Cayman R World Wide Registry

The Cayman R by any standard is a unique and excellent sports car. It was a special model in part because of it's cherished Porsche factory R designation. The R was only built in 2011 and was marketed as a 2012 model year. It is estimated....(no one seems to know for sure) that there were only 1421 Cayman R produced for sale world wide. It would be nice to know where they are, when they were produced, color, PDK or manual, and carbon fiber buck seats or not. We could probably track much more but I wanted to keep it simple. More detail and pictures and certainly welcome! I am suggesting that all the world wide Cayman R owners post the following information. I will track the information and post it periodically...say ever 25 posts or so so that everyone can see the results. It may also serve as a way to connect to other R owners in your area. Lets see what happens. You can find information on the cars decals or certificate of sale. Post what you can.... 1. post the last 6 digits of your Vin Number( also note if the car is one built in Finland...U before the digits or S for Germany) 2. date of manufacture 3. color 4. PDK or Manual 5. Carbon fiber sport seats...Yes or no 6. Your Province, State, City or District 7. Country I am collecting data on Pelican, ********, and the PCA Cayman Registry sites and will combine the data from all three. We have almost 100 car registered in just the last 2 weeks. Good progress. ​ Thanks for your support.

Hi Rick, This is a great idea. I'm responding on the site, as I want to be a source of information to the person who bought my R in NC and had it shipped to CA. He or she can PM me with any questions about it. I ordered the car from the Porsche dealer in Greensboro, in March 2011, & picked it up in June. Before ordering the car, I drove two hours to a dealer that had a car with sport buckets, and spent 30 minutes- sitting in it, getting in & out of it, then drove home & ordered the car with them. I would not have a car without them! The only other options I added were the xenons, PDK w/ sport chrono , & I kept the stock A/C & radio- (don't need no stinkin' Bose !). Meteor Grey- a great color for the Cayman , and stealthier than the GR I would have if I didn't have to worry about driving points. I sold the car, only because there was a gleam in Andreas Preuninger's eye, that there would be a GT4 in the future. It had less than five thousand miles a year on it, and I had a hard time letting go of it. But I was offered a great price, and I couldn't justify having a car like that as a DD. I bought it to track, and took it to Carolinas Motorsport Park, Rd ATL, Barber, Roebling Road, ATL Motorsports Park (new, but a Hermann Tilke design!) and VIR full course. The car was phenomenal, even with street tires. It may have been a mistake to pass on the R- being such a low production model, the value may hold up very well. My best to all of you R owners- drive it like you stole it. YMMV, John GT4- #1 on my dealer's list (& don't get me started about the LWB's!)

I have copied this thread over to the Porsche forum on Pistonheads (a UK based board) so that any owners on there wishing to add to your list can do so.

Rick, Would you like us to set up a means for you to keep and track your Cayman R registry data here on Planet-9.com? I am open to suggestions as to how to better serve our members and their needs. Feel free to PM me or email if you'd like to discuss offline as well. Sincerely,

There is also a Cayman R Facebook group with 101 members. Not sure how many are current and many might be members here

1. 793286 (built in Germany, I could be wrong but I believe all 2012 987.2 were built in Stuttgart as Finland plant was gearing up for 981 ) 2. September 2011 3. Peridot Metallic 4. Manual 5. Carbon fiber bucket seats 6. Prospect Kentucky 40059 7. U.S. Options: full black leather interior, bi-xenon, ceramic composite brakes, auto a/c and Porsche crest head restraints.

dkky996, thanks for the data. trev450, connecting into pistonheads is a great idea, thanks. I already have a couple of people from the UK registered. K-man s, Thanks for the thought. I have this all on a speed sheet and plan on publishing the data here at various interval to let people know what I can learn from the data. So far pretty interesting. I will probably publish the first summary in a week or so. This is a great site, and resource with a world wide following. We all appreciate your commitment to this site and the great information exchange. Rick

1. U793098 ​ 2. 10/11 3. Speed Yellow 4. PDK 5. Carbon fiber sport seats: no 6. Austin TX 78748 7. USA

1. U793092 2. ??/11 3. Peridot Green 4. Carbon fiber sport seats - yes 5. Honolulu, HI 96825 6. USA Auto ac and radio, PDK with sport chrono , rain sensing wipers + auto-dim mirrors, alcantara wrapped steering wheel.

Got the data in the data base. Interesting two US later delivery cars that are built in Finland??? This data may bring up more questions than it answers. The more data we get the more interesting it becomes. Evoroadster. It would be good to know your build date. It can be found on the door or hood sticker, or if you have a Certificate from PCA. Thanks for your support, Rick

1. 793473 2. 12/2011 3. Guards Red 4. PDK 5. No, wish it had those seats. Bought it off the showroom floor. 6. Palmer, MA 7. USA I know of 6 - 7 more Cayman Rs in New England, but don't know if the owners are on P-9.

cayman r99, I put your data in thanks. I have a car from Rhode Island in the data base and a couple from New York. We will see what we get...... Thanks Rick

1. U792133 2. March 2011 3. Black 4. Manual 5. Carbon fiber sport seats...No 6. Nebraska (purchased in Newport Beach, CA) 7. USA Has PSE, BiXenon, Bose, A/C, full leather, sport chrono

Another Meteor Grey Uusikaupunki-built car here, lol.. 1. U792166 2. March / 2011 3. Meteor Grey 4. PDK 5. Mine has the regular sports seats (non bucket) with light-weight plastic backs 6. Tennessee 7. USA Regards, -rick.

1. S793338 (Stuttgart car) 2. 9/11 3. Meteor Gray Metallic 4. Manual 5. Carbon fiber sports seats: YES 6. CA (Originally purchased in MD) 7. USA Other options: sport chrono, painted trim, PCM/NAV/Bose/XM, alcantara steering wheel Will be putting it up for sale in the next 2-3 months to make room for incoming '16 GT4. Stay tuned...

1. U790191 2. May 2011 3. Silver 4. PDK 5. Carbon Buckets 6. Cape Town 7. South Africa

I got your data in the registry. I will do a brief summary this week of what we have collected so far. About 100 registered Cayman R's. Thanks for your support. Rick

Born on 04/11. Took delivery on June 25, 2011.

1. CS793098 2. 7/11 3. Carerra white 4. Manual 5. Carbon fiber sports seats: YES 6. CA 7. USA

I need the Vin number in order to post it to the Registry. It will be on the inside frame of the drivers door. Also check if the letters presiding the 79xxxx number are CU or SU? Thanks, Rick

I updated to include vin

we have two cars with the same vin number in this thread. One is made in Finland the other in Germany. Could CaymanR_cw and modliving please double check your Vin numbers? If this is correct then the traditional sequencing of Cayman R vin numbers as we have know it is out the window. Also in looking at the data there doesn't seem to be a pattern for whether a car was made in Finland or Germany. We have almost 100 cars registered and I was going to wait until we hit 100 to complete the initial data sumary. I have collected data from 4 different sites and forums. Thanks, Rick

U793090 04/11 P. Green PDK CF sport seats CA originally from TX USA

Got you in the data base. Thanks. Rick

U792186 [Definitely Finland] 05/02/11 [I think. That's what the "Certificate of Origin" says.] Peridot PDK Yes Pennsylvania [ARPCA] USA

Got it thanks. Rick

Ther are definitely CS and CU cars with the same numerical vin. I have seen this in the Porsche database before it was locked. Cman21