So glad you are back to work with Carfection, Alex. Always loved your review style.

Neat. Introduce cost savings, call it "weight reduction", and come out a hero. Thanks, Porsche.

The quality of this man’s accent is so excellent.

Alex's narration is like a symphony. Amazing review as always Alex. Always loved your reviews. Good to see you back!

Alex has such a way with words! 😍 One of my favorite car reviews!

Alex is brilliant at this stuff. I really enjoy the video features he hosts. This was a good one as usual.

welcome back dude loved that shot of the exhausts moving down when floored

Glad you are back Alex! Carfection feels somehow less without you.

Alex Goy... one of the best cars reviewer's ...period.

Great to see you back Alex!

Cracking review , nicely filmed 👌

Love the way how this is will detailed This is why I love Porsche

Nice review. I really love the whole idea behind the Cayman T. It's a car for driving enthusiasts and with pretty solid performance. Well done, Porsche!

Great and honest review about things we care about! Not blowing smile up the back side of Porsche. Great to see.

Great to have Alex back and he said 'modulate' so all is well with the world.

Thank you Alex, lovely review!

Whoa! Since when you are back with Carfection? I can start watching this channel again! whooohooo!

The best presenter of this channel. Thank you for been back

I'm not even close to being in a position of being able to afford this car, but I am glad that it exists regardless. Seems like its a really solid package for those who want to drive and have a bit of spare change to put towards doing so.

Do we need to spend the coin on the close-ratio 2-3-4 on this one too? Std sports springs good. Doesn't save enough if any weight though. And has anyone got the sound right on these yet? I'm not the target market. Get the 981 2.7 and the close ratio gearset. Cheapish thrills, save 40kg, and have great sound.

The T seems like a great car. I am enjoying my GTS which has the turbo 2.5L, but these things are so light, I am sure this car is fun.

Awesome video Alex, hope to see you in the Jannarelly Design-1 soon.

Always a great show Alex, thank you. Such a shame about that engine...

This is as good and accurate a review of the Cayman T as you’ll find on KZfaq. Nice one Mr. Goy. Owned mine for a year and 12,000 miles now and loving it. @9:12 yep, I can absolutely live with the noise. Not as sonorous as a flat 6; I look at it as more percussion than a wind instrument. Not bad, just different.

At last someone who hasn’t bored the arse off me by droning on and on about “the old flat six engine”, great review Alex 😎

Alex u need to do all vids on this channel ur why i sub

I like this model more than the standard one, but I don't know if maybe it is too low.Thinking about the elevated zebra crossings, or the uneven parking entrances, I'm worried about hitting the bumper spoilers everywhere. Are those shorter springs a problem for common daily use?

Good to see you Alex

Good review man

Interesting well shot video as per usual standards.... just wish they were more frequent.

Brilliant review.

Yay! Alex is Back

I couldn’t get a T but specced my base the same but with a hugely upgraded interior. I can honestly say it’s the best car I’ve ever owned and driven. And I’ve driven lotuses, jags, 911’s, alfas, MGB’s, vintage sports cars, single seaters, you name it. It’s sublime.

Thanks for video

Alex is back!!!

this is the only car i feel bad about not speccing it with a manual in Porsche's amazing lineup of cars, an amazing review for an amazing car.

Already own a base 718 Boxster (PDK), seems like going S is worth more than upgrading to a T.

ALEX nice video :)

In August 2016 I went to Porsche of West Broward in Florida both 981 Cayman & 718 Cayman were available brand new in the showroom parked next to one another ..I started both cars right there in the showroom thats all it took for me to decide which one was for me, the price of both cars was in the $75k rang.....I drove home the brand new naturally aspirated flat 6 that day with the following options: sports chrono package, sports plus exhaust system, power steering plus, seat belts in racing yellow, 20" black satin Carrera S wheels, sports suspension options which lowered my car by 20mm, 6 speed manual transmission, smoked light package, seat ventilation, sport design steering wheel..... the sound of the naturally aspirated flat 6 mid engine behind my seat is like a symphony honestly I don't even turn the radio on I rather listing to the engine/exhaust sound......the soul of a sports car its the sound that is makes...not if you can cut 2 tenth of second from 0-60.....the 165 mile top speed in my 981 is something that I will never be able to experience its the exhaust sound that puts a smile on my face every time I start my 981 :)

Really, I'm just glad we get to see them in all these interesting colours. I'm so sick of seeing black, white and grey cars everywhere with boring designs, and I never liked Porsche, because the cayenne only seems to come in those colours and people only seem to buy SUVs these days. Colour does so much for a car emotively, and particularly that blue of the S model, is so compelling, I've almost come to a point where I like the look of the cars.

Can't imagine dropping in the 2.5 engine would do anything to upset the handling balance or feel.

Alex Goy where have you been!??? Your work has been missed!

nice design nice spec and manual

Alex!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh how much I've missed you

We want more Alex.... Mr Carfection!!!!

Spot on review (although I doubt I'd ever be in third gear at 20MPH).

Perfect entry Cayman.... but please put a 6 cylinder in the S model and above now Porsche!

Yes sir indeed everything is a 2 liter turbo nowadays 🧐 but I won’t say no to a 300 hp engine at 1350 kg 👍

9:22 ampm $uicideboy$ But the tempo is slower in the song ? Did they edit it ?

