Cayman mentality

The Porsche 718 Cayman zips through Hampi like it was a race track. Balanced and smooth, is this India's best sportscar?

- HORMAZD SORABJEE

I must be one of the few people who can spend two full days in Hampi and not visit a single monument. The town is essentially an open-air museum of the once-glorious capital of the Vijayanagara empire. Tourists come for its crumbling temples and ornate mandapas. I, however came to lose myself in the present – in the company of an outrageously good sportscar and some of India’s finest driving roads.

The plan was to chill at Evolve Back Hampi, a luxury resort, and drive my Porsche 718 Cayman GTS on the fabulous roads around the temple town. Between long, lazy breakfasts and long, not-at-all-lazy drives, there was to time sightseeing. But every kilometre spent unleashing what I believe is the best sportscar in India on those incredible roads made me feel richer in a way only a driving enthusiast can understand.