New Cayman snaps to LA beat

Nov 19 2008 Steve Hughes

New Cayman snaps to LA beat

MORE environmentally friendly engines are being introduced by Porsche on its Cayman coupe.

The Cayman now has an engine of 2.9-litres, which develops 265bhp and is a significant increase of 20 horsepower over the current 2.7-litre model.

The 3.4-litre engine in the Cayman S gets an even bigger power hike of 25bhp up to a new high of 320bhp.

The revised models also have the option of Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) transmission, which is a new double-clutch automatic gearbox to replace the Tiptronic S system.

The Cayman S with PDK and Launch Control accelerates from 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds and can manage economy of 31mpg, which is a ten per cent improvement.

Emissions have been reduced by up to 16 per cent so that the Cayman with a standard six-speed manual gearbox emits 221g/km and 214g/km with PDK. The Cayman S manual emits 223g/km and 221g/km with PDK.

This moves every Cayman model into Band F for road tax and company car taxation purposes.

The new Cayman will cost from £36,870 whilst the Cayman S will be priced from £45,050.