Do more reviews Alex 👍🏻

Love seeing a proper manual still

ur reviews are fab

An amazing car and a design that is timeless.

In my daily car I prefer quiet instead of noise and was wondering how loud in normal mode this car is with the engine 3 feet from your ears in terms of decibels/ear damage?

Alex strikes back

Hey man he is back.

They should have put the "S" 2.5 engine in this. Then it would have been a great package.

Amazing car, my mom getting me this when I graduate.

If porsche wants to enhance the driving experience, then take the 4 cylinder out and put the n/a 6 cylinder back in. Problem solved.

my ExIGe weight in at 1050kg and still got a V6 in the back.

The scenery reminds me of Northern California’s canyon and wine country roads.

The only guy why i watch carfection video

people still complaining about the sound.. I've heard one 718 boxster s driving past me like 2 weeks ago.. I don't know what exhaust did the guy have, but it was loud and raw.. awesome sound for a turbo 2 liter.. so yea, no need to complain, you can always make it sound better

Yay! ALEEEEEEXXX!!!!!

I have to say that was a pretty decent review.

Im going for a nearly new S ..... I think it will be a good saving finding one with around 5 k on the clock !

They say it's a 4k video, but it is only uploaded in 1080?

Love the T ❤️❤️❤️

What's the name of that green car?

I don't see many 718s like I used to with the older 6 cylinder models. I would go for an older model I think...

A common complaint among reviewers seems to be the cars perceived turbo lag. Lug the motor and then complain about how long it takes to get into boost. They rave about the manual, but then refuse to downshift. At least Alex showed both sides of the story. Drive it properly and theres no issue.

I might get one my juinor year of high school 🤔

I'm a simple man. I see alex. I hit the like button.

Everyone complains about the four cylinder sound. I had a 912 with an after market “Stinger” exhaust and loved the sound. Why shouldn’t the new Porsche four sound just as good?

2:14 notice the giant hole in the dashboard. Where there would normally be an infotainment screen. Nice.

here in switzerland if I spec the S to the same standard I'm paying around 17k more. that's quite a lot, and then you allready are getting a GTS 4.0 (w/o options ofc).

Hmm. I like the cayman t but.. I think it's really just a value package with the ability to get bucket seats in NA anyway, and fabric door pulls. I wish that it was more club sport lightweight than it is. I get it's not a full GT4 type motorsports car, that is not it's core but I would have loved to see it be a bit more hardcore imo.

The manual is going to have lag, but that is part of the fun - you have to shift and ring it out a bit. The PDK would solve that instantly, but take away some driving enjoyment.

Now do a head-to-head with this and your long-term Civic Type R. Apples to oranges in some ways, super similar in other ways. And no other auto channel/magazine has done it!

Pretty awsome!!!

718s are great - finally a Porsche that sounds as awesome as a beetle.

Very very nice but I think I would go for the Alpine (just) and my old 924S does sound better (come to think of it so does my banger - Seat V5).

I can't wait for the future for one reason, no blank buttons. Oh who am I kidding, that will never happen

Glad to see you back, i came back to unsubscribe this channel but after seeing you back how can we do that. Just like your review style....

Alex 🐐

It's an improvement.

It saddens me that the lightened version of Porsche's smallest sports car weighs over 1300kg. Every version of the 914 was under a ton, not to mention the 550 and 718, to which the Boxster is supposed to be a spiritual successor.

weirdly the T-model is heavier than the standard model by 15kg... 1335kg for the cayman and 1350kg for the cayman T

oh its alex!

The early Caymans 9871/2 are still the best till 2009 also the 2.7 engine 245 HP is amazing the design is flawless the last analog Porsche buy a good one if you still can the built quality then was higher they where made in Finland at that time a bench mark in car production and the early ones where the last ones when Porsche wasn’t taking over by VW yet 😉

I don't really know about those daytime running headlights though. They kinda look awkward

Love Caymans. Brz was more my budget though

I believe that the problem for Porsche and the whole 4 cylinders drama is that Boxster/Cayman become such a good car and so much Porsche that the need for 911 (at least for the majority of people) become less and less. It had the right size, the right sound, the right weight, the right balance, etc. and of course the right price - you have a true Porsche and still can buy a very well equiped VW Tiguan for a daily and family car. I'm a massive Porsche fan (actually I do believe that 911 GT3 is probably the bast car ever), but that offer is (well .. WAS) a very tempting one.

I can't understand why this channel only has 645k subscribers when top gear has 6 million yet this channel has by far the best car videos now since Chris Harris stopped his regulars.

Where ?

Where is Henry Catchpole?

Stil not sure if its worth the 30k premium over hot hatches with the same performance and less weight

Well done, Al! Test drove a PDK 718 Boxster S recently. Gave it back thinking "Yeah, nice, but it would be better if it had a 6-cylinder (twin) turbo." Should I speak to RUF?

This is why, in my opinion, gas-electric hybrid drivetrains can be better than a turbocharged motor. They add torque across the whole rev range without compromising low-end performance. Really electric motors when used in a performance application can compliment a great naturally aspirated engine. The only drawback I assume would be added weight.

I'm driving an Exige with a horrible sounding engine at the moment and am seriously considering getting rid. It's that important, if I can't fix the sound I will let it go even though like everything else. Is the 718 a commercial success? The move from 6 to 4 pot literally excludes it from my list but I wonder how much it matters to most buyers.