Porsche Cayman GT4 | Five reasons you should buy one (4K) 

The reason I bought one is because of the old tech. Tech doesn’t age very well and my analog gauges will look great forever! I I love all my physical buttons which have an incredible feel to it.

Lane assist…. ‘Should you be buying a GT4 if you can’t stay in your lane!!?’, classic! 😂

I own a 718 Spyder and I’m glad the car is ‘old tech’. I don’t like nor want the digital displays and no button (haptic) style interiors. I also love that it’s smaller than the 992, which is in my opinion too big now. It not being a 911 is just a thing said for bragging rights I think. I own a highly modified (997) 911 as well and the 718 Spyder/GT4 is still a great car.

Spot on, IMO. It's winter here in Wisconsin in the USA and my new-to-me 718 GT4 that I just purchased in October is stored for winter hibernation, so I found this video looking for more GT4 content. Really truly, great cars. I managed to get about 1500 miles on mine before storage this year and with the manual gearbox I love it. I sold my E39 M5 Dinan S2 package and my E46 M3 after buying this car and both of those cars were gems - I do not regret selling either of them. Kept my E92 M3 for a summer daily, so the GT4 is still going to be a weekend/track car, however, I fully agree that it's livable on the street. This car has the best manual gearbox I've ever used in 25 years of driving manual transmissions. Everything about driving this thing is wonderful. Due to the long gearing I find myself in 1 lower gear than i would in most other cars - I very often downshift from 3rd to 2nd and I love it. The car is so pure. Buy one now before it's too late

Comfortably the best GT4 video out there for prospective buyers. Awesome work folks.

That's a great video Ben, thanks. More from you please!

Great, honest & informative review!

Review was sooo good, I watched it three times.

Great job Ben! Damn nice presentation. Thank-you for not chatting about gear ratios, and instead hitting upon how easy it can be to drive, and how fast it is if you know what your doing. Really enjoyed the 5 points/reasons to own. Favorite GT4 video. And I've watched them all. So good I had to come back after 4 months to watch again.

Very good review - balanced - really a car for true car enthusiasts

Great review from CAR’s Ben cluster of expert reviewers - great review 🙏👍🎯

“You’ve got to think of it more like a kind of ISA with a flat six engine” 😂. I picked mine up new 8 weeks ago and love it. Great review!

Great review and a brilliant car. Best bang for your buck Porsche! Hands down! Recenty sold mine and had massive fun in it.

Great review 🎉

Talking about ISA with a flat six, the 987.2 Cayman was all that I could afford to keep my ISA intact, mare mortal here. Nice review

This quite simply is a damn good review. Definitely one off the best I've watched..thsnks guys.

I used to be a Porsche guy and thought so many years ago until I sat in and revved up the NA V10 of a Lamborghini Huracan in Corsa mode. I was totally sold at that moment!

Excellent review. Porsche GT division cars and some GTS cars are a sight, sound and feel experience. You know you're alive when you drive one. The 718 GTS 4L and 718 GT4 easily punch the 911 Carreras ticket, these in 992 guise have become large 'feeling' and the interiors could be from any other german manufacturer. These 911s are more grand tourers than sports cars, the exception being GT division cars. Some of the best drivers cars ever built by Porsche, and in no particular order include 981 GTS, 981 GT4, 981 Spyder, 718 GTS, 718 GT4, 718 Spyder, 718 GT4 RS and any GT3/ GT3 RS. The common themes throughout, NA engines and outstanding handling without over reliance on HP. In other words they deliver a fully integrated driving experience whether it be on a country road or at a race track.

I daily my '23 GT4 and have over 8,000 miles on it since picking it up in March of '23. She goes to the movies, work, hardware store, and to stock up on food. I was fortunate enough to get one and have loved the experience.

It’s not old tech it’s the tech you want simple and easy

Just got our second one in stock and couldn’t agree more ❤

Love mine. Thankfully got mine before the prices went sky high with ADM. Too bad that's the case with all cars now, especially Porsche

For me the biggest problem with the Cayman GT4 is the Boxster Spyder. I am generally the coupe over convertible type, but the Spyder is definitely the prettier car and being able to open the roof up and get that sound more directly to my ears would tip me over the edge. Especially given that by all accounts nothing it lost in terms of perceived rigidity or weight between the two.

