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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Yet for some strange reason, isn't all that much faster or quicker than some cars with half the power/torque :-)
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It's actually a lot faster, as fast as you would expect with the power difference. 0-60 times are all about power to weight, and it seems to be right on par with the significant differences between the 2 cars. The Cayman and C7 weight about the same, the difference in speed comes from the fact that the Cayman produces 275 hp vs the 425 HP of the C7. 0-60 times are 5.1 for the base Cayman w/PDK, 3.8 for the C7 M/T. If you look at other cars that can do 0-60 in 3.8 seconds, you would find the Ford GT, Ferrari F40, Audi R8, Lambo Gallardo, etc. The C7 is actually extremely fast for the amount of power it produces relative to other options on the market (past and present), like the Porsche 911 Carrera S. And when you factor in the price, it's the best value in sports cars.
So since we are comparing the Cayman vs C7, you get a much faster car (it's speed would cost you $100k if you bought a Porsche that fast) that gets the same fuel economy, for around the same price. Bottom line, whether or not it has an old school engine doesn't really matter, because it gets damn good gas mileage relative to it's performance, no matter what car you compare it to.
Bottom-Bottom line, if the Cayman 2.7 had the same HP numbers and did 0-60 in the same amount of time, it wouldn't get the MPG it gets now. So maybe the big V8 is an advantage here.