Porsche Plops Inwards A 394-Horsepower Flat-6 Into The 718 Boxster Too Cayman

After niggling amongst a turbocharged flat-4 inward their mid-engine, two-seater line, Porsche is bringing dorsum the flat-6 to a more“regular” 718 Cayman together with Boxster amongst the proclamation of the novel GTS 4.0.

Powered past times a normally-aspirated 4.0-liter flat-6, it makes 394 horsepower together with 419 Nm of torque. Best of all—this engine is mated but to a 6-speed manual. H5N1 unopen relative to the engine flora inward the 718 Spyder together with 718 Cayman GT4, the GTS 4.0 models zoom to the century grade inward nearly 4.3 seconds together with achieve a overstep speed inward excess of 290 km/h. The additional seize amongst teeth too has a to a greater extent than ferocious bark to agree amongst the Sport Exhaust System.

Controlling all that power, the GTS 4.0 models deport the Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) sport recess which lowers the ride superlative past times twenty millimeters compared to other Boxster together with Cayman models. Furthermore, it too has Porsche Torque Vectoring amongst a mechanical limited-slip differential.

Visually, these mid-engine sportscars are equipped amongst 20-inch alloy wheels (235/35 ZR twenty at the front end together with 265/35 ZR twenty at the rear). In low-cal of the increased power, the brake organisation has been enhanced compared to the 718 southward together with previous 718 GTS models. The cross drilled cast-iron front end rotors forthwith mensurate 350 millimeters inward diameter (up from 330 mm previously) together with are equipped amongst ruddy six-piston calipers, piece the parent rotor size has been increased to xiii inches (330 mm).

As is typical for GTS models, the spoiler lip, the all-black air intake of the Sport Design front end fascia together with the redesigned lower parent fascia are kept inward black, piece the front end running low-cal lenses together with taillights are tinted.