Automobile Magazine have made the choice to place the 2014 Porsche Cayman on the road up against the 2013 Subaru WRX STI to compete to see who wins the crown of being the quickest car out of the two. The video of the entire event was posted onto YouTube.
Firstly lets compare facts and numbers. The Porsche Cayman is powered by a 275hp 2.7 liter F-6 engine together with a six speed manual. The cost of the vehicle begins at $70,160. The Subaru WRX STI runs on a 305hp 2.5 liter turbocharged F4 together with a six speed manual transmission. The vehicle comes with a pricetag of $38,190.
At the beginning of the video the two vehicles race off and the Subaru shockingly is able to get quite a impressive lead over the Cayman and is able to hold onto that lead for the majority of the video. It is only in the very last seconds that the Cayman is able to overtake it.
People wouldn’t have expected a Subaru to be able to hold a lead over the Cayman, but at the end of the day the Cayman has shown us why is is one of the top sports vehicles on the market. There are people that believe that the reason behind the Subaru beginning to lose its lead towards the end of the race is that the drag that vehicle got from its wing.
Even thought the Subaru has got a bog wing, which is the force that the wing generates, however the drag only begins to work once the vehicle is moving at a very fast speed and none of these cars got to.
Other people think the gearing was to blame an some believe that Porsche produce more aerodynamic cars than Subaru do.
Despite what the reason may be, considering the price of the Subaru, the fact that it was capable to do so well in the race is incredible enough without having to win.
