The car is a corner-devouring, jet-engine propelled beast of a machine. Porsche has produced one phenomenal machine that incorporates the best from its stable of cars. The aggressive sounding, throaty exhaust let you (and those around you know) there is something under the sleek design, and that something propels you from 0-60 mph in 3.6 seconds (Car & Driver instrumentation testing). It achieves a top speed of 186 mph (Automobile Magazine-Autobahn speed test), and it is easily put to the test on a highway or snaking back road. This power is EASILY accessible, unlike the predecessor, that required you to ring its neck or beat the horse to death to achieve top acceleration in each gear. Honest Porsche dealers will tell you this is THE car to buy in the current Porsche line up, and that it will outperform most of the 911s. If you opt to hop into this rocket, you need to seriously consider purchasing the S variant, PDK, PASM, the lowered chassis, 20" turbo wheels, sport chrono, and sport exhaust. This will run you close to $100,000 US and includes a 6% tax. This car was selected as the 2017 World Performance Car of the Year over the Audi R8 and the McLaren 570S. I have driven Corvettes, all the muscles, Aston Martin, Ferrari, the RCF, and of course, Porsche. This may be the best mid-engine car in the world at this juncture in time. Oh, the sound thing. It sounds awesome, and the sound will vary based on if you are in normal, sport or sport plus--it just does not sound like the predecessor, and few if any other cars in the world sounded like that. Is the flat four a step in the right direction? The performance from this car is amazing, and its handling has been taken to a new level with the integration of the 911 turbo 10% plus steering and the Carrera brakes. You can certainly spend more on Porsche's, but this is one remarkable machine for the money.
Sound: Cara and Driver Review "Reducing cylinder count and turbocharging will always change the engine sound in ways enthusiasts don’t love (ask any Formula 1 fan about the latest-generation cars), so we must be forgiven for this fine whine. But it’s an essentially pointless argument. Ignore those itching to pick a fight with, “It just doesn’t sound like a Porsche.” Drive a 718 Cayman S for three minutes and there’s no question it’s a Porsche. So that noise you hear? That’s what this Porsche sounds like. It’s not as if some treasured heritage rests solely in the sound of six cylinders deployed pancake-fashion. The 944 and 968 Turbos were four-cylinder forced-induction Porsches; the 356, 914, and 912 were flat-fours. If a 911 doesn’t sound like a 928 that doesn’t sound like a Cayenne, so what? Did Derek Bell climb out of his 962C after winning the 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans and complain that it just didn’t sound as sweet as the 917 he’d driven in 1971? No, he did not. Because he was about getting on down the road. And, uh, he had earplugs. Just get in the car and drive the wheels off the thing, already."
I drove a 718 a week ago. It is a phenomenal car. It will run circles around cars with double the horsepower. And, I thought it sounded great. I love boxer engines.
So much traction! It most certainly has a brilliant chassis, but what tyre's were used? Was the traction control fully disabled or was it in the PSM off mode (Sport plus)?
Holy fuck. I'm sweating. Sounds fine to me. I have a Boxster 718S, and without a doubt it is a better drive, better balanced, and more fun than the 911S 997.2 I had previously.
He start the lap at 33- 34 seconds into the video and he finish at 8min24 - 25. It look more like a 7min50-51 laptime then 7min46-47 to me but still very fast and very very hot driver !
Porsche fährt vor 2 Jahren mit einem 4Zylinder Boxer fast 10sec schneller um die Nordschleife als BMW mit dem neuen Z4 M40i. Und da ist der Z4 (340PS/1589Kg) schon fast so schnell wie der neue M2 Competition. (410PS/1650kg) Ja der Porsche ist 200kg leichter.
Okeeproduction I do 7:53 on Assetto Corsa, no assists, tractioncontrol standard, streettires. I can upload a replay if you want. And Ive still got corners to improve on. I think Ill be able to do a sub 7:50 round next week.
