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The Porsche Boxster and Cayman came under one roof for the ‘718’ generation of Porsche’s life support sports car.
The Boxster brought prosperity back to a streamlined German sports car maker in the late 1990s and the Cayman broadened its appeal further.
Headlined by the GT4 RS, the new iteration of Porsche’s mid-ship will go all electric leaving the 911 as the sole flat-six flag flyer in the range.
The line-up currently starts at $132,500 for the 718 Cayman and ranges through to $335,300 for the range-topping 718 Spyder RS.
The Porsche 718 Cayman is available in 15 colours including 'Arctic Grey', 'Ruby Star Neo' and 'Crayon'.
The 718 Boxster and Cayman range starts with the 220kW/380Nm 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine.
The Boxster/Cayman S has 2.5-litre 257kW/420Nm four-cylinder 'boxer' engine.
The Boxster and Cayman GTS 4.0 gets upgraded to Porsche's famous 4.0-litre flat six-cylinder engine. In the GTS it makes 294kW/430Nm.
The Spyder RS and GT4 RS has the same 4.0-litre flat-six and makes even more performance, 368kW/450Nm.
The 0-100km/h time of the entry-grade Cayman is 5.1 seconds, while the Cayman S can sprint from 0-100km/h in 4.6 seconds.
The Cayman GTS 4.0 has a 0-100km/h time of 4.5 seconds but the king of the range - the GT4 RS can do it in 3.4 seconds and has a top speed of 315km/h.
The newer 718 Spyder RS takes just 3.4 seconds to run 0-100km/h, only 10.9 seconds to get from 0-200km/h and will hit a top speed of 308km/h.
The Porsche 718 Boxster/Cayman and Boxster/Cayman S have leather seats as a no-cost option in black and 'Agate Grey'.
The GTS gets 'Race-Tex' (synthetic suede) or leather upholstery in black for the seats as standard.
At the top of the Cayman range is the GT4 RS which is outfitted with the Race-Tex interior package in black or 'Arctic Grey', while the Boxster-based Spyder RS has a combination of Race-Tex and leather.
The Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman include 19-inch alloy wheels, LED headlights, power adjustable and heated sports seats, media display with navigation, Apple CarPlay, an eight-speaker stereo and dual-zone climate control as standard.
Moving up to the Boxster S/Cayman S adds 20-inch alloy wheels, proximity unlocking and a Bose sound system.
The top two grades - the GTS and GT4 RS - add their own performance-related features. The GTS, for example, comes with an auto-deploying rear spoiler while the GT4 has a large fixed rear wing.
The range-topping Boxster, the 718 Spyder RS, gets a unique body and aerodynamic package.
Cargo space isn’t bad for a two-seater sports car with the 718 Cayman having a 184-litre rear boot and a front boot with a 150-litre capacity.
The Porsche 718 Boxster is a two-seater sports car. There's no back seats or even any storage space behind the seats.
The Porsche 718 is available in a number of variants and body types - the Boxster convertible and Cayman coupe - which are powered by a variety of engines.
It has an estimated fuel consumption starting from 7.5L/100km for the Boxster 2.0 (for a theoretical range of 850km), but the Spyder RS uses up to 13.0L/100km (for a 490km range).