Would you buy a new 911 given.........

[Bootsy]

Looks nimbler than the bulky 911 yet fierce

[squirejo]

85pages of piston headers love fest but now some doubts appearing. It looks cracking, if you want to spend 75k on a trackday car. I'd rather spend less and have a previous generation gt3, notwithstanding supply constraints. Or a lotus exige v6.

[912uk]

if it is as good as they say or imply. Then could this start to see Gt3 prices take a thump ( note I didn't say tumble ).

[murph2309]

Oh I like the look of that. I'd have one. Looks like the spirit of the early 911 in a modern. I'll give it a couple of years and get one when they're not so fashionable.

[seawise]

yeah, I've ordered one, same colour as Bootsy's pic - looks fantastic, and pretty decent value for money if you steer wide of the options. i'll flip it if it turns out I can't afford it !

[squirdan]

My first thought was can I get one. As it looks about the best £/perf new car it's possible to buy.

On reflection I suspect a 1yr old Cayman Gts would be 90% as good for much lower cost and actually 120% as good on the road (less compromised)

These will be 75-80k optioned so not q as cheap as they look

I am hoping to buy an m3 in a year or so for prob 60pc of its new price as they have been slated and all bmw m cars fall off a cliff excl the 1M.

Now that really should be bang for buck !

[Guy]

Anyone know if there will also be a Boxster Spyder?

[Burma-Shave]

No. There is something about a 911, sorry. Even a new, fat, electrically helmed one.
And I need back seats in my cars.
And all the colour coded stitching and embossed headrest logos is a bit much, trying a bit hard.
I'm sure it will be a fab steer though..as mentioned above, life is made sweeter by Porsche continuing to knock out motors like this..so, no.. but yes!

[FLY 7]

Depends what you want.

A new 991 is the consummate GT and still very desirable.

But, if I wanted a pure, driver focused, Porsche with road and track potential, then yes - the Cayman GT4 looks like a winner, and makes the 991 GT3 look a bit bloated.

The race variant is likely to be in British GT next year. The GT4 grid is growing, so will be interesting to see how it does.

[Bootsy]

Nice picture

[shoestring7]

85pages of piston headers love fest but now some doubts appearing. It looks cracking, if you want to spend 75k on a trackday car. I'd rather spend less and have a previous generation gt3, notwithstanding supply constraints. Or a lotus exige v6.

My frustration with PHs is that they all declare they want a stripped-to-the-bone 400bhp/1200kg £40k Cayman, and when something similar does appear they announce that its terrible value for money and when they added a few 'must have' options (climate/leather everything/carbonfibre nik-naks/huge soundz/21" rimz/and a whole S-class worth of electronics) it costs £75k and weighs 200kg more.

FWIW I had a vanilla 2.7 Cayman for a couple of years. My friendly OPC gave me a 997S for the weekend to encourage me to 'upgrade', but it was very obvious within 500m that the Cayman steered better, had a more natural balance, and on 18" wheels/PASM a ride that was better suited to knobbly West Sussex tarmac.

I'd be prepared to put money (not £65k sadly) on the motoring press giving the GT4 all of their 'Best of...' accolades this summer, and comparing it favourable to the Hurricane/McLaren/Audi/Ferrari middies, while the poor Alfa 4C/Evora will disappear even further down the sales charts.

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[roadiesean]

I'd buy the GT4 in a heartbeat. Porsche gave me a Cayman R for a weekend a couple of years ago, hands down the best car I've ever driven, the GT4 will be epic and compared to a big fat new 911, more like the cars we all love, only slightly short of somewhere for the dog to sit.

[dragonfly]

Nice picture

I see OPC parts departments doing good business in replacement splitters, as that looks v low

[Adrian.Tyldesley]

This is just the beginning of the cynical exploitation of the "GT" moniker by VW.

A nice enough car but fitted with a detuned modular 991 engine...

Real GT cars have a Mezger engine.

[shoestring7]

This is just the beginning of the cynical exploitation of the "GT" moniker by VW.

A nice enough car but fitted with a detuned modular 991 engine...

Real GT cars have a Mezger engine.

Well that rules out the Carrera GT as well as the 991GT3/RS which uses a modified 9A1 job.

A bit like the GT4 really...

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