Okeeproduction - Manual gearbox vs PDK, unknown tyres compared to this test (street and semislicks available in the sim), unknown if traction & stability control systems are used in this test, optimal conditions in the sim vs whatever test day conditions Sport Auto had.
Enky Nakamura - Odd, the car has the tendency to oversteer and is overall without assists/stability systems very twitchy when I test drive it in the sim.
Coming back to this video after years again. Beautiful machine, but interesting that this is PDK, 350 hp, and about 100 pounds lighter than fk8 (306 hp), and only 1 year before fk8, and slower at the ring
you are comparing unofficial time (Sport auto) vs. Honda factory time attack - with probably modded, non-stock car like they showed with FL5… I would always choose 718S over FK8.
@@jagymeister Nope, fk8 was said to be same power by Honda ~~You must know that people died at Nurburgring recently ~~~Honda said they removed rear seats to help fit roll cage for security, which made up for rear seat delete weight according to Honda Unofficial time, but reasonably by a professional.
les bras pliés a peu près a 90° c'est censé être la meilleur position possible, c'est vrai qu'il a un peu moins lui, mais chacun son truc, ça a l'air de très bien marcher pour lui (oh, et tous les tests sont fait en boite automatique de nos jours, pour tirer le maximum de performance de la voiture en question, ce "pilote" comme vous dites effectue tous les tests officiels car il le fait mieux que n'importe quel autre personne ;) )
Heheh exactlly!!! And the new Carrera S did 7:34 with 410bhp not once has this been done with so few ponies or Cayman GT4 at 7:42 at 385bhp is also sick..
Brent H. yes but it's a mid engined rear wheel drive car with a transmission called the PDK. The clubsport's time is ludicrously fast for a FWD hatchback.
Didn't they teach you in school to add a consonant before a word starting with a vowel?When you're hungry, do you reach for a apple?If leaving a building, do you search for a exit?After detailing, do you carry out a inspection?Upon noticing a leak, do you replace a o-ring?If it's raining outside, do ppl take a umbrella?"compare aN A3 to aN RS3"... in this case even apply an N before the RS3 because if spoken in abbreviation, the R sounds like 'Ar'wtf is wrong with each newer generation becoming more n more lousy with even their native (and only) tongue, ppl are becoming lousy writers/speakers. Oh well.
Optik geil, Motor scheisse, lieber ein 6 Zylinder vom 991/2 mit Turbo wenn es sein muss, es muss sein....aber dieser blöde 4 Zylinder ist ein Zumutung für meine Ohren, 350 PS für einen 2,5 Liter 4 Zylinder ist keine Kunst, daher ist dieses Auto kein Traum Porsche mehr... Würde ich mir nie kaufen und dann noch 103.000,- €, ich fang an zu lachen!
Tja, schau dir einmal die Sportauto Nordschleifenrunde vom TTRS (8V) an. Dann weißt du, warum die Porsche alle immer etwas mehr kosten. Es grüßt die Seat Leon Cupra Fraktion
This is wholeheartedly unacceptable. This car is $100k and it has a turbocharged 4 cylinder like, oh idk, the current gen Civic Type R? I think it weighs a fair amount less than the Civic Type R as well in its heaviest 's' trim. It definitely makes more horsepower, that's for sure. It's definitely a mid-engined rear wheel drive car, which is a dynamically superior layout to front engine front drive, that's for sure. I mean come on how were they not able to achieve a faster time than the Type R Civic? Seems like there is a big flaw hiding in the driving characteristics of the Boxster
It is intriguing. Fk8 about 100 lbs heavier. Fk8 has about 50 hp less advertised hp. Fk8 is also a manual, compared to PDK. Albeit, the hp numbers aren't so disparate that this seems impossible.
The car is a corner-devouring, jet-engine propelled beast of a machine. Porsche has produced one phenomenal machine that incorporates the best from its stable of cars. The aggressive sounding, throaty exhaust let you (and those around you know) there is something under the sleek design, and that something propels you from 0-60 mph in 3.6 seconds (Car & Driver instrumentation testing). It achieves a top speed of 186 mph (Automobile Magazine-Autobahn speed test), and it is easily put to the test on a highway or snaking back road. This power is EASILY accessible, unlike the predecessor, that required you to ring its neck or beat the horse to death to achieve top acceleration in each gear. Honest Porsche dealers will tell you this is THE car to buy in the current Porsche line up, and that it will outperform most of the 911s.
