And yet it does this while retaining decent ride comfort, a quiet cabin and, if you so choose, all the trappings available in any other Cayman. Indeed if it were not for the Alcantara and smattering of GT4 badges in the cabin you might indeed mistake it for another Cayman in normal usage. Some will see that as a weakness, others as beguiling strength. Me? I just appreciate the fact that there still remain enough mavericks out there to fly in the face of now conventional thinking and use the money of the world’s largest automobile company produce a car where the provision of pure driving pleasure in a form you can enjoy every single day is the single over-riding priority. Enjoy it while you can.
Stat attack: Porsche 718 Cayman GT4
Price £75,348
Engine: 4.0-litre, six-cylinder petrol
Transmission: six-speed manual, rear-wheel-drive
Power/Torque: 414bhp @ 7,600rpm and 420Nm (310lb ft) @ 5,000rpm
0-62mph: 4.4 seconds
Top speed: 189mph
Combined economy: 25.7mpg
Kerb weight: 1,420kg