Porsche 718 Cayman S Vs Audi TT RS: Which Gets Your Vote?
The Porsche 718 Cayman S and Audi TT RS seem to be offering the same thing. Both are very fast coupes, and both will cost you around £50,000. Well, we think: the Porsche is £48,834, and the TT RS is expected to be around the same if not a smidge more.
However, what’s interesting is the two go about the whole fast thing in very different ways. The Audi is front-engined and four-wheel drive, while the Porsche is mid-engined and rear-wheel drive. The Audi is significantly more powerful and faster, putting out 395bhp to the Cayman’s 345, and hits 62mph from rest in just 3.7 seconds compared to 4.2 in the Porsche.
The Audi will also sound better thanks to having a turbocharged inline-five engine (the Cayman makes do with a turbo flat-four), and be more practical thanks to having a pair of - admittedly small - seats in the back.
Then again, the mid-engined Cayman will almost certainly be the more engaging of the two to drive, and can be bought with a manual, unlike the dual-clutch auto-only TT.
So, bearing all that in mind, which would you prefer? Get voting!
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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The decision is so hard, i like both cars and both companies, but the audi is faster and an Audi R8 is my dream car.
You wont be thinking about the audis 0-60 time when you’re thrashing backroads and revmatching through the gears
Wat? Cayman gets more votes?
Rear wheel drive bro
Obviously… the TT RS is fast, and will sound better, but it will understeer, a LOT. If you’re buying a car like this the chances are you’ll value driving dynamics and looks over strait line performance.
I was on the fence till I read the TT RS has no manual.
Until now…
It appears I’m the first one in America to vote, woo hooo
Rivals, but both VAG
TT Just because 5 Cylinders of heaven.
Porsche, the TTRS is likely to be an understeering pig, whereas the Cayman has always been a proper drivers car.
A pig that grunts in a very appealing tone, lol. As a TT driver I’d take the Porsche too.
OH MY GOD I WAS THINKING OF WRITING THE SAME COMMENT THIS IS CREEPY
How do you wanna know, if it’s understeering?
You guys should actually drive a TTRS before you say it’s an understeering pig, and then talk about it’s handling.
I completely agree but I love the feeling of acceleration just too much and I would always regret missing out on that legendary 5 pot…as good as the new 4 pot Porsche engine is.
TT cuz 5 cylinders kicking in yooo
Neither for me,a nice Second hand Porsche 911 turbo would be a better bet
I went with the 718 Cayman; I’d like to see a GT4 version in the future!
What would be the point of that? To make an Exige fighter? That’s already what the Cayman S does, and there’s no point as the Cayman GT4 is a perfectly capable car and really not that old.