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29 September 2015If there is one section where we can be brief, it’s this one because this is where the GT4 remains closest to the original Cayman set-up. Look for differences and you’ll find them – especially if, as was the case with our test car, the options list has been liberally ticked.
But by and large, the GT4 does well the very same things that a standard Cayman cabin does well, which is absolutely fine by us. The driving position is low and straight, with a hugely adjustable wheel – 10mm smaller in diameter than standard and the same size as a 918 Spyder’s – and an easy pedal layout and perfectly sited gearlever.
It’s only in details where the GT aspects make themselves felt. The amount of Alcantara is reassuring. Specify the optional Clubsport pack (£2670) and you’ll find a half-cage behind your head. There are 918-derived buckets seats if you tick the box next to the number £1907. Somebody had done precisely that for our test car and, as a result, it has some of the most supportive chairs in motordom. All of this goes to make the GT4 feel more special, no question, than a regular Cayman. Yet it is no less practical.
There is a good-sized boot beneath the front lid, and flatter items can easily be stowed beneath the Cayman’s tailgate. That the engine is in the Cayman’s middle means that the rear boot isn’t as deep as in, say, a Nissan 370Z, but a combined capacity of 425 litres isn’t to be sniffed at. However, we’re not here to dwell on luggage capacities. Onwards.
