When Porsche revealed the changes on the 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman for the 2021 model year– particularly in the 718 Cayman GT4, 718 Spyder, and 718 Boxster/Cayman GTS 4.0– the news featured an announcement that the much-awaited PDK for six-cylinder designs is also arriving. The release, nevertheless, consisted of more of how much youll invest in purchasing them instead of the numbers to back up the relative claim.
Now its time to delight in how different the PDK-equipped designs are when compared to their stick-shift equivalents.
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Porsche also added that the 718 Boxster/Cayman GTS 4.0 comes requirement with Sport Chrono Package, with an extra Sport Response button added to the guiding wheel of those wholl opt for the PDK. Of course, the Auto Blip button discovered on the manual 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder will be replaced with a PDK Sport button.
Apart from more torque, the 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder get more traction when geared up with PDK. This is due to the limited-slip differential operating with greater locking worths than with manual transmission: 30 percent in traction and 37 percent in overrun (compared to 22 percent and 27 percent with the handbook, respectively).
All mentioned models here get more torque when equipped with PDK, particularly 8 pound-feet more than the standard 309 pound-feet (419 Newton-meters) of the stick-shift, naturally-aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six mill. They all get much shorter seventh gear ratio, too (0.71 compared to 0.62), when compared to other PDK-equipped 718s.
According to Porsche, the 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder designs with optional seven-speed, dual-clutch speed up from 0-60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour) in 3.7 seconds, which is rather quicker than the 4.2 seconds of their manual counterparts. On the other hand, the PDK-equipped 718 Boxster/Cayman GTS 4.0 models accelerate from 0-60 miles per hour in 3.8 seconds– once again, quicker than the 4.3 seconds of the manual.
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As a perk, the PDK gear selector of the 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder designs will be available in 911 GT3 design.
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It isnt all numbers and efficiency upgrades for the 2021 Porsche 718 models. According to the release, the 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder models can be had in Python Green, while the 718 Spyder can be bought with Aurum color wheels and summertime tires instead of the basic Ultra-High-Performance tires.
