Porsche Cayman S 981 test drive since 2012

Dream abductors

Humanity has learned to determine the distance and weight to milion shares, measure the number of horsepower, kilometers per hour, and even all sorts of candelers with decibels, but did not think of an instrument for measuring the strength of emotions. Some kind of vaimeter reacting to bulging eyes, dumb jaws, reared hair and strong exclamations would produce a splash in an expert affair. However, in this test drive, a fantastic device could be bent from goature and arrows.
They say these cars cannot be compared with each other. The new Audi TT Coupe is 2+2, and Cayman S is a purely double shell. At the first, the engine is located in the nose and drives the car with front wheels, and the second - the car - the average, with the leading rear. And their engines are not the same: a two -liter in -line turbocharged four Audi will have to withstand the opposition atmospheric six Porsche with a volume of more than three liters. But you will hear all these arguments against a full -time match only from the letter -eater who did not see the general and, perhaps, the main difference between this pair behind the construct. Both Coupe TT and Cayman S were created for the sake of one goal - to return the driver to childhood, to your favorite toy, which can be played out to be eccentric. And like any fun, these cars are free from class conventions. With no less success, the company could have been a couple more road informals: the BMW Z4 Coupe macho or Mercedes Slk's sweet pepper.
Cheburashka raged. The former TT managed to conquer women. The passenger formula two plus undergrowth successfully for everyday utility functions, but at the same time did not prevent the car from turning the pumpkin into a stylish carriage for Cinderella. The second success factor is the appearance of a small affectionate beast. Look at the previous TT - this is Cheburashka in metal!
The novelty from Ingolstadt has preserved the style of the donut, but no longer looks like a cartoon or a large vegetable. In TT Coupe, impudence is felt - a proud face, the muscular relief of the sides. Pure breed. The car grew into the shoulders by almost eight centimeters and received an elongated tail, due to which the length increased by almost 14 centimeters. With such dimensions, the nest behind the front seats could be turned into a sofa. Or add the volume of the trunk (260 liters of TT COUPE of the current one - this, figuratively speaking, a little more thimble). But in Audi they decided not to move away from the idea of \u200b\u200ba selfish car and concentrated on athletic data. 69% of the body was made of aluminum, which allowed TT to lose weight, and the rest is power elements of steel that give the body proper rigidity.
 
The car is equipped almost fully. The standard includes an advanced ESP stabilization system (combines a number of electronic insurance systems: ABS, EBV, ASR, EDS), an automatic spoiler ranging at 120 and retracted by 80 km/h, a climate control system and a non-established audio. For a surcharge, you can order TT with a dsg supravtomat instead of a six -speed handle. And also - the advanced control system of the Audi Magnetic Ride shock absorbers. There is only one restriction on features, and it applies, alas, Quattro. A full -wheel drive modification is so far only with an atmospheric engine of 3.2.
As the most curious option, Audi offers a suspension with the adaptable characteristics of the Audi Magnetic Ride. In the fluid of shock absorbers there are magnetic particles, which, under the influence of electrical potential, in an instant change the stiffness of the damping elements. Together with the sealing cinematic suspension, they can improve management Audi TT Coupe. The chassis of Cayman S is also with a highlight. All racks, including the rear ones, are made according to the MacPherson scheme, with alloy details, the geometry of which was brought to the ideal during many years of testing at the Porsche Research Center in Weizah. But the system that controls the rigidity of the suspension is also offered for a surcharge.
Dandy-crocodile. Imagine a small crocodile on a leash, but a small crocodile is the same revolution of others is caused by Cayman S. The parking neighbors will guard you at the entrance to ask to sit at the wheel. Even Boxster, on the basis of which Cayman was built, did not cause such interest, since our open car is perceived by everyone with an unfinished toy. And Kaiman - completed. He is orthodox to the idea of \u200b\u200ba Russian person about what a machine should be. He has everything in its place: there is a hood, a real roof, a trunk under the third, like a hatchback, a door. Only then will the curious realize that Porsche, of course, should be ahead of the trunk! And there is. You raise the aluminum cover on the nose, and everyone see where you can download a large suitcase. So, the motor from the back - the iron logic of the neighbor will work. But when a pleasant click of the third door will open access to the second trunk (a small, with a volume of 150 liters), his face - check for yourself - will take the appearance of a person whom even thimbles did not beat so brazenly.
 
