GTS-versions have been the creme de la creme of Porsche models for ages.
It started with the 911, but family-Porsches like the Panamera and Cayenne became available as GTS.
Just like the Boxster and the Cayman.
The difference always was that in big Porsches, the Turbo S was the top of the range.
But in the Boxster and Cayman, the GTS topped the range.
Of course, that's without mentioning projects like the GT4 and Spyder.
The GTS actually is a normal S-version, with all of the dynamic options and a few extra horsepower as a bonus.
In this case, it's 15 horsepower extra.
That means we've got 365 horsepower in total. Meet the new Porsche 718 Cayman GTS.
The magic six-cylinder of its predecessors has been replaced by a four-cylinder.
It's a flat-four though, a turbocharged 2.5-litre flat-four engine.
And to gain that extra 15 horsepower, Porsche hasn't just changed the ECU,
they've also altered the inlet-trajectory and they've tweaked the turbo.
Those are the changes in the drivetrain. If we look at the chassis,
it's been lowered by ten centimetres. It's got torque vectoring thanks to a rear LSD,
the Porsche Chrono-package is fitted as standard, and on the outside you can recognize the GTS by the black accents.
Black wheels, a black logo, a black vent, and some black striping between the rear lights.
And the fun part is, track driving is always done with PDK-gearboxes in Porsches.
I wasn't feeling that today if I'm honest. Coincidentally I saw Hans-Joachim Stuck of Porsche walking around today.
He got a manual gearbox for his hot laps, just look at the tires. But I asked him if I could borrow his one,
and sure enough, he said yes.
It's no secret that I'm having a great day today.
This is one of the best looking tracks I know, the location, the surroundings, it's empty,
and proportionally, it's got more corners than the Nordschleife.
And because I don't have to get on track with the other journalists, because I've got Stuck's car with manual.
Just go out there he said, and everything is right in here.
It's not 'yeah the car is good but the throttle response isn't', no; everything is perfect in this Cayman. It all makes sense.
With the GTS being the top of the line version, you'd expect there's nothing to complain about.
But I have two things I want to point out.
First of all, the GTS-line.
I read about it often. The GTS is supposed to be the inbetween-version between the normal S-version,
for the 911, Cayman, Panamera or anything, and the GT3 in the 911's case.
But that's not the case.
The GTS isn't really different than a S-version.
It's the same with this. You have the Cayman S with the same engine,
which is down 15 horsepower. But the rigidity improvements and the sharpening of the chassis,
are all individual options for the Cayman S.
If you get the sports chassis, the Porsche Chrono-package, et cetera et cetera,
you'll get exactly the same car. Technically, it isn't different.
The only thing Porsche has done is collect all of those options, make them standard, give it 15 horsepower extra so you can boast about it to your neighbor,
and add some details on the outside, some GTS-logo's on the inside.
But that's it. It's not a real step in the direction of a real GT-model, or the GT4.
So actually, the added value is very small.
Porsche would be right to say; 'So what, we sell lots of them, so we'll continue building them.'
You won't hear me complaining though, because they're great cars.
But if we're talking added value, I was thinking.
Recently, Porsche revealed something special. Or rather, they revealed the pictures.
A 911 T. So what's that?
A 911 T is a 911 with the base-engine from the Carrera, with the new, shorter manual gearbox,
but with all of the sports features you can get on the 911 GTS. Chrono-package and all.
So you'll have a base Porsche, which is very dynamic at the same time.
What was I saying?
If they were to do that to the Cayman, you'd get the 2.0-litre from the standard version.
And that's actually a tad nicer than this 2.5-litre, because it revs faster.
You've got less power, but okay.
If you add a manual gearbox with short gears, you get the racy feel with a maximum drop of 1500 RPM from the limiter,
but with the same sports chassis and the same balance of this GTS.
If they make it cheaper, you'd have a mini-911 R.
If a car like that would become available for a 'normal' person... I mean a GT3, or a 911 R is crazily expensive.
It's even worse when they're second hand.
Porsche should make those capabilities more accessible, with a car which is fully focused on dynamic driving.
No matter how good this GTS is, a similar version based on the base version of the Cayman...
That would be heaven...
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