If you opt to hop into this rocket, you need to seriously consider purchasing the S variant, PDK, PASM, the lowered chassis, 20" turbo wheels, sport chrono, and sport exhaust. This will run you close to $100,000 US and includes a 6% tax. This car was selected as the 2017 World Performance Car of the Year over the Audi R8 and the McLaren 570S. I have driven Corvettes, all the muscles, Aston Martin, Ferrari, the RCF, and of course, Porsche. This may be the best mid-engine car in the world at this juncture in time. Oh, the sound thing.
It sounds awesome, and the sound will vary based on if you are in normal, sport or sport plus--it just does not sound like the predecessor, and few if any other cars in the world sounded like that. Is the flat four a step in the right direction? The performance from this car is amazing, and its handling has been taken to a new level with the integration of the 911 turbo 10% plus steering and the Carrera brakes. You can certainly spend more on Porsche's, but this is one remarkable machine for the money.
177 mph.
Still sounds terrible.
Hate the Turbo Wheels ;-)
What an amazing car! It clearly handles its new supercar acceleration.
I have bought recently the Porsche 718 Cayman S in the same color! Super happy with the car!!!
Sound: Cara and Driver Review
"Reducing cylinder count and turbocharging will always change the engine sound in ways enthusiasts don’t love (ask any Formula 1 fan about the latest-generation cars), so we must be forgiven for this fine whine. But it’s an essentially pointless argument. Ignore those itching to pick a fight with, “It just doesn’t sound like a Porsche.” Drive a 718 Cayman S for three minutes and there’s no question it’s a Porsche. So that noise you hear? That’s what this Porsche sounds like. It’s not as if some treasured heritage rests solely in the sound of six cylinders deployed pancake-fashion. The 944 and 968 Turbos were four-cylinder forced-induction Porsches; the 356, 914, and 912 were flat-fours. If a 911 doesn’t sound like a 928 that doesn’t sound like a Cayenne, so what? Did Derek Bell climb out of his 962C after winning the 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans and complain that it just didn’t sound as sweet as the 917 he’d driven in 1971? No, he did not. Because he was about getting on down the road. And, uh, he had earplugs. Just get in the car and drive the wheels off the thing, already."
If you should race it, performance is everything. But if you dont plan to race it ....
I drove a 718 a week ago. It is a phenomenal car. It will run circles around cars with double the horsepower. And, I thought it sounded great. I love boxer engines.
that's the most beautiful thing I've read
I just bought me a 718 Cayman S I do not regret it at all so exited and more than happy
Great drive! A hope we get the M4 GTS lap to ...it was wery fast.
Oh Ja! :-)
You can tell he needs grippier tyres. They say the 718 S would beat the GT4 if it had the GT4's sticky tyres. Looks believable seeing this
Could beat. If driver were equal, GT4 > S.
lols you are making stuff up. lols you're talking utter BS.
Nobody ever said that, that’s non sense 😂
@@Ratcheryes they did.
@@todd.goslin6190 Alright, its a funny one then!
en remplaçant les Pirelli P0 par des michelin Cup 2 semi slick , on devrait pouvoir approcher les 7. 42 du Gt4.
Belle performance.
So much traction! It most certainly has a brilliant chassis, but what tyre's were used? Was the traction control fully disabled or was it in the PSM off mode (Sport plus)?
Lee 1 i thought just holding down the PSM for 4 seconds mean that its fully off
@@caominh2874 that would turn off the PSM, but ESC is still on
@@derekyam1805 but i can still do donuts
@@derekyam1805 but i can still do donuts
@@caominh2874 ESC is when you're about to spin violently while driving, system will kick in
Caymans are the ultimate driving machines.
