R. The Porsche alphabet reserves the letter R for very special sports cars: R for responsive and refined – but most especially for racy. The new Cayman R combines all these attributes without compromise. 2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R has further developed the car by reducing weight, increasing horsepower and raising agility and handling to new heights.
Weighing 55 kg less than the equivalent Cayman S, and the new mid-engine coupé from Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is designed for spectacular road behaviour, the 330 hp Porsche Cayman R has been created for one reason: pure, distilled driving dynamics. With its highly-tuned sports suspension and vigilant attention to weight savings, the new Cayman model offers a driving experience even more precise than that of the acclaimed Cayman S. The 2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R makes its world debut today at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R
Power for the 2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R comes from a tuned 3.4L inline 6-cylinder engine making a total of 330-hp allowing for a 0-62 mph time of 5 seconds when mated to a 6-speed manual and 4.9 seconds when mated to Porsche’s 7-speed PDK transmission. Adding the optional Sport Chrono packages brings the 0-62 mph time down to 4.7 seconds. Top speed for the 2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R comes in at 175 mph with a 6-speed manual and 174 mph with the PDK.
For interior 2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R has features Alcantara and leather upholstery, sport seats, strap door handles and a painted console color-keyed to the exterior. Under the skin, the suspension has been enhanced with shorter, more rigid springs and there are customized anti-roll bars on the front and rear axles (the ride height is about 20 millimeters lower than the Cayman S).
2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R
Tracing its lineage back to the famous mid-engined 904 coupes of the 1960s, the Porsche Cayman R celebrates its world premiere at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 17, 2010.
The new 2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R will go on sale from February 2011, priced from £51,731 ( $66,300 ) and the price in Germany will be EUR 69,830 inclusive of 19 percent VAT and country-specific equipment items. Go to www.porsche.com/cayman-r-live to listen to the Porsche press conference broadcast live from the Los Angeles Auto Show starting 7:55 p.m. German Time.
2011 Porsche Sport Cars Cayman R

 

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Porsche Cayman, the best car for driver!

Posted by haho at 3:49 AM



The American magazine Motor Trend has chosen Porsche Cayman S in quality «the Best car for the driver» 2009. Simultaneously Cayman in competition «New Car Awards 2009» from British Auto Express has received a rank of "the Best sports car». In both cases central motor coupe has bribed verifiers dynamics, accuracy and speed of reaction.

Equipped with a box of gear shift Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK), in magazine Motor Trend Cayman S tests felt in the elements both on country highway, and on a racing line and has got the best of nine high-quality sports cars. The command of verifiers, including two professional racers Massimiliano "Max" of Andzhelleli and Rendi Robst, after arrival on Laguna Seka line in California has made the decision on assignment of a title and has thus underlined, first of all, surgical accuracy of a steering. Thus, sports central motor coupe has provided to itself one more title in competition with strong contenders. Magazine Motor Trend having by the international authority, leaving in circulation of 1,1 million copies and numbering 7,6 million readers, is considered one of leading specialised magazines of the USA.

The British magazine Auto Express in the response underlines that Cayman with invariable efficiency dominates among sports cars. The guarantor of a prestigious title «Best sports car» also is the unique combination of pull-rod, balance and manoeuvrability. Along with a characteristic sound opposite engines verifiers praise also practicality Cayman with its two luggage compartments and the big blank-end cover. Auto Express is the most sold automobile magazine in Great Britain.



Cayman the second generation is offered in the market since February of this year. Its again developed six-cylinder opposite engines show the best indicators of fuel consumption and dynamics. Capacity of the 3,4-litre power unit of 320 h.p. in interaction with PDK provides Cayman S with package Sport Chrono prompt dispersal from a place to 100 km/h for 4,9 seconds and fuel consumption of km of 9,4 l/100. 2,9-litre engine Cayman capacity of 265 h.p. in a combination with PDK is even more economic: its fuel consumption makes 9,1 l/100 of km. Both versions meet strict requirements of standards of toxicity ОГ Euro-5 in Europe and ULEV century of the USA.

Besides unlike some competitors at a choice «the Best car for the driver» Cayman S has shown smaller limiting fuel consumption, than provides the tax to cars with the big fuel consumption, so-called «Gas Guzzler», it is not assessed with the special tax for uneconomical cars.

 

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