2019 Tesla Review

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Of course, ride height, track width and camber are all configureable, while the Competition version also gets adjustable shocks. Brakes consist of big steel rotors front and back, which are clamped down by six-piston calipers up front and four-pistons in the rear. Trackday GT4s also get a brake booster. The wheels are forged alloys with five-bolt hubs, while Michelin tires are supplied with delivery. Most of the bodywork is made from aluminum and steel as on the 718 Cayman street car, but the doors and wing are made from a natural fiber mix consisting primarily of flax. Seriously. The material is more sustainable to make than carbon-fiber and it only nets a small weight increase. That wing, along with a new diffuser and front splitter also helps raise downforce compared with the previous GT4. All cars get an FIA-spec welded-in roll cage, an escape hatch in the roof, and a six-point harness for the driver. Competition cars get a plumbed in fire extinguishing system, while the Trackday version gets a conventional handheld extinguisher.

Weight is just 2910 lbs. Both versions of the car come with driver-adjustable traction control, stability control and ABS, but they鈥檙e tailored for a bit more safety in the Trackday GT4. Inside, there鈥檚 a Cosworth gauge cluster and all the other accoutrements you鈥檇 expect in a pro-level race car. The 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport makes its debut today at Daytona, where testing is underway for this month鈥檚 24-Hour race. You won鈥檛 see one in the 24, though, as the car races in the Michelin Pilot Challenge series. If you want, you can order a 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport from Porsche Motorsport North America right now, but pricing has yet to be set. Deliveries for US customers begin today in preparation for the racing at Daytona later this month, while European customers get theirs next month. 209,000 in the U.S. No price for the Trackday model has been announced. And yes, I鈥檓 sure you鈥檙e wondering about the 718 Cayman GT4 street car. That鈥檚 coming, but not for a little while longer鈥擯orsche wants to use the road car to help develop the street car more.

Frustratingly, things don鈥檛 always go to plan. If they did, we wouldn鈥檛 have the all-new BMW Z4 parked next to a Porsche 718 Cayman. And it also wouldn鈥檛 be endowed with the meagre 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo. It is half-a-litre short on capacity and sans the essential topless ability we asked for when trying to secure a Boxster S for this comparison. Before pressing a starter button, this all seems a bit of a mismatch on paper. However, stats and figures can often mean little out on the open road and, ultimately, the body styles presented don鈥檛 tell the full story. Why would BMW allow us to bring a Porsche Boxster (that was the original aim, remember) to the launch of the new Z4? It鈥檚 certainly not as a favour. The red carpet was rolled out for our rival because BMW knew that the G29 Z4 has evolved into a proper sports car.

The original Z4 was an abomination from the Bangle design era, while the second generation was pretty, yet dynamically flawed with the retractable hardtop aimed squarely at the Mercedes-Benz SLK. Although the reality is that this line of ancestors might as well be from another family, because the third generation is a completely different animal. The boosted, 3.0-litre straight-six-powered M40i we have here blitzes the Nordschleife in 7:55.41sec, which is faster than the N55-powered M2 by a decent margin. Additionally, with 250kW and 500Nm, the claimed 0-100km/h time of 4.5sec is as plausible as it is impressive. Essentially, the Cayman is to the Boxster what the Toyota Supra is to the Z4. Also developed in Europe, the Supra breathes down the Z4鈥檚 neck much harder than is comfortable for the venerable German marque. Not surprisingly, the Cayman does the same thing to the Boxster. So unless you regularly lower the roof, the coupe should always be the driver-orientated choice over the roadster.