Outstanding cornering
Drive this car and you will Love it
Holy fuck. I'm sweating. Sounds fine to me. I have a Boxster 718S, and without a doubt it is a better drive, better balanced, and more fun than the 911S 997.2 I had previously.
Did I see 278kph at the end?
It hit 299 kph in Automobile Autobahn testing. It runs a 3.6 0-60 (Car and Driver).
@Super Smurfy the 2 liter in a manual tranny maybe.
What tyres you use?
LOL faster then the Vantage GT8 damn.
Klingt doch garnicht so schlimm der vierzylinder;) gut gefahren!
Best driver
Now this or the 3.4 S 🤔 as a track car
This defo faster and slightly better handling I believe the 981s didn’t have a lsd but then again the N/A sound might make it more enjoyable
He start the lap at 33- 34 seconds into the video and he finish at 8min24 - 25. It look more like a 7min50-51 laptime then 7min46-47 to me but still very fast and very very hot driver !
i think the 200m beetween the gp-track are not included.
HOLY SHIT GET A LIFE BRO FUCK.
Sacré coup de volant, tout en finesse !
Porsche fährt vor 2 Jahren mit einem 4Zylinder Boxer fast 10sec schneller um die Nordschleife als BMW mit dem neuen Z4 M40i. Und da ist der Z4 (340PS/1589Kg) schon fast so schnell wie der neue M2 Competition. (410PS/1650kg) Ja der Porsche ist 200kg leichter.
Now do the same time in Assetto Corsa. Me (and other) do it in around 8:10! How can it be such a huge difference???
Okeeproduction I do 7:53 on Assetto Corsa, no assists, tractioncontrol standard, streettires. I can upload a replay if you want.
And Ive still got corners to improve on. I think Ill be able to do a sub 7:50 round next week.
street tires, you mean semis? upload pls :)
Assetto Corsa WR on RSR is 7:42.400
Okeeproduction - Manual gearbox vs PDK, unknown tyres compared to this test (street and semislicks available in the sim), unknown if traction & stability control systems are used in this test, optimal conditions in the sim vs whatever test day conditions Sport Auto had.
Enky Nakamura - Odd, the car has the tendency to oversteer and is overall without assists/stability systems very twitchy when I test drive it in the sim.
Amazing
No need for sport response button
That cayman it’s turbo? ??
Juan Castaño castaño , yes VRT turbo 4 cylinder
Porsche the best
LOL only with 350hp???? Crazy.... What a Great car is that
You people are way too obsessed over horsepower.
Kalsonic Maybe youre right but my A45 is Not so fast
Changing the back axle with GT4 design definetely gave better traction compared to previous model. But it sounds like Subaru STi. I dont like it.
Great driving as usual, the sound made me yawn after a minute in to the video though
impressive car but to would rather have a 996 gt3 for the price of a new 4cyl one
Yea, I think we'd all rather be slower as long as it sounds better.
Allahu Akbar! Great driving! Truly balls out.
fuck islam, a false pedofile religion
Tom Tomi true dat! But aren't all religions false by definition?
Coming back to this video after years again.
Beautiful machine, but interesting that this is PDK, 350 hp, and about 100 pounds lighter than fk8 (306 hp), and only 1 year before fk8, and slower at the ring
you are comparing unofficial time (Sport auto) vs. Honda factory time attack - with probably modded, non-stock car like they showed with FL5…
I would always choose 718S over FK8.
@@jagymeister
Nope, fk8 was said to be same power by Honda
~~You must know that people died at Nurburgring recently
~~~Honda said they removed rear seats to help fit roll cage for security, which made up for rear seat delete weight according to Honda
Unofficial time, but reasonably by a professional.
@@g0d182 FL5 had more boost, different tires, etc. Peoven facts. It was same with FK8, just less evidence. Dont let yourself to be sugar coated 😁
@@jagymeister
Wrong.
That's not fl5, that was "FL5 SGrade" that they introduced a whole other trim for Nurburgring.
This was not done with fk8.
