2022 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Debuts With A 493-Horsepower GT3 Heart
The 2022 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS is revealed with 493 horsepower from a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter engine and significant suspension upgrades.
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The 2022 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS is finally revealed, though its development hasn't exactly been a secret. Heck, Porsche even told us how fast the new GT4 RS laps the Nürburgring – 7 minutes 4.5 seconds in case you missed it. However, now we know why it turns such a fast lap, and it's not just the fantastic engine.
That's a good place to start, because in the time it takes you to read this sentence, the GT4 RS can accelerate from a standstill to over 100 mph. The 4.0-liter flat-six is pulled straight from the Porsche 911 GT3, though in the mid-engine Cayman it only makes 493 horsepower (368 kilowatts). Torque checks in at 331 pound-feet (449 Newton-meters), also a bit less than the 911 GT3, but the engine still hits all the high notes with a 9,000-rpm naturally aspirated redline.
For the record, the standard GT4's 4.0-liter engine isn't a GT3 derivative, spinning to 8,000 rpm while producing 414 hp (309 kW) in the process. It's not slow by any means, but Porsche says the GT4 RS reaches 60 mph in 3.2 seconds – a half-second quicker than the GT4. It tops out at 196 mph, and Porsche already spilled the beans on the Nordschleife lap time. For added perspective, it's nearly 24 seconds faster than the GT4, and just a few seconds away from the current 911 GT3. Folks, this new 718 Cayman GT4 RS is absolutely no joke.
