Register or Log In now! This Lava Orange "Fabspeed" 718 Cayman GTS is how Porsche should have done it from the factory, but with the 911 having to retain its place in the Porsche hierarchy the Cayman GTS is deliberately given an artificial ceiling. The Fabspeed package makes this GTS easily as quick as a 991.2 911 GTS at a fraction of the price, with arguably better handling with the mid engine layout. It will also run circles around a stock 981 Cayman GT4! Car has a little over 7,000 miles on the odometer. In anticipation for the summer season I just installed Brand New Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires with less than 1,000 miles on them. 3,000lbs. For over 20 years, Fabspeed has been engineering and manufacturing the world's finest stainless steel high performance exhaust systems and components, air intake products, ECU tuning, and more, specifically-tailored for high-end sports cars and exotics. In independent testing the stock 0-60 time is 3.5 seconds with the GTS (with only 365hp). I would confidently bet the 20% power increase bumps that 0-60 to the 3.3s or lower. The tune increases boost & throttle response, giving a smoother power band and increases overall power which makes for a thrilling driving experience! The cat bypass pipe is 100% reversible bolt on/off as I have kept the stock catted down pipe. The bypass pipe increases performance due to the decreased back pressure, but also significantly improves the sound of the vehicle.
It seems that every time I have written a review about a Porsche in 2018 I open with the very same line - Porsche are on a roll at the moment. Everything they build is something of a marvel, so it should come as no surprise that they鈥檝e only gone and done it again, this time with the latest iteration of the Porsche Panamera GTS. The GTS badge means a lot to the entire Porsche family - it means lower suspension, a smidgen more power, a load of alcantara and often, the most appealing car in the line-up. I know this having spent time in the 991.2 GTS and Macan GTS. I took a lengthy flight over to Bahrain to collect the keys to the latest generation Panamera GTS. Now that the styling is more better received and better integrated into the Porsche family look, the Panamera seems to be more enticing than ever before. Add to that the practicality and allure of the Sport Turismo option and you can see why the latest Panamera is a real alternative to the Mercedes-AMG GT 4dr Coupe.
So it looks great, but does it still drive like a real Porsche? Well, the engineering and acronyms would suggest so. This thing packs a real punch. That comes as no surprise given that there is a 4-litre V8 under that long sculpted hood. There is 460 horsepower and a hefty 620Nms of torque to help motor this sizeable saloon down the tarmac. Ahh yes, size - it really does matter. The Saloon is 1,995 and the Sport Turismo 2,025 kilos, both without fluids. So does it feel lardy? On the boring, straight, speed camera plagued streets around Manama it was hard to tell. Fortunately Bahrain has some more interesting tarmac to indulge in, so good in fact that Lewis Hamilton and Co spend a weekend every year playing there - the Bahrain International Circuit. The lovely folks at Porsche had it closed just for us to see just how much of an athletic injection the G, T and S glued to the backside of the two-tonne saloons had made.
The sun sank over the horizon and the 495 light poles lit up like nuclear lollipops. Time to see if these cars were worthy of wearing a Porsche badge and could put up with twists and turns fit for Formula 1 cars. This really would be a fair test too, usually I would swap the car I was driving on the road for a track prepped twin. Not here, Porsche had so much faith in the resilience of the Panamera GTS that I drove straight off the road and into the pitlane out onto the circuit. Remember those acronyms I mentioned鈥hese are the key chassis elements that are designed to mask the weight - PASM and PDCC with PTV Plus. Porsche Active Stability Management and Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control with Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus. What do they do? PASM works to help handling via the adjustable dampers, PDCC is the control of the chassis via the 48-volt system that could be found throughout the VAG family which works to stabilize body roll using hydraulic actuators. This works in conjunction with the torque vectoring function which allows torque to be split variably through the rear axle. It鈥檚 all very complicated, but these systems come together in a spectacular fashion to give the GTS dynamics that a car of this size and weight should just not have. Porsche need to do away with the acronyms and simply offer these options as the 鈥榤agic package鈥?
The 2011 Porsche Cayman has a 6-speed manual. What kind of transmission does the 2007 Porsche Cayman have? The 2007 Porsche Cayman has a 5-speed manual. What kind of transmission does the 2008 Porsche Cayman have? The 2008 Porsche Cayman has a 5-speed manual. What kind of transmission does the 2010 Porsche Cayman have? The 2010 Porsche Cayman has a 6-speed manual. What kind of transmission does the 2012 Porsche Cayman have? The 2012 Porsche Cayman has a 6-speed manual. What kind of transmission does the 2009 Porsche Cayman have? The 2009 Porsche Cayman has a 6-speed manual. What kind of transmission does the 2014 Porsche Cayman have? The 2014 Porsche Cayman has a 6-speed manual. What kind of fuel does the 2011 Porsche Cayman use? The 2011 Porsche Cayman runs on premium unleaded (required). What kind of transmission does the 2011 Porsche Boxster have? The 2011 Porsche Boxster has a 6-speed manual.