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.
Comments
If the cayman still had a flat 6, it would be the cayman. But at that price range, i want something a bit more unique under the bonnet than a flat 4. (Sorry CT, i don’t like a boxer 4 ‘rumble’, I want my NA flat 6 howl.)
Porsche, because Manual. If the TT had a manual, it would be the TT by a country mile. It’s close to being the TT because of the I-5, regardless of gearbox, but driver involvement JUST sneaks the win on this one.
I would get the Cayman gts while I could.
Audi tts
I’d like to keep my Audi-distance as close as possible behind cars,because slipstream.
people are just arguing about which car is better,
I just came here to see everyone fighting
Porsche. Because Manual, if the Audi came with a manual I would reconsider.
The Cayman is a real sportscar I would prefer it over the Audi all day long !
5pot power ftw… but that suby sound doooo
m2