The motor is in the cabin. It is securely hidden under a compact soundproofing casing. With the outside world, it is connected only by gills in front of the rear wheeled arches (through them, air for cooling is sucked) and a pair of necks for oil and antifreeze brought under the hatch into the posterior luggage compartment. Thanks to the medium -measurement layout of Cayman, it has the optimal weightlifting and an insignificant moment of inertia around the vertical axis. And thanks to the stiff rounded roof and power elements of hardened steel, its body is characterized by a low circus and the highest rigidity in curve. In theory, Cayman Road Reactions should be as accurate and rapid as the reflexes of Caiman Crocodilus - the most skilled piranha hunters.
 
I’ll tell you briefly about the equipment of Cayman S: there is plenty of everything. An entertainment system with a color display and speakers Bose performs the functions of a navigator and an on -board computer. There is a button for changing the rigidity of the suspension and the disconnected Porsche Stability Management - an electronic system that does not hold the drivers on a strict leash, but comes to the rescue only in a situation that threatens complete loss of control over the machine. Anti -wing, which itself rises and drops, works according to the same principle as in Audi TT Coupe. For a surcharge, you can install ceramic-composite brakes. Advanced development promises not only the best dynamics of slowdown, but also fuel savings and improvement due to less weight of parts.
Hungry and well -fed. Cayman S is not interesting that it accelerates less than six seconds to hundreds, but that tolerates to one hundred millions of years ago. In it, you feel like a hungry reptile of the Jurassic period - other cars seem to be miserable, barely formed by mammals. They are slow, clumsy and stupid: first they go down into flocks-driving flocks, and then, having locked each other, they begin to twitch in search of a free section of the road. Yes, tight pedals and the elastic slurred course of the box at first irritate. And a very low driver's landing requires addiction. But these ergonomic nuances soon begin to give pleasure. The principle is implemented here, do not think, but act. The cululis of the selection of speeds is actually good - it is impossible to miss the desired transmission, when manipulating you feel a clear neutral, and switching is easily performed even with half -squeezed clutch. The steering is given by the animal sensation of movement. In virabs, you are not guided by a sixth feeling, but a completely tangible with a grip of front paws with a roadway. Cayman S with amazing clarity reacts to a sharp change in the course. Fast restructuring from a row in a row, otherwise, you can’t call a bounce to the side. You will not have a single doubt about the breed of this machine when you feel the collected short -term processing of the suspension and hear the main Kaiman chip - the organic roar of hypnotic force, which occurs at 5000 rpm, when a double resonance inlet system is included in action.
 
Audi TT Coupe does not shock with extreme habits. In it, emotions do not go wild in a plus, but sometimes they do not fall into minus - the car causes an even influx of warm feelings. He is not so voracious. Even with a torn city ride of 98th gasoline, not 18-20, but 14-15 liters per hundred are consumed. TT rolls smoothly, like an iron on Chinese silk, and does not annoy with noise. In return for the heartbreaking grolling of the opposition six, he offers to listen to a pleasant cat purr on the bottom, turning with an increase in revolutions into an aggressive hiss. And the most surprising thing - TT Coupe, being at first glance noticeably weaker the tooth of the Stuttgart nursery, does not become a slight victim. The loss on an impromptu four hundred meter straight did not exceed the case. Do you know why? You will find the answer in the table, in the column column. The 2.0 TFSI motor, unlike the Porsche atmospheric Revolution, is ready for a saving jerk forward at any speed. But on the winding paths, Audi behaves flexible - the nose follows the wheel as on rails, the feed is stable.
 
