{"id":211,"date":"2025-04-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.com\/?p=211"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:00:00","slug":"porsche-718-cayman-gt4-rs-review-a-love-letter-to-drivers-written-in-aluminium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Review: A Love Letter to Drivers Written in Aluminium"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>0\u201360 mph<\/th>\n<td>3.2s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Power<\/th>\n<td>493 hp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Top speed<\/th>\n<td>196 mph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Layout<\/th>\n<td>RWD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Numbers rarely tell the whole story, but the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS backs its figures with a character you feel within the first mile. This is a machine built by people who clearly understand what enthusiasts actually want.<\/p>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>Performance<\/h2>\n<p>The headline figures \u2014 493 hp, 3.2s to 60 mph, a 196 mph maximum \u2014 place the 718 Cayman GT4 RS firmly in serious company. More impressive is how usable that pace is on a real road rather than a spec sheet.<\/p>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>On the road<\/h2>\n<p>Where many quick cars feel inert, the 718 Cayman GT4 RS stays communicative. The RWD setup keeps the chassis honest, so you always know how much grip is left in reserve \u2014 confidence that pays dividends on a demanding road.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The best fast cars do not just go quickly \u2014 they make you want to go quickly again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>Living with it<\/h2>\n<p>Day to day the 718 Cayman GT4 RS is more civilised than its mission suggests. The ride settles on the motorway, the cabin is well built, and the technology is modern without burying every control in a menu.<\/p>\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading'>The verdict<\/h2>\n<p>The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS is not flawless, but its flaws are the honest kind that come with focus. For the driver it was built for, it delivers exactly what it promises, and that is rarer than it should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spend a week with the 493 hp Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS to see whether the experience lives up to the numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[95,59,36],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-95","tag-coupe","tag-porsche"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auto-bus.autos\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}