Six Back

With an engine like it used to have, the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 moves to the head of the class

- Jared Gall

INDULGE ME FOR A MOMENT, please. I’m not one to start an article with an I, which is why I didn’t here, even though I did. But with the 2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4, it’s personal.

I didn’t realize how much I needed this sort of pure palate cleanser. But I feel so much better about the world after driving this car that I have to shout it from the rooftops—or from page 82 of the magazine in your hands; whatever works. For cars, the point of diminishing returns typically lives somewhere around $100,000. Once you add a sixth figure to the price, you’re often only buying pampering or prestige— and what exactly is prestige anyway, other than a salve for insecurity? But the Cayman GT4 provides something real.

The flat-six returns, a more affordable naturally aspirated Porsche, a chassis that deserves an engine this special. Pricing strays into 911 territory, we can’t help but wonder what it’d do with another 100 horsepower.