Porsche Cayman GT4 (718)
Why 6.0: The GT department's mid-engine manual, bought overwhelmingly to be tracked. Less flip pressure than its RS sibling, more sign-in sheets — the driver's pick of the whole Cayman line.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
The 4.0 flat-six is from the same family as the 992 GT3's, naturally aspirated and hard-edged right to the limiter. It gives away a little to that car: a slightly lower ceiling and a particulate filter in the path. A step behind the very best, not far.
6-cylinder · naturally aspirated · 7,800 rpm redline · rated 8.6 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €97k (2020) → €87k (2026), trending down · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
There aren't any — strict two-seater.
The front-passenger ISOFIX-plus-airbag-switch option is available on the GT4's standard sport seats; order the optional full buckets instead and it's off the table.
Porsche 718/982 child-seat preparation option; GT4 seat options (owner-community sourced, not manufacturer documentation)
The long version
Porsche still offers this with a manual gearbox, which self-selects the order sheet toward buyers who specifically did not want the quicker PDK GT4 RS — a deliberate trade of lap time for a clutch pedal that the badge now flags as an endangered choice across the industry. Club-race entry lists back that up; this generation shows up at driver's-ed weekends in numbers its pricier sibling does not bother matching. The RS soaks up the speculative money chasing the faster lap time; the base GT4 keeps its reputation as the Cayman line's actual daily-driven, track-abused workhorse.