10 Cars That Blew Our Minds This Year

**mpollard** · #1 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 05:10 PM

<a href="http://www.mph-online.com/newsstand/2">mph Top Ten Spins of the Year: Number 5
</a><span class="story_date">December 12, 2005[/quote] --

Sure it has issues, but the Cayman S is still a Porsche we'd want in the garage.

#5 Porsche Cayman S
At $60,000 to start, the Cayman is too Expensive. Oh,and its name is stupid, of course.Otherwise,the Cayman is now our Porsche of choice—assuming of course that we can't have a 550 Spyder, which we can't. Anyway, the Cayman S, with its bubble roof and pumpedup rear fenders, is both more odd looking and prettier than the long-tailed 911. It's also quicker-witted, with an eager, slice-and-dice demeanor and stellar steering. It has the same weight-to-power ratio as the 911 Carrera, and its engine sings more sweetly than the 911. With a mid-mounted 295- hp 3.4-liter flat six, the Cayman S is every bit as quick down a given piece of road as its bigger brother. Frankly, it's just the younger man's Porsche hardtop. Porsche likes to pretend that this car has a lot of cargo space and it does, if you add up all the little cubbies and front and rear trunks, all of which are very useful if you happen to carry many small things. Porsche will make a non-S Cayman available in about a year's time, which should bring the price down, and this is good because with a few options, the Cayman S is as expensive as the slightly cheesier looking but far, far faster Corvette Z06. Still, it's a mind-blower.

#6 Lexus IS350
#7 Mazda MX-5
#8. Honda Civic Si
#9. Range Rover Sport
#10. Dodge Ram SRT-10 Quad-Cab

**Atlas_Croc** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 05:30 PM

mpollard........you get THE award for Cayman research and finds......thanks!

Nicely put and to the point article. I was looking for a word to describe how I feel about the Z06......and cheesy fits.

**K-Man S** · #3 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 05:41 PM

What were 1-4? Sounds like this guy just regurgitated a lot of things from other articles though, no good first hand account...

kmns · #4 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 05:42 PM

mpollard,

I clicked to the web site but could not find #'s 1 thru 4. Just curious, do you know what they were?

**mpollard** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 05:46 PM

That's the tease to get you to the newsstand to check out the magazine, which I will do and report back later today on 1-4. No doubt the Z6 will be in the top four as wellas the new 3 series. I would expect to see a couple of Italian exotics on the list too.