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breathe deeply.Focus on that.Push all thoughts out
of your mind until you
can only hear the shriek
of existential despair.2022 Porsche 718
Cayman GT4 RS
WHAT IT IS A lighter, more
powerful, and even more
track-capable version of
one of the great sports
cars of the moment.
WHY IT MATTERS We’re not
answering that.
PLATFORM A lower
version of the GT4’s
underpinnings. That car
already includes the
entire front axle and many
back-axle components
from the 911 GT3, so
we don’t expect to see
much change, just a
stiffening here and a
lightening there.
POWERTRAIN The GT4
reintroduced Porsche’s
flat-six to the Cayman line
after the latest redesign
replaced it with a
turbocharged flat-four.
That 4.0-liter makes 414
horsepower. The RS’s six
will also displace 4.0
liters, but in the vein of
the 690-hp 911 GT2 RS,
figure on output
approaching 500.
COMPETITION A regular
GT4 plus a few sets of
tires? There’s little direct
competition for a two-
seater at this price point,
output, and focus, save
maybe the forthcoming
Corvette Z06 [see page
41]. Other Porsches are
close, but the company
so successfully delineates
its products that even
those don’t overlap.
WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG
If Porsche is too
conservative with the
powertrain and
suspension calibrations,
the RS could feel too
similar to the GT4 to
justify its pricing
premium. But we’re not
worried. Porsche has
plenty of experience
thinly slicing its pies—and
plenty of customers
willing to pay for a taste.
ESTIMATED ARRIVAL
AND PRICE Late 2021
or early 2022, starting
around $130,000.2021 McLaren 765LT
WHAT IT IS A track-focused
derivative of the already
exceptionally talented 720S.
In McLaren’s nomenclature,
“LT” is short for “Longtail.”
Not that any modern LT is
meaningfully extended; rather,
it’s an homage to the extreme
and literally lengthened 1997
F1 GTR Longtail.
WHY IT MATTERS McLaren’s
other LTs of late, the 675LT
and 600LT, have been
highlights of the lineup.
We expect the same of this
variant. To create the 765LT,
the company claims to have
shaved 175 pounds from
the 720S and given the car
sharper dynamics to make
it even more talented on a
racetrack than its forebear.
PLATFORM Like every McLaren
road car since the MP4-12C,
the LT is based around a
carbon-fiber tub.
POWERTRAIN The 720S’s twin-
turbo 4.0-liter V-8 breathes
through a spiffy new titanium
exhaust and delivers 755
horsepower.
COMPETITION The tweaked
Pista/Speciale-style Ferrari F8
Tributo and the Performante
equivalent of the next-gen
Lamborghini Huracán.
WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG There’s
evidence of buyers tiring of
McLaren’s incessant model
cycle and myriad overlapping
products. But you’d have to be
made from stone—or dressed
head to toe in Ferrari-branded
merchandise—not to feel yourPORSCHE^ PHOTOILLUSTRATION^BYCHRISTIAN^SCHULTE