Some time ago, a very interesting Porsche Cayman was spotted out testing. Remember the photos at the end of October of what we believed was the Cayman T prototype? Now with the four-cylinder Cayman T and Boxter T revealed we know that that was not the case and that it was something else instead. This begs the question, is Porsche working on a Cayman GT4 Touring?

The car in question had the exhaust of the Cayman GT4 and now the latest intel from Stuttgart tells us that Porsche might be working on a Touring version of the upcoming Cayman GT4. Other rumors also suggest that Porsche is working on a six-cylinder version of both the Boxster and Cayman to be slotted between the GTS and Spyder/GT4 models.

With the sales success of the 911 GT3 Touring, Porsche might try and pull the same stunt with the Cayman GT4, thus establishing a new trend of making more street-friendly versions of their track-focused models.

A six-cylinder version under the Spyder / GT4 is what all the fans want again since the sales of the four-cylinder 718 versions are not really what Porsche was hoping for.

More recent information confirms that there is a sportier Cayman in the making, as the same vehicle was spotted testing together with a Boxster, in Sweden. And yes, it was definitely the sound of a six-cylinder engine.

It’s true that the majority of fans frowned upon the downsizing of the 718’s engine lineup, which is probably why Porsche is taking its time to give us the next 718 with a flat-six. If they don’t get this right, they might risk losing positions on what has become an increasingly competitive sports car segment.

If we look back at the 911 GT3 Touring, it came out with the 911 facelift in 2018. At the same time, the GT3 Touring develops 500 horsepower, which is on par with the pre-facelift 991 GT3 RS. It is possible that Porsche will introduce the Cayman GT4 Touring around the same time it gives us a refreshed, probably more powerful, Cayman GT4, so the Touring version can be positioned under it, in terms of performance.

The current 718 Cayman GT4, which came out in 2019, is powered by a 4.0-liter normally-aspirated flat-six, producing 420 horsepower and 310 pound-feet (420 Nm), which allows for a sprint to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 189 mph (304 km/h)}.

Porsche Cayman GT4 specifications