@@g0d182 no, they claimed it afterwards. Many videos about it outside. You must be big honda fanboi to defend their cheating😂
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The man can drive the car does drive and the haters can go. Sour Grapes and comments from apes, whining, worst sound of them all.
If it only sounded better :(
A fast car with a not really satisfying sound
Il conduit vraiment pres du volant on dirait ma femme
les bras pliés a peu près a 90° c'est censé être la meilleur position possible, c'est vrai qu'il a un peu moins lui, mais chacun son truc, ça a l'air de très bien marcher pour lui (oh, et tous les tests sont fait en boite automatique de nos jours, pour tirer le maximum de performance de la voiture en question, ce "pilote" comme vous dites effectue tous les tests officiels car il le fait mieux que n'importe quel autre personne ;) )
Great car with a lousy engine noise
1 second faster than a golf......
Heheh exactlly!!! And the new Carrera S did 7:34 with 410bhp not once has this been done with so few ponies or Cayman GT4 at 7:42 at 385bhp is also sick..
Brent H. yes but it's a mid engined rear wheel drive car with a transmission called the PDK. The clubsport's time is ludicrously fast for a FWD hatchback.
Didn't they teach you in school to add a consonant before a word starting with a vowel?When you're hungry, do you reach for a apple?If leaving a building, do you search for a exit?After detailing, do you carry out a inspection?Upon noticing a leak, do you replace a o-ring?If it's raining outside, do ppl take a umbrella?"compare aN A3 to aN RS3"... in this case even apply an N before the RS3 because if spoken in abbreviation, the R sounds like 'Ar'wtf is wrong with each newer generation becoming more n more lousy with even their native (and only) tongue, ppl are becoming lousy writers/speakers. Oh well.
.... on semis.
Elle roule vite,et Christian Gebhardt aussi....
Optik geil, Motor scheisse, lieber ein 6 Zylinder vom 991/2 mit Turbo wenn es sein muss, es muss sein....aber dieser blöde 4 Zylinder ist ein Zumutung für meine Ohren, 350 PS für einen 2,5 Liter 4 Zylinder ist keine Kunst, daher ist dieses Auto kein Traum Porsche mehr... Würde ich mir nie kaufen und dann noch 103.000,- €, ich fang an zu lachen!
...und er ist mit dem kleinen (kleineren) Motor auch noch 20 Kg schwerer geworden... Fail!
TheJensemann75 das auto ist schneller als ein 991 Carrera S mit Saugmotor.
Außerdem wiegen Turbomotoren immer mehr als sauger mit gleichem Hubraum
Tja, schau dir einmal die Sportauto Nordschleifenrunde vom TTRS (8V) an. Dann weißt du, warum die Porsche alle immer etwas mehr kosten.
Es grüßt die Seat Leon Cupra Fraktion
Didn’t know Subaru makes a mid engined sportscar..
Ohjee. Mein Golf klingt um Welten besser. Da hätten se lieber bei VW ins Regal greifen sollen. Klingt ja furchtbar anstrengend
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This is wholeheartedly unacceptable. This car is $100k and it has a turbocharged 4 cylinder like, oh idk, the current gen Civic Type R? I think it weighs a fair amount less than the Civic Type R as well in its heaviest 's' trim.
It definitely makes more horsepower, that's for sure.
It's definitely a mid-engined rear wheel drive car, which is a dynamically superior layout to front engine front drive, that's for sure.
I mean come on how were they not able to achieve a faster time than the Type R Civic? Seems like there is a big flaw hiding in the driving characteristics of the Boxster
We have Type R fan here..
There is a movie about the comparison between the Boxter and the Civic, and it is called Beauty and the Beast!
It is intriguing.
Fk8 about 100 lbs heavier.
Fk8 has about 50 hp less advertised hp.
Fk8 is also a manual, compared to PDK.
Albeit, the hp numbers aren't so disparate that this seems impossible.
Factory vs unofficial timing. Modded vs factory car. Big differences.
Slower than a Civic Type R