New 385HP Porsche Cayman GT4 - Official

[Joakim3]

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/sp...ed-88982.html#

Well..... fuck, does that thing look evil

Finally there showing the Cayman some well deserved love

[BRZZZZZZZZZZ]

So much want. Except I want a Boxster version.

Lotto win here I come!

[jlugo711]

Man, do I love Porsche.

[rice_classic]

wow, sports cars are getting uglier.

Not a reflection on the people who do like it as tastes differ but it seems like sports car aesthetics have taken a turn for the worse. It's like manufacturers are designing cars to only appeal to *tastes* of 18 year old boys (even though, to some degree we all have those tastes). Overly aggressive/angry facades, sharp edges, sharp angles etc. No curves, nothing flows any more and it seems like fascias either emulate an animal (like a guppy or a spider) or an angry face or a smiley face. Can't a car just look like a car a not be personified? (rhetorical).

Like Joakim says: "That looks evil". Exactly my point. While "evil" is an appealing attribute to some, when I think about the top 5 gorgeous sports cars, "evil" is not a characteristic any of them possess.

Once again.. I'm an old man in a young body. So get off my lawn!

[dem00n]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

wow, sports cars are getting uglier.

Not a reflection on the people who do like it as tastes differ but it seems like sports car aesthetics have taken a turn for the worse. It's like manufacturers are designing cars to only appeal to *tastes* of 18 year old boys (even though, to some degree we all have those tastes). Overly aggressive/angry facades, sharp edges, sharp angles etc. No curves, nothing flows any more and it seems like fascias either emulate an animal (like a guppy or a spider) or an angry face or a smiley face. Can't a car just look like a car a not be personified? (rhetorical).

Like Joakim says: "That looks evil". Exactly my point. While "evil" is an appealing attribute to some, when I think about the top 5 gorgeous sports cars, "evil" is not a characteristic any of them possess.

Once again.. I'm an old man in a young body. So get off my lawn!

Que?

[Joakim3]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

wow, sports cars are getting uglier.

Not a reflection on the people who do like it as tastes differ but it seems like sports car aesthetics have taken a turn for the worse. It's like manufacturers are designing cars to only appeal to *tastes* of 18 year old boys (even though, to some degree we all have those tastes). Overly aggressive/angry facades, sharp edges, sharp angles etc. No curves, nothing flows any more and it seems like fascias either emulate an animal (like a guppy or a spider) or an angry face or a smiley face. Can't a car just look like a car a not be personified? (rhetorical).

Like Joakim says: "That looks evil". Exactly my point. While "evil" is an appealing attribute to some, when I think about the top 5 gorgeous sports cars, "evil" is not a characteristic any of them possess.

Once again.. I'm an old man in a young body. So get off my lawn!

We have DB9's, F-Types and AMG GT's for sex appeal and curves.

People don't buy track speck sports cars to look cute and curvy... There serial killers with 4 wheels, something this car would handedly qualify in. There designed to be as fast possible which means über wings, gaping grills and splitters or as we like to call it evil as shit

[reni]

I think it looks great, except for the wing which I'm hoping will fit better aesthetically once it makes it to production...

[jdmblood]

I think its gonna be way too expensive. The cayman gts already comes in at 70k with no additional options.

[M-17]

It looks... just okay. I honestly prefer the style of the Boxster over the Cayman.

[ST185RC]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

it seems like sports car aesthetics have taken a turn for the worse. It's like manufacturers are designing cars to only appeal to *tastes* of 18 year old boys (even though, to some degree we all have those tastes). Overly aggressive/angry facades, sharp edges, sharp angles etc. No curves, nothing flows any more and it seems like fascias either emulate an animal (like a guppy or a spider) or an angry face or a smiley face. Can't a car just look like a car a not be personified? (rhetorical).

Once again.. I'm an old man in a young body. So get off my lawn!

Err..... Are you talking about the Cayman that OP posted in question? I'm failing to see where there are overly aggressive sharp edges on the overall shapely lines of the car. Front fascia sure, looks like a mean kid with a bad tooth:gum ratio.

But from an objective standpoint, there doesn't seem to be a single place where you can put a standard 15" grade-school ruler to any surface on the body of this Porsche (spoiler included) to have it sit perfectly flat and level. This isn't a Volvo we're talking about. Even American cars like the Vette and 'Stang have become less edgy and more curvacious.

The only thing I can say about newer sports cars are that they are getting more and more bloated and none of them exhibit that "Raw" feeling.

[Levi]

Originally Posted by ST185RC

The only thing I can say about newer sports cars are that they are getting more and more bloated and none of them exhibit that "Raw" feeling.

+100000000000


They have on two seats but have the size of a huge sedan. Haveyou seen how big the 458 Italia is? Or any other sports car for that matter? No wonder sedans like E AMG, Panamera and M5 are delivering close performance with much more luxury and utility. Even the Cayman is too big.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by ST185RC

But from an objective standpoint, there doesn't seem to be a single place where you can put a standard 15" grade-school ruler to any surface on the body of this Porsche (spoiler included) to have it sit perfectly flat and level. This isn't a Volvo we're talking about. Even American cars like the Vette and 'Stang have become less edgy and more curvacious.

The only thing I can say about newer sports cars are that they are getting more and more bloated and none of them exhibit that "Raw" feeling.

I think the door might fit the bill as far as the ruler test goes.

Unfortunately raw seems like a thing of the past for the most part. The Cayman's "snout" is way longer than it has to be (I guess it's fitting for its name lol) and blocks visibility, my main issue with the car. I think they did good in the styling department by making the ducting and rear end look more organic, but I wish they kept the wheelbase at 987 or 986 length and shrunk the wheels a bit. I would prefer a slightly lower seating position but I can understand why they didn't do that. Oh yea, I hate the gigantic bling bling wheels that come on cars these days (that add a ton of mass for no reason), and Porsche insists on using wheels that are way too big in weird bolt patterns.

If the "baby Boxster" rumors are true maybe we'll get a smaller car that is actually fun to drive, but I'm not expecting anything.

[Ammonia]

For years, the Cayman has been sitting in the shadow of the 911, always liked buy never loved.

What the fuck kind of article is this? Spelling typo in the headline, gg

[chrisl]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Unfortunately raw seems like a thing of the past for the most part. The Cayman's "snout" is way longer than it has to be (I guess it's fitting for its name lol) and blocks visibility, my main issue with the car. I think they did good in the styling department by making the ducting and rear end look more organic, but I wish they kept the wheelbase at 987 or 986 length and shrunk the wheels a bit.

The 981 is almost identical in all external dimensions to the 987, and the wheelbase is only 2 inches longer. It's not at all a big car.

(That having been said, I agree that cars come with wheels that are too big these days - 17-18" is perfect on most sports cars, not the 19-20" monstrosities that you see now)