I posted both articles in the Articles section and will post the Motor Trend driving report tomorrow.
What does everyone think of either article?
from scanning each article i was impressed more than anything about porsche marketing. i just realised that from most of the magazines articles and pictures i've seen of the cayman it always seem to be a different car. where as most other car makers like bmw market silver for their cars( i like silver but to see a whole range advertised in the same color is a little boring for me) porsche really make it interesting for the fans. have they done this with every car, or is it the fact that the cayman just leaps out of the pictures. i havent heard 1 negative review of this car (apart from the suntimes, but that was more me being bitter that it was not me using 295bhp in the mountains of italy) and it keeps going from strength to strength. i cant wait to see her in the flesh...
I always like reading reviews from different sources whether I agree with them or not. One thing is for sure though, the C&D article is morea review of theEuro countryside rather than the Cayman. The R&T article is much more about the car.
Yes that's what suprises me the R&T article is much better in terms of describing the car IMHO and the C&D article is mostly countryside and historical fluff/filler. On another board I had heard it was the other way around, they favored the C&D article and thought the R&T one was the 'bad' one. I don't know what they were smoking...
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The Car & Driver article on the Cayman S tells us more about the editorial state of Car & Driver than the Porsche Cayman S. Aaron Robinson must have considered the opportunity to drive the Cayman as his summer perk - an all expenses paid trip to Europe - rather than an opportunity for serious analysis of this new vehicle. Had he had a choice, Aaron obviously would have selected a roadster for his summer vacation over a coupe. Jeffrey Russell's photos of the Cayman drive were great though, especially the post card like shots at the Nürburgring. Of course, not everyone is in love with Porsche and their highly profitable exploitation of the car enthusiast market.[/quote]
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I did the same route as C&D a few years ago in a rented Peugeot and I even thought that was a great car in that area of the world./fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/teeth_smile.gif
I did European delivery of my BMW and it was the greatest vacation of my life. If I buy a Porsche, BMW, or MB new, there is NO QUESTION in my mind, I will do European delivery again.
Driving through Germany and Swizterland (particularly teh Balck Forest) was simply amazing. The only negative was comming back to ****ty US roads. It took over a year for me to stop the constant bitching about New England roads.
Edited by - FC on 09/30/2005 2:17:44 PM
I'd love to do European delivery, that would a dream come true. But I don't think January is a good time to take new Porsche on a road-trip around Europe (Cayenne excluded!). Driving in the snow without good tires and AWD is a chore. Plus they put salt or other snow-melting crud on the roads... pretty rough on the paint and underbody. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to drive the car, not put it in a museum. I'll drive it in the rain or on a dirt road, but BRAND NEW through the salty snow... naaa.
It is probably only temporary, but european delivery option has been taken out of the list of options in the US Cayman configurator. The funny thing is I think the option is still there for Boxster and 997
