theporscheguy

Very nice! Great lines.

curve lover

Yep, that sums up a big part of the "job description" for advertising new automobiles
Just drawings ... carte blanche for the yummiest eye candy you ever imagined. I always take any rendering or even prototype with a proverbial grain of salt until I see the production model.
Plus, the illustrator "Wild Speed" isn't a Porsche employee, which means the company has no responsibilty to make reality look like his renderings, IMHO.

OT: He first caught my attention by rendering what a 997 Speedster might look like (on my "Speedster revival" thread) - before Porsche had public plans for production.

Back to Caymans... real versus rendering:


^^ Photography courtesy of Dennis Chamberlain, dcPhotoArtistry.com.

Mike in Chi

I like the current Cayman, especially when lowered to track height.

The Cayman Interseries cars in classic Porsche racing livery look wonderful. There are a couple running in G and H that look great also.

race911

Sure, as was your 914-6, relative to it's contemporary of a 911? Where exactly do you use the superiority? I drove Ruby home from the shop today, and nothing I did up to absolutely, positively go-to-jail driving would have had any current car ahead of me by more than a couple of car lengths. And a pace like that is probably 20 seconds a lap off what I'd be doing on track.

Anyway, if I were dropping that kind of money on a car (that would depreciate to that extent), I'd look toward whatever GT3 I could get for the price. Or stick with a couple of our air cooleds.............

Dr. No

They just unwrapped a new Boxster at my local dealer. It looks fantastic, and I have to think the Cayman will look even better (I like coupes). Agree that it will really date the 987 Cayman, in the same way the 997 did to the 996.

Very tempting.

UserA

This stupid car is going to make me trade in the 550 for it as my DD. Kids be damned!

Reddy Kilowatt

Jiminy Crickets! I would rock that. Love the orange.

goofballdeluxe

Looks like Porsche is positioning the Cayman to be their "new" 911-type sports car, while the 911 in 991 form is going to be their GT luxe car.

Too bad they'll never give the Cayman the power etc. to overtake the 911 in the performance department, since it's inherently a superior design, i.e. mid-engine vs. rear engine.

That new Cayman looks really nice.

boman993

I think it looks amazing! This render is probably pretty close, I can't see
Porsche getting away from that kicked back rear 1/4 window that is so
characteristic of the Cayman line from the begining. If I was shopping for a
new Porsche with warranty (in my dreams..haha), The next gen
Cayman would be at the top of the list for sure!

Richard C2S

When is the new Cayman supposed to hit the dealers?

Mike J

The lines on this car are getting better and better - are those pictures officially Porsche, or someone's take on what it may look like?

Falcondrivr

I think it's someone else's idea. But with the Boxter out, its not too much of a stretch to draw the coupe.

curve lover

Agreed - the illustrator "Wild Speed" isn't a Porsche employee, nor was he commissioned by them for these illustrations, IMHO.
He does graphic design for forums like teamSpeed.com and ************.com, etc.


From the "Porsche Pertinent" thread, well before Porsche acknowledged a 997 Speedster:
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Flying Finn

Looks great and knowing the size of it, I like it much better than the current 911.

nile13

Looks very nice even if very "japanese-looking", especially the rear quarters.