This is an amazing car but I went with the GTS 4.0 because it was easier to obtain and in my opinion, it is better for the street since I will never track my car. I get the same engine, manual gearbox, great suspension and many of the other goodies in a car that is 85 % of what a GT4 is. Great video!

Nice Porsche commercial, keep ‘em coming.

They are starting to drop below £80k for a Manual car and 981 GT4s are starting around £65k. So hardly any depreciation if any at all.

For a road car and not a club sport racer the GTS 4.0? Maybe depreciation makes it better.

I hope I get to own one before they switch to electric hybrid models , what a phenomenal car!!

Such a beautiful design at every angle. I do like this more than the 981.

I’m in a 4.0 GTS and have been trying to get a build slot, would love to know where I can get one in 18 months even.

Any available at msrp? 🤔

I have a 981 GT4 and it’s epic.

The Porsche Cayman GT4 is a masterpiece, plain and simple.

One of my favorite Porsche

18 month wait list but they are stopping production of the GT4 in July 2023. Bad luck anyone holding on.

The GTS is lighter and faster in a straight line, and only tenths off the GT4 around a racetrack at a fraction of the price. GTS also comes with way more creature comforts, no sacrificing luxury. GTS 4.0 is far better value.

Sorry but you're very bias. The Atom and Caterham are raw and not comparable to the GT4, both in usability u mention but also thrill. The GTS 4.0 is 95% of the GT4, its essentially the touring version, the GT4 has the aero for the edge on track. It's a great car but this is a one way bias hype vid. The emira is a wait and see, no 5k mile reviews and it's a base model. The gts is the pick. The gt4rs is the dream. The 981 for the engine and experience. Or just get a daily alfa quad and a weekend caterham

I can barely afford to list 5 reasons that I can’t afford one

When I got my GT4 my 911 991 C4S never got a look in and when I did drive it, it felt boring.. Guess which one I sold?

My number 1 reason: it looks better than the 911, and more unique. 2: It’s cheaper

You can get a Cayman T with a 6 speed and you are good to go, don't even need to spend the 110k plus!

One of the most desirable real world cars out of anything.

in love with this car, but manual 😅

I love mine. It's a keeper.

Lifeless feeling steering? High gearing? Feel of really driving the car to its limits?

I saw this particular car in the Starbucks carpark in Orton, Peterborough.

But what about the fact that it’s all done in the first two gears after that, your just rowing the gear stick.

With the manual gearbox, you live in first and second gear. Unnecessarily long relationships. Skyrocketing fuel consumption. Just made for the track. On normal road you can't pull a gear all the way to the limiter, only highway. This makes it very frustrating...

Is there a waiting period for the normal 718 2litre base version

Yeah….but not really to all the haters. If it’s not for you, then it’s for someone else. This car is loud inside and creature comforts are less for a higher price…but For me it’s better than a 911. The premium on a 911 doesn’t make the 911 better. I daily the Spyder and enjoy the fact that most do not recognizes the spec. Porsches are not obnoxious…and yes the obnoxious snobs do drive them too…..

I have a 981 GT4 and the front spoiler hitting anything and everything is a major problem. I cannot drive it to France because every French town and village has monster speed humps too high to drive over.

981 seems far superior on sound. May save to get one

Very nicely put together, but i cannot believe you missed out the gear ratios, as one of the arguments that go against....this is what i hear about the most and it would have been nice to either dispel the myth or, confirm that this is, indeed, a problem on the road, especially as you had it for so long!

I’d love one. But Porsche won’t sell me one. And I might be going against the PCP bubble of buying cars and flipping them every 6 months. Instead, a car purchase is a long considered occasional (every 4 years on average) purchase… so I will never build up the credit, and never be a customer… sadly!

I want one

The real question is..... Manual or PDK?

One HUGE reason I can't. It's too expensive.

With a manual , yes .

Cherish your time If you need reasons to buy one, it's not the car for you.

No point, can't buy a new one......not enough Porsche Dealer Principle points.

Idk about the gt4 could just get a 718 4.0

The 981 GT4 is even better. More visceral, better clutch feel, way better sound. Get one while you can! And to dispel the myth, the gear ratios are not a problem. Just get one!

