Porsche Boxster and Cayman Receive 2011 AUTOMOBILE Magazine All-Star Award

Porsche has earned yet another prestigious AUTOMOBILE Magazine All-Star award. This is the eighth win for the Boxster and Cayman, which are among the top winners of all time.

Each year, the worldwide staff of editors, bureau chiefs and freelancers of AUTOMOBILE Magazine convene to drive and compare raw performance and pure enthusiast appeal of the various makes and models, to see which one of the contestants is “best in class” in any one of ten different categories.

"The Boxster is an all-seasons convertible sports car beyond compare; the striking Cayman entices you to pay an extra few thousand dollars to fully immerse yourself in its sweet motor music,” said AUTOMOBILE Magazine of the German sports car manufacturer’s mid-engine line-up.  “By making the Boxster and Cayman share their All-Star awards in recent years, we’ve carefully avoided the tough decision of having to choose between these two models."

The AUTOMOBILE Magazine All-Star winners for 2011 will appear in the February issue.

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2011 Car and Driver 10 Best List: Boxster & Cayman

The 2011 Porsche Boxster and Cayman are once again listed on Car and Driver Magazine’s 10 Best cars sold in America. This year marks the 10th time in 12 years that either a Porsche Boxster or Cayman model has been named to this desirable list. Wow!  

"The Cayman and the Boxster still exemplify, even heighten, classic Porsche values such as a flat-six's raspy purr, steering that's telepathic, and brakes that can almost stop the Earth's rotation," states Car and Driver Magazine.

Car and Driver’s 10 Best list is compiled every year by the editorial staff based on a car’s quality, performance, value and driver satisfaction.  The winners were chosen out of 60 contenders, all priced under $80,000. Click here to start looking at our amazing inventory! Watch the video below! 

Debut of the New Porsche Cayman R

Making its world premiere at the 2011 L.A. Autoshow, the new Cayman R is the top-of-the-range model for the Cayman family. This short clip features the first driving footage of this pure and weight-reduced mid-engine coupe. Click here to look through our extensive Porsche inventory! 

New Porsche of the Week: 2011 Porsche Cayman

Our Porsche of the week is this incredible new 2011 Porsche Cayman. This 6-speed manual transmission and 2.9 liter DOHC SMFI horizontally opposed 24-valve 6-cylinder engine is designed for speed. With a Dark Blue Metallic exterior and Black interior, you will definitely turn heads in this Porsche. Features include: Cayman II aluminum wheels, tinted glass, heated power mirrors, HomeLink universal transmitter, Boron steel tubing around windshield, Motronic ME 7.8 engine management software and much more! Click here to see more information. 

Porsche Cayman: Best Driver’s Car!

Did you know that the Porsche Cayman S was voted “Best Driver’s Car” by Motor Trend Magazine in 2009? This was in both the United States and the United Kingdom! No surprise here! The Porsche Cayman S beat out nine other sport cars for the title on both the race track and on regular roads. The Motor Trend staff along with professional race drivers, Randy Pobst and Massimiliano Angelelli, tested all of the vehicles. The Porsche Cayman features a six-cylinder engine producing 265 horsepower! Want to drive the best sports car? Check out this new 2010 Porsche Cayman in stock at Porsche of North Houston. Come see us at Porsche of North Houston and check out our inventory or search our website by clicking here.

The Cayman – Distinctive. Resolute. Strong-willed.

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Product comparisons

In the July issue or Car and Driver three sports cars: a Lotus Evora, a Corvette GS, and a Cayman S were compared. Shockingly, the Cayman S had a glaring flaw, brake fade. This was a "press car" with 6,000 miles.
I have seen some blatant examples of Porsche models tortured by the press. One was a GT3 with no tread on the tires after 1,000 miles. Another was a 911 Turbo with warped rotors. Evidently there are journalists with neither driving skills nor respect for machinery. It has been said that at 7/10 one can experience a car's attributes; at 9/10 one can only concentrate on survival.
Each Porsche model must pass a rigorous test of accelerating to 90% of its top speed and brake to 62 mph 25 times in a row without experiencing any fade. Porsche's brakes are legendary.
PCNA needs to inspect these cars a little more closely. While they're at it, they should examine the way some these cars are equipped. You may recall the $130,855 Panamera S without sport chrono in the March 2010 Car and Driver.
By the way, both the Cayman S and the Panamera S won their comparisons. However, like college football, running up the score does help in the rankings.
- Review by Jack McCall