I do not remember that traveling on new cars was deprived of sleep. At first I did not allow Cayman S to calm down -even in the Song, I continued to pull the veins of the control of this reptile. Then all day was worn on TT Coupe. However, the dream after it disappeared for another reason - I counted the price of Tethah per square meters in the apartment that was never purchased in Moscow. And it turned out - sit tightly? “Some kind of pathetic fifteen.” Give me a TT. Any. Even if it will be a gun from which you can shoot yourself.
Audi TT Coupe and Porsche Cayman S can be ordered with automatic gearboxes. Their names are similar: the first option has a S-Tronic, and the competitor has Tiptronic S. But this is all similarities. Audi offers instead of a six -speed handle a robotic box with two DSG clutches - speeds can be manually controlled, and the algorithm of work and a number of gears are chosen so well that the dispersal and fuel efficiency parameters do not worsen, but only better. Tiptronic S will 100% suit lovers of comfortable driving. A five -speed machine (also with manual control function) can operate in a sparing mode, providing a smooth course and fuel savings, and can be transferred to a sports regime.
Marriage contract. The Audi ring theme in the design of the TT salon, in my opinion, is brought to the grotesque. In the wedding procession, you will not count so many jewelry. Look around the dashboard: not counting the steering wheel - seven rings. Five more from the central console. On the other hand, it is impossible to blame Audi designers in some other miscalculations. The salon is cut from Alcantara and smooth leather. The quality of plastic parts trimmed with aluminum inserts is quite correlated with those 60,000 that you will have to lay out for the car. Ergonomics is verified. Each button in sight, the box works exclusively clearly, the pedals are distinguished by a small, but soft and smooth move, and the steering wheel is not only interesting to the intriguing shape (it is, as it were, cut down from below), but also pleasant in diameter, cross -section, its non -slip leather braid and high -quality drowned seams. Claims can arise to the seats only from too subtle persons. The rest of their profile will seem impeccable. And only to passengers of additional places you will not envy. There is no space for the feet here, the back is mockingly vertical. The satellites sitting behind you will require a divorce and a girlish name already at the first kilometers of a joint trip.
BIRTH PAINS. Cayman S salon is continuous generic signs. It can be recognized with eyes closed by a characteristic triangular bibikalk, on the claws of steering wheel levers and the texture of the toothpower air conditioning. Even according to the location of the gear lever, which seems to be jumping into the palm of his hand (unless, of course, your habits are spoiled by a long -term ownership of a car with a curve of ergonomics). In general, the salon did not disappoint with thoughtfulness. Separate details - the same dashboard sheathed with skin and decorated on the back of a small mesh, or a feast of cup holders put forward in front of the passenger - these are generally designer masterpieces. But in some places you see oak plastic, which will surely begin to get bad musicality over time. The seats themselves are pure delight. When you put them in height and inclination, you will pick up a lumbar back and other nuances, you feel yourself imprinted in a lodgent. Only drivers with a tall of more than 180 cm, the range of longitudinal movements of the chair may seem insufficient. And the steering wheel upset the steering wheel-such a thing would be in place in Cayenne, and a smaller baggage suggests itself here.

Text Rusalan Tarasov, photo Andrey Danilov

We thank the Audi Russia company, (495) 234-0233, and LLC Porsche Russland, (495) 782-9111.
 
Audi TT Coupe 2.0 TFSI
 
Gasoline engine, 4 in a row
Working volume (cubic meter) 1984
Power (L.S. at rpm) 200 at 5100-6000
Moment (Nm at rpm) 280 at 1800-5000
Front drive
Gearbox 6-speed, mechanical
Length/width/height (mm) 4178/1764/1352
Equipped mass (kg) 1260
Maximum speed (km/h) 240
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 6.4
Fuel consumption (city/highway, l/100 km) 10.7/6.0
Price in Moscow from $ 57,000

Porsche Cayman S.
 
Gasoline engine, 6 opposition
Working volume (cubic cub) 3387
Power (L.S. at rpm) 295 at 6200
Moment (Nm at rpm) 340 at 4400-6000
The rear drive
Gearbox 6-speed, mechanical
Length/width/height (mm) 4341/1801/1305
Equipped mass (kg) 1350
Maximum speed (km/h) 275
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 5.4
Fuel consumption (city/highway, l/100 km) 15.3/7.8
Price in Moscow from 76 100
 

Source: "Autopilot"