I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with the Japanese show "Best Motoring" (it's like Top Gear, but in Japanese and much more in depth). But they did a direct comparison of the 911 Carrera (997) with the Cayman S and included track runs, stability tests, acceleration tests, etc. Then they did a 5 lap race at the Tsukuba Circuit with the Cayman S, Boxster S, NSX, S2000, and Nissan Z. The results of that race were: Boxster, Cayman, NSX, S2000, Nissan Z with the starting order of S2000, Nissan Z, Boxster, Cayman, NSX. My Japanese is limited, but I think their overall comments about the Cayman were that it was easier to drive and gave the driver more confidence, but the 911 beats it on the track due to it's power coming out of the curves.

Edited by - eecsdude on 03/31/2006 11:02:17 PM

Are there any figures on acceleration? I know they normally run 0-400m, how did Cayman compare with 997? Then sometimes they did timed wet handling course and braking. What is the ' Time Attack ' lap time on their racetrack?

laptimes:
911: 1'05'10
C7S: 1'06'62

0-400m:
911: 13'129
C7S: 13'631

wetcourse time:
911: 41'390
C7S: 41'814

I didn't see anything on braking. One of the drivers did keep saying that the 911's brakes were better when they were racing the 911 vs C7S