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Next Boxster and Cayman will be built by Magna Steyr

Porsche will be continuing the successful cooperation on the production of the mid-engine models Boxster and Cayman with the Finnish manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive until the year 2012, thus fulfilling it contractual obligations. In a call for tenders, Porsche has chosen Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG, Graz, as future contract manufacturer. The Austrian enterprise secured the contract because it submitted the most financially attractive offer, and because it is in a position to take on development tasks for Porsche sports cars.

Holger P. Härter, Deputy Chairman of Porsche SE, and as Chief Financial Officer responsible for the allocation of commissioned production, comments: “Over the last eleven years, Valmet has built more than 200,000 sports cars of outstanding quality for us. Our decision not to continue our successful cooperation is in no way a vote against Valmet. Rather, it was the high development capacity and competence of our future partner that tipped the balance in favor of our new partner.”

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Porsche Cayman Turbo in the work?

Of course the Porsche Cayman has enough potential for a more powerful version, but is this really a future Cayman Turbo, or just a special edition that Porsche is about to unveil?

The Porsche Cayman is indeed a cheap Porsche (the MR2 from Stuttgart) and that’s the reason why the only hot ones we see are those made outside of the Porsche factory. Maybe this is the reason why last year some of the fantastic privateer Caymans on the grid were suddenly replaced with the RSR 911s. A "cheap" Porsche Turbo might not be something the company wants, but still the car is out there testing! So, what’s the explanation?

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup vs. Porsche Cayman GTR

This video was taken during the opening ceremonies for the 2008 New York International Auto Show. Bryce Miller and the Farnbacher-Loles 911 GT3 Cup Car tear it up against Roger Garbow and the Farnbacher-Loles Porsche Cayman GTR.

And the winner was: the GT3 Cup!

Ruf CTR3 caught in the wild

With a 700 hp engine the RUF CTR3 is one of the fastest Porsche ever. And now here it is driving around the town! The CTR3 is priced at $400,000.

Starting with the Porsche Cayman body, RUF has utilized racing technologies first seen on its 911-based RT12 offering. Powering the CTR3 is a twin-turbo 3.8-liter flat six engine pumping out 700 bhp at 7,000 rpm with torque topping out at 657 lb-ft. To save weight its developers added several unique body panels made from lightweight aluminum and carbon-fiber as well as a new lattice tubing spaceframe.

Drive is sent to the wheels via a rumored seven-speed sequential automatic gearbox that’s said to allow the CTR3 to reach a top speed of 224 mph.

Porsche offers aerokits for Cayman and Turbo 997

Porsche is offering aerokits for the Cayman and Turbo 997 models. For the 911 Turbo the Aerokit is priced at 4.920 euro.
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2008 Porsche Cayman S "Porsche Design Edition 1"

Thirty-five years ago Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, architect of the classic design of the Porsche 911, launched the Porsche Design Studio. Among his first signature creations was the Chronograph 1, a special timepiece in a stylish black finish, a most striking design element of its day. Porsche commemorates this innovative design with the unveiling of its classic black Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1 at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September
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RUF 3400 K

RUF has unveiled an anniversary edition model marking its 25 years of RUF Automobile GmbH as an authorised automobile manufacturer are the reason for this edition model.
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Farnbacher Loles Porsche Cayman GTR

Farnbacher Loles Motorsports unveiled its exclusive tuning for Porsche Cayman, limited to only 20 units. GTR features carbon fiber mirrors, a height-adjustable rear spoiler, a 997 aero-kit front end, carbon fiber splitter and a Euro-spec rear bumper set the GTR apart from the rest of the Caymans in the valet lot. Farnbacher Loles is happy to do a straight, sleeper-type Cayman engine swap for those with more subtle tastes. But the GTR is a complete car, engineered and tuned as a complete (...)
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2007 RUF CTR3

Exactly 20 years after the original CTR, German tuning house RUF has announced the introduction of its third generation CTR3 coinciding with the launch of its new plant in Bahrain. The latest version will be based on the Porsche Cayman and like the original, the CTR3 will be one of the fastest Porsches on offer when it’s released.
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Ruf announces 700 hp CTR3

Ruf has announced that they will unveil the third generation CTR3, 20 years after the original CTR was launched in 1987. The CTR3 will be based on the Porsche Cayman and will be powered by a twin-turbo 3.8L flat six engine with an output of 700 hp at 7000 rpm. The CTR3 will have a top speed of 223 mph.