In Search Of Rosie: The Porsche 718 Cayman
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England is not like California. In England rain is a tradition. We look to the skies and wonder what that bright orb is above our heads. Eventually we recall dim memories of something called the sun.
A couple of weeks ago, a little sun entered my life in the form of the latest version of the legendary Porsche Cayman, now designated with the number 718 in memory of a long-ago racing car. Unfortunately, the weather failed to play ball and was typically appalling.
I therefore am obliged to apologize for the dirty state of the car in some of my images.
We went searching for the origins of the famous book Cider with Rosie by the writer and poet Laurie Lee, and naturally it rained. The combination of road dirt and water soon reduced the metallic Graphite Blue paint to a dull gray. What it could not do was dampen our spirits. This car is very, very special. What?s New
Porsche sports cars do not change, they evolve. We used to say the Cayman of old was the best driver’s car around yet the German brand seem capable of making the best even better. The version tested here is the basic 718. Change in the modern world is inevitable and downsizing is all the rage at the moment. Thus, in an effort to boost performance but reduce pollutants, the old flat-six engine has gone, replaced by the same new flat four-cylinder engines with turbocharging as is featured in the sibling 718 Boxster.
As a result, both coup and roadster have a...
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