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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Porsche you got my vote….!!!!
TT RS, Because rally awesomeness.
Porsche—because handeling and looks.
Audi tt
I used to really not like Porsche but I saw the new boxster today and god damn its sexy
I’d definitely take the porsche because rwd. Also just a bit more special than a TT (even if it’s a very fast TT) and almost certainly more involving to drive. I test drove the previous generation TT RS and it really wasn’t particularly impressive, and that was back when the fastest thing I’d ever driven was my Seat Leon Cupra
The ‘more special’ thing is definitely a factor. You’ll never run into someone with a low-spec FWD diesel Cayman that looks pretty much the same as your car, if you see what I mean…
I think it would be fairer to compare TT RS and Cayman GT4. Since both are top models and of similar power.
Cayman since it rarer
Both are great, but I’ve had a hardon for the TTRS for a while.
Porsche’s exterior looks so much better than the generic Audi design. The TT could be a Skoda or a VW too. Their design is almost the same and that is hurting the Audi brand really bad. The interior is a different story. It looks as good as the Caymans interior. I would choose the Porsche!
Could you give me an example, which Skoda or VW looks like the TT RS?
Do you realise Audi is a Porsche subsidiary….. basically the same company