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.