Pick: Porsche Cayman S or BMW M2
Posted on 14-10-2015 at 17:05 by rubenpriest – 95 Comments”
With the unveiling of BMW’s latest toy appears a new dilemma. If you choose the blown blauwbek from Munich, or the atmospheric stuurmansauto from Zuffenhausen?
Let me first start about the fact that we Hollanders are the bitten dog. With a comparison between the Cayman GT4, and the M2 had all of you very hard “GT4!” was called. But this is the Netherlands. And in the Netherlands we know C02 tax. A M2 of the showroom, leaving you 80 mille left at the local dealer. And a Cayman GT4? Thick, 126.000 euros. You see. A ridiculous comparison. The Belgian readers among us in their vuistjes laugh. They only pay 88.451,00 euro for the most toxic of Cayman. Choice made so.
To make the comparison fair to keep, we were forced to take a step back to take it to the Cayman S with PDK. With 86k is the entry-level coupe from Porsche 6 rooitjes more expensive than the M2. For that you get a 3.4 litre boxer engine that 325 hp (370 Nm) performance at 7.400 rpm. With a weight of 1370 kg the two-seater about 80 kg less than his opponent and that shows in the performance. 0-100 km/h the Cayman S with PDK and Sport Chrono Package in 4.7 seconds. The manual gearbox does it in 5 count around. The party eventually ended at 281 km/h.
Than the BMW. The figures are still fresh in the memory: 370pk from a blown six-in-line, in combination with the M DCT, in 4,3 seconds to 100 km/h surrenders. With the M Drivers Package is a top speed of 270 km/h possible. By the, quite substantial, 1449kg is the mini-M4 is a little heavier than the Porsche.
Conclusion? Yes the BMW is faster, but due to the heavier weight and the turbo is the beemer might be less pure in driving the competitor out of Zuffenhausen. The M2 does a round ‘Ring in 7:58 minutes. The Cayman S in 8:02 minutes. Say on, what will you choose?
Gallery: Porsche Cayman S
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Gallery: BMW M2 Coupe
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