I can think of one reason to not get one... I don't have nearly enough money to purchase one.

"5 reasons to buy one" why is YT recommending me things Ill never afford??

Because you’re rich and have a lot of money “invested” in Rolex and Porsche waiting lists but you’re still not on first name terms with the dealer?

Guards red. Black wheels. It needs a Manual transmission. As God intended. Done.

Great Car. But 718 Spyder RS is so much better looking and convertible

Lane Assist Is Not for humans , your the free R&D team working on your new automated car for when your not allowed to drive anymore

When you're comparing car prices from 2015 with prices now you have to do the inflation adjustment. 75,000 back then were about 15% more worth than 75,000 now - so the car really lost some significant value. And I missed some clear words about the absurd long gearing in the Caymans.

Then you have the GT4RS which makes the 992GT3 just plain boring…

"Five reasons you should buy one" .... One reason you can't buy one = Money.

Sixth reason if you like big bills out of warranty. Crack on

I drove one at the Porsche track in Carson California, and was disappointed with the lack of acceleration and the horrible sound coming out of the exhaust system. I bought a C8 Corvette which is a far superior car. I had to wait sixteen months to get it. There is no wait for a Cayman GT4. If you are considering a GT4 go drive one on a track first.

What a pity it's PDK.

Why the hec would Porsche go full electric with this car. No one wants that. From what I hear they are struggling selling the Taycan. Is that true?

Great car but I agree it's kind of a waste on the street unless you live on a mountain road

is he wearing his sons pants?

718 Spyder offers more for less

If you don’t have an inferiority comolex, status anxiety or you can’t afford it…….those are all reasons to not buy. Otherwise it’s a cracking car. As for the ratios you can sort that with a crown wheel and pinion upgrade. Shortens the gearing by 14% so think 72mph on the limiter in 2nd. Same as a 997.2 RS

I just traded my 2022 GT4 to a P dealer for his first allocation for the new 911 T. Why? Just too small inside for a guy 6’2” tall and 250 lbs. and the car is way too loud on the road - needs earplugs- and too rough on the road and as he says missing all the nice stuff that is standard in a modern car. Not a car for the road - just isn’t. And it is a track car but mine had a msrp of $135,500 - plus sales tax and registration still to pay. Are you really going to get that gorgeous paint job messed up on a track with rocks literally stuck on the tires of other cars that go off track getting thrown up at your car? And rocks being thrown out of the gummy cup 2 tires onto your paint as well? No. Too expensive and too pretty to make her do the dishes or vacuum - there are girls for the track and they are not that pretty and they can take a beating and have foul mouths but they are not the same girl you take home to Mom. I Mean car. - this GT4 has one primary use- drive it to your PCA regions cars and coffee and make your friends jealous like when you brought that stripper to your brother’s wedding as your date. The other guys will drool and they will try to imagine what it must be like on the road and in a negligee. It is for status with the other guys - period. And then you trade her in on a 911 with a manual transmission and for the cooking and making babies model. I did both.

PDK transmission = Fail

Here we go again..."comfort" (something completely subjective) talked about on (another) review of one of the most complete sport cars there ever been. It sucks 🤮! No wonder the version on show has been specced with a pdk 🤢 A review based on useless points - what about this for a statement: "It is not a 911" [sic] I am sorry CAR Magazine but you have lost the plot. Easily the worst review (with a title that has got nothing to do with the "talk") I have ever watched from your end. The GT4 (rawer and better in its 981 shape and easier to mod) is a car which extremely strong wherever you look (it is not just the balance: it is basically everything and that includes the gear ratios on the manual boxes): I would say more: as whole proposition it is the best car anyone could buy on this planet with whatever the money and that is its achievement: it is not the most expensive, it is not the fastest, it is not the one that brakes hardest, it is not the one which is the most spacious...bla bla bla... but for all it is it is the best. ps for the millions out there who can't think outside the box then please do us a favour: stick with your 911s and leave the GT4s for the rest of us. Thank you

Do not buy the manual! Terribly lame gear ratios.

Fiver reasons not to buy one: 1. stupidly overpriced 2. dealer price gouging 3. good luck in finding one 4. its a Cayman at the end of the day 5. Again is stupidly overpriced