The Porsche 718 Spyder merges Cayman looks with a fabric roof and a naturally aspirated engine. Let’s not forget it also has the best bits of a GT3 underneath. Could this be the best bang-for-buck Porsche right now? We made a video on SA’s most beautiful road.
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Are you looking for a particularly difficult way to drop the roof on your convertible? Well, do we have a car for you! Porsche have created the special Boxster Spyder for those who want to really faff with their cars.
But, there is an upside to all this: less weight, and a purer driving experience. With no heavy motors or hydraulics to lift that roof over your head, the overall weight of the car is reduced, and the centre of gravity is lowered, which is exactly what you want in a sports car.
Throw in the roaring 4.0-litre naturally aspirated engine from the Cayman GT4, a lightning-quick PDK ‘box and bits and pieces from the GT3… do you have a recipe approaching perfection?
The driver you want in a sports car is Ashley Oldfield, our in-house race-ace, who we sent on a mission to find some of South Africa’s s best roads and give us his take on the 718.
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