Porsche Cayman S 987 test drive since 2008
The Porsche Cayman S test drive is ready to start, are you ready?
Sports cars are permanently enjoying the increased interest of motorists. Who, if not Porsche, can be called ass in the creation of such cars. If a sports car, then Porsche Axiom. But what a question is already to choose. The choice of Finamauto settled on Cayman S. This car is a genuine sports car. This is declared by his appearance, and the salon, and characteristics.
Having settled down in the Porsche cockpit and checking the settings of the chassis and transmission (the features of the Sport+ package will be checked later), I left the Cozy Porsche Parking Center Moscow and joined the stream on Leningradka. At first, it was not very familiar to feel the pressure from the ruticity of the road on the steering wheel. The car had to be caught every now and then. There was nothing complicated, however, there was no one in this, and I managed to relax with Cayman S in just a couple of minutes. Further, the road seemed to be transformed and began to resemble a racing computer simulator, only without excess speed.
The sports car clearly performed all the commands: the gas pedal without delay sent the car forward, the brakes with 4 piston calipers instantly slowed down. Passche Porsche Jewelry. The clarity of maneuvers deserves the highest assessment. Moreover, the car is rear -wheel drive. These were the first impressions of Cayman S.
With a closer study of the cabin, the Sport+button comes across the eye. In the case of Porsche, the transition to a sport mode seems incredible. You might think that before this option is turned on, the car was civilian and slow.
What gives Sport+? The operation of the engine and transmission is changing, as a result, the acceleration time to 100 km/h is reduced from 5.1 seconds to 4.9 seconds. With a sport+ engine on, the engine is untwisted to 6 thousand revolutions with a clamped brake, after which the brake is squeezed. In other words, a reception that was known to everyone, but was a destructive for the transmission, Porsche made a feature. All thanks to PDK (Porsche Doppelkuplung). Speaking in Russian, this is a two clutch box that was developed on the basis of DSG from Volkswagen. I admit that during the test it was not possible to feel all the charm of a promoted start. Either our roads are not suitable, or rubber on a test car was not very good.
But even without this, the time spent in Porsche did not seem boring. Any exit to the highway was accompanied by turned heads and attempts by individuals to impose on me races. Cayman S and I disregarded similar provocations. Firstly, it is clear that we have few competitors (320 hp), and secondly, it is dangerous. When driving such machines (meaning Porsche and other sportsmen), you need to clearly understand your capabilities on the road and do not forget to carefully monitor the stream. It is personally verified that the Stuttgard athletes act on some as a red bull.
Is Porsche comfortable inside? If you answer briefly, then, of course, yes. Of all the manufacturers of sports cars, and supercars, too, Porsche is characterized by increased care for the people who drive their cars. Only this comfort needs to be used to. More precisely, you need to get used to the features of the salon. There is no back row of seats, there seems less space than in all other cars. Finally, you sit almost on the ground (painfully low landing). But all this begins to like it immediately after Porsche reveals your character to you. The sound of a centrally distinguished 3.4-liter engine (behind the backs of the seats) fascinates. Each press on the gas pedal, accompanied by a roar, excites and makes the blood boil from adrenaline. What is Cayman S from everyday point of view? A rich salon will satisfy the tastes of the most biased connoisseurs of luxury. There is an expensive skin and a high-quality multimedia system, which includes the PCM (Porsche Communication Management) and Bose audio system (9 speakers + subfuver and amplifier), and separate climate control and other joys of life. True, the basic configuration installed ordinary speakers and the head device is simpler (CDR-30).
Fuel consumption by the standards of sportsmen is very modest 14.5 liters in the city and 7 outside the city. For baggage, the place, of course, is not enough. But then there are two compartments for luggage.
Cayman (and his older brother Cayman S) can be attributed more to the weekend cars than to the fact that they carry us to work every day. Or, if you like, to the category of summer cars. It is inappropriate to ride such a car all year round in our conditions.
Who will like such a car? Everyone will like it, without exception, but approaching the purchase of Porsche is deliberately. It is not for nothing that many of the owners of Porsche prefer to undergo training in a special driving school before traveling in their own sports car in the city. In Russia, the Porsche Driving School is headed by Oleg Keselman the full-time pilot of the Porsche team, which you can remember by our test drive VW Scirocco, where he acted as an invited pilot.
Porsche Cayman S loves good drivers and does not forgive mistakes for crazy smashing. Any sport involves hard workouts and good preparations and automobile sport was never an exception.
The editors of FinamaUTO.ru expresses gratitude to Porsche Russland and personally Maria Komarova for the Porsche Cayman S. The price of a test car 4 million 552 thousand rubles.
Author: Arkady Florinsky, leading observer
Source: Business car club
