Six & out... of this world
“IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR PURE TRACK CAPABILITY, IT’S AT LEAST 10 SECONDS QUICKER”
ANDREAS PREUNINGER, PORSCHE’S HEAD OF GT ROAD CARS
“IT HAS A brand-new, bespoke engine,” says Andreas Preuninger, Porsche’s GT road-car boss. Most significantly, he adds, and to a collective sigh of relief to all enthusiasts globally: “It’s a four-litre, naturally aspirated, flat-six.” Immediately, the GT boss confirms all the rumours that the Cayman GT4 and its Boxster Spyder relation would retain a flat-six instead of the more common 718’s turbocharged four-cylinder unit. Finally, a new Cayman that will sound like a proper Porsche, then.
We’re in a studio near Weissach, a month or so before the GT department’s latest cars are revealed, for an early, exclusive walk-around with Preuninger and his team. “We tried not to change too much, because these cars, especially the GT4, they had this inherent rightness to them,” he says.
While that sounds simple, Porsche had to adhere to
