{"id":13601,"date":"2021-11-17T04:37:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=13601"},"modified":"2021-11-17T04:37:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:37:04","slug":"porsche-718-cayman-gt4-rs-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13601","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS unveiled to fight the BMW M2 Coupe G87"},"content":{"rendered":"

While we\u2019re patiently waiting for BMW to unveil the new M2 Coupe (G87)<\/a>, the competition is getting stiffer what with Porsche introducing its most hardcore Cayman to date. Meet the new GT4 RS, unveiled today for the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show with the flat-six engine borrowed from the mighty 911 GT3. Yes, Zuffenhausen\u2019s \u201cbaby\u201d sports car is finally getting the 4.0-liter unit of its bigger brother.<\/p>\n

To no one\u2019s surprise, the engineers have dialed the naturally aspirated engine down a bit to avoid stepping on the 911 GT3\u2019s toes. It still makes a healthy 493 horsepower (368 kilowatts) and 331 pound-feet (450 Newton-meters) of torque while having an impressive 9,000 rpm redline. Offered exclusively with the seven-speed PDK, the extreme Cayman sprints to 62 mph (100 km\/h) in only 3.4 seconds, thus making it half a second quicker than the GT4. Flat out, it\u2019ll do 196 mph (315 km\/h) or a bit more compared to the non-RS version.<\/p>\n