Porsche Cayman 981 test drive since 2012

A small crocodile

Almost a year ago, the public was presented to the public from Porsche-Cayman S. The launch of a new, the second version of the swing car was carried out on the Royal Mount Koenigstein, which under Frankfurt, at an altitude of the sea, in the Falkenstin palace, which now has become possession of Kempinski Coaters. The sanatorium complex, which first served as a place for the recreation of Kaiser officers, and then the Wehrmacht soldier, carries some military imprint, especially underground tunnels of tens of meters long, which connect the corps among themselves in order to calmly walk during the enemy aircraft.
We did not threaten anything but a whole flock of multi -colored crocodiles. As you know, only a large, the so -called black kayman is dangerous for a person. The remaining reptiles of this type of crocodiles are only useful - they reduce herds of piranha in rivers. What if the piranha will start in the Moscow River? For this, we went to watch crocodiles in Germany. Here they are, six pieces in the parking lot and one at the entrance - for beauty and mood.
A bright yellow car that stood as an actual monument to itself all these days in front of the Falkenstein facade, as well as possible emphasizes the components of the success of today's Germany as a whole: nature, technology, history. Because the rapid sports car was surrounded by the old trees of the forest park, a fortress towered above it, a palace stood nearby. Complete harmony of strength and beauty.
The heirs of Ferdinand sent us in a circle - Bad Khomurg, Butzbach, Brownfels, Limburg - issuing several options for cars, including a gun and a handbrake. A bright candy from Porsche cuts well the morning heat and post -gently ozone. You see this car either abroad, or in the Nakhabino area, or on the Assumption highway. Amazing cars should live in amazing places.
After a few kilometers, we realized that the new Cayman has a special dynamics, which, perhaps, can only develop a modern sports car with an engine in the middle, since the road is here with a serpentine, then suddenly goes to excellent even areas, and even almost without speed limit. Of course, for those who love to drive, pressing the pedal to the floor, some difference between a crocodile-s and a new option with a smaller engine volume may be significant and somewhere even a reason for discussion in a male company-they say I did not have enough liters for two liters normal dynamics. There is an answer to this: take two more liters and don’t go anywhere, sit at the table.
 
A 2.7-liter six-cylinder engine develops a rated power of 245 hp. or 180 kW at 6500 revolutions per minute. The nominal torque is 273 Newton meters in the range of 4600-6000 rpm. And the specific power is at 91.2 hp. for a liter of working volume. At the same time, the average fuel consumption is only 9.3 liters per 100 kilometers. The mass of Cayman is 1300 kg, so this is a athletic at its class. The favorable ratio of the weight/volume of the engine directly affects the dispersal indicators: the mark of 100 km/h Cayman reaches 6.1 seconds. Due to the good characteristic CW equal to 0.29, the maximum speed is 258 km/h. With an optional six -speed manual transmission, Cayman accelerates even to 260, and with Tiptronic S - up to 253 km/h.
 
Cayman especially loves steep turns. One glance at the chassis is enough to evaluate its capabilities. The front suspension, as in all serial sports cars Porsche, consists of depreciation racks with a special arrangement of longitudinal and transverse levers. This concept provides a very accurate installation of wheels in combination with a high level of comfort when driving. An additional spring with an emphasis in the depreciation rack comes into effect with high transverse acceleration and minimizes the angle of lateral roll. Thus, Cayman retains greater stability, including at very high speeds in corners. The rear wheels are installed on two transverse levers and are directed by longitudinal levers, transverse rods and depreciation racks.
 
While the front suspension springs are identical to the Cayman S springs, the stiffness of the rear suspension springs and stabilizers on both axles are adjusted again. On the Cayman specially designed for the basic configuration, alloy wheels with a diameter of 17 inches with five characteristic double knitting needles are installed in front of the dimension of 205/55, and at the rear - 235/50.
 
But if you feel not James Dean, but, for example, Nikolai Fomenko, then for you is a sports bag. It includes a six -speed mechanical gearbox and the active chassis of the Porsche Active Suspension Management with shock absorbers, the rigidity of which is continuously and automatically regulated depending on the dynamics and quality of the road surface. The driver can choose one of the two chassis settings: the Normal mode provides a comfortable basic setting of shock absorbers, which, with a dynamic driving style, automatically switches to a more sports regime. During sports tuning, more rigid characteristics of shock absorbers are included for emphasized dynamic control. The one who travels quickly should be able to stop just as quickly. On all wheels, perforated and ventilated brake discs are installed, which can divert energy in the form of heat, including during prolonged loads. Each of the eight pads to the disk is pressed by two pistons installed in anodized black motionless calipers.
Cayman also attracts the fact that it can be given personality by equipping it by the mood of almost all existing options. One of them is the Sport Chrono package, which, when pressing the button, provides emphasizing the sports setting of various functions of the car and thereby increases the dynamism: the throttle reacts faster reacts to the movements of the accelerator pedals, the driver feels the increased receipt of the 2.7-liter power unit, the sensitivity of the reactions of which It remains to the maximum speed. At the same time, the PSM (Porsche Stability Management) marginal system included in the basic configuration shifts the regulation threshold in the direction of the limit modes and allows increased slipping and side sliding.
 
The Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) system allows the driver to choose one of two modes (Normal or Sport) by pressing the corresponding switch located on the central panel, which improves the operation of the car.
The base price of the new Porsche in Europe is 40,900 euros. Given the VAT and the requirements of national legislation in Germany Cayman costs 47,647 euros. In the United States, the car, excluding taxes, can be purchased for $ 49,400.
 
The sports compartment was created on the basis of Boxster, designed in the form of an open sports car with a hard body. Cayman roof additionally strengthens the body. The result was a very high rigidity for bending and twisting.
Of course, we sympathize with the Russian representative office of Porsche AG, because due to some features of the national ride for Porsche Cayenne for many years (while the price of oil will rise), there will be lines like buckwheat and a more elegant and subtile product like Cayman and Cayman-S will have a painstakingly tell everyone who has already bought two Cayenne for the family. Well, this is an occasion to increase advertising budgets and show Cayman on the first channel TV, just like in America, which is so fashionable to hate today.
So for those Russian consumers who have just learned that in addition to Cayenne, Porsche also produces small Cayman sports cars, the main discoveries are still ahead.

Text Igor Maltsev, photo Porsche AG
 
Porsche Cayman
 
The engine is gasoline, 6 cil. Opposite
Working volume (cubic cub) 2687
Power (L.S. at rpm) 245 at 6500
Moment (Nm at rpm) 273 at 4600-6000
The rear drive
Mechanical gearbox 5-speed
Length/width/height (mm) 4341/1801/1305
Equipped mass (kg) 1300
Maximum speed (km/h) 6.1
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 258
Fuel consumption average (l/100 km) 9.3
Price in Moscow 62,000

 

Source: "Autopilot"