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STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE? MAYBE NOT, BUT IT ALL COMES AT A PRICE

IT’S NO SECRET that the successor to Porsche’s 718 Cayman and Boxster range – due within 18 months – will be a pure electric vehicle though, unlike the Macan, this generation of 718 will likely get one last update and be sold alongside its replacement for a couple more years.

Certainly, then, the next junior Porsche sports cars will be very different beasts to the lithe and compact two-doors with mid-mounted, horizontally opposed engines we know now. But the excitement and publicity for the 718 is all found at the top: Spyder RS, GT4, and flat-six GTS are the variants people remember. What of the base car? We’ve spent a week in the Cayman Style Edition – a sticker and equipment pack added to the entry-grade 718 – to find out.

The Style adds six bespoke colour options to the base Cayman PDK including Crayon

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