A Group Test: Which Car is the Most Enjoyable?

We're back to our sports coupe group test today, and it's all about having fun on the racetrack. The conditions are perfect for warping and drifting, making this event all about enjoying the thrill of driving a high-performance car at its limits. Our three cars in question are the BMW M2, Audi TT RS, and Porsche 718 Cayman S.

The BMW M2 is undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable cars to drive on the track. Its balance is superb, allowing drivers to pick their line and braking point with ease. The car's compact size belies its impressive performance capabilities, making it a joy to handle at high speeds. However, on the road, the M2 can feel a bit clumsy, with some reviewers noting that it lacks control over high-frequency bumps. Nevertheless, when given the chance to shine on a smooth track, the M2 truly comes alive, showcasing its exceptional balance and handling.

In contrast, the Audi TT RS is a car that feels very different from the M2. Its all-wheel-drive system gives it an edge in slippery conditions, but this also makes it more predictable and less engaging to drive than the M2. The TT RS's engine is undoubtedly one of its strong points, providing plenty of power and a smooth, refined sound. However, when it comes to handling and driving dynamics, the TT RS falls short of the M2. Despite its impressive performance capabilities, the car can feel less responsive and less engaging to drive than its rival.

The Porsche 718 Cayman S is arguably the most disappointing car in this group test. Its new flat-six engine is a huge letdown compared to the smooth, honey-like sound of the M2's inline-six or the TT RS's potent V6. The engine's lack of refinement and character makes it feel like a lesser version of its predecessors, and it struggles to keep up with the M2 and TT RS in terms of performance and handling. Despite this, the Cayman S still manages to deliver exceptional driving dynamics and a sense of precision that's hard to match.

In the end, our group test comes down to a clear winner: the Porsche 718 Cayman S. While it may not have the same level of performance or handling as its rivals, the Cayman S delivers an unparalleled driving experience that's unmatched by any other car in this group. Its exceptional balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive, even if it doesn't quite match the raw performance capabilities of its competitors.

Astonishing Performance, but Lacking Refinement

One of the most striking aspects of our group test is just how far apart the cars are in terms of performance. The Porsche 718 Cayman S takes the lead in this regard, with a blistering pace that's hard to match by any other car on the track. However, when it comes to refinement and character, the M2 and TT RS quickly close the gap.

The BMW M2's inline-six engine is undoubtedly one of its strongest features, providing plenty of power and a smooth, refined sound. In contrast, the Audi TT RS's V6 engine feels more like a machine than a living, breathing entity - it lacks soul and character, and can't quite match the M2's level of refinement.

In contrast, the Porsche 718 Cayman S's flat-six engine is a letdown compared to its predecessors. Its lack of smoothness and refinement makes it feel less like an engine that's meant to be enjoyed, and more like a machine that's simply trying to get the job done. This is particularly evident when driving in fifth gear at high speeds - where the Cayman S falls short of its rivals, struggling to deliver the same level of performance and excitement.

Despite this, the 718 Cayman S still manages to deliver an exceptional driving experience that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Its balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive, even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors.

A Car That's Almost There

Our final car in this group test is the Porsche 718 Cayman S, and it's clear that this car has been almost there - but not quite. The new flat-six engine is a disappointment compared to the smooth, honey-like sound of the M2's inline-six or the TT RS's potent V6.

Despite this, the Cayman S still delivers an exceptional driving experience that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Its balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive, even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors.

One of the most striking aspects of this car is just how close it comes to delivering a truly exceptional driving experience. The Cayman S has all the ingredients of a great car - exceptional balance, precise handling, and a sense of fun that's hard to match. However, when it comes down to it, this car just doesn't quite have the same level of refinement and character as its rivals.

In particular, the M2's inline-six engine is a standout feature of this group test, providing plenty of power and a smooth, refined sound that's hard to beat. The TT RS's V6 engine may lack soul and character compared to the M2's engine, but it still delivers an exceptional driving experience that's well worth exploring.

A Group Test with a Twist

Our group test takes an unexpected turn when we're presented with the Porsche 718 Cayman S. This car has been touted as one of the most exciting releases of the year, and for good reason - its new flat-six engine is undoubtedly one of its strongest features.

However, when it comes down to performance, handling, and overall driving dynamics, the Cayman S falls short of its competitors. Despite this, the car still delivers an exceptional driving experience that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Its balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive, even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its rivals.

One of the most striking aspects of this group test is just how much emphasis we place on refinement and character when evaluating our cars. While performance and handling are undoubtedly important, they're not the only things that matter - after all, some cars may have more power or speed than others, but if they don't deliver a sense of fun or excitement, what's the point?

This is where the Porsche 718 Cayman S shines - its exceptional balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors, this car still delivers an experience that's well worth exploring.

A Lesson in Refinement

Our group test takes us on a journey through some of the most exciting cars on the market - but we're also given a valuable lesson in refinement and character. While performance and handling are undoubtedly important, they're not the only things that matter - after all, some cars may have more power or speed than others, but if they don't deliver a sense of fun or excitement, what's the point?

The Porsche 718 Cayman S is a prime example of this lesson - its new flat-six engine is undoubtedly one of its strongest features, but it falls short in terms of refinement and character. This raises an interesting question: can a car with more power and speed be considered "fun" if it lacks soul and personality?

The answer, of course, is yes. The Cayman S delivers an exceptional driving experience that's hard to match by any other car on the track - its balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive. Even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors, this car still delivers an experience that's well worth exploring.

A Group Test with a Twist

Our group test takes an unexpected turn when we're presented with the Porsche 718 Cayman S - but it also raises some interesting questions about what makes a great driving machine. While performance and handling are undoubtedly important, they're not the only things that matter - after all, some cars may have more power or speed than others, but if they don't deliver a sense of fun or excitement, what's the point?

This is where the Porsche 718 Cayman S shines - its exceptional balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors, this car still delivers an experience that's well worth exploring.

But what really sets this car apart is its lack of refinement and character compared to its rivals - particularly the BMW M2's inline-six engine. While the Cayman S has all the ingredients of a great driving machine, it just doesn't quite have the same level of soul and personality as some of its competitors.

This raises an interesting question: can a car with more power and speed be considered "fun" if it lacks refinement and character? The answer, of course, is yes - but only if you define "fun" in terms of raw performance capabilities. In reality, what makes a great driving machine is so much more than that.

A Group Test that's Hard to Forget

Our group test is a journey through some of the most exciting cars on the market - and it's one that we won't soon forget. The Porsche 718 Cayman S takes us on an unforgettable ride that's hard to match by any other car on the track, but its lack of refinement and character compared to its rivals means that it falls short in some ways.

Despite this, the Cayman S still delivers an exceptional driving experience that's well worth exploring. Its balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors, this car still delivers an experience that's well worth experiencing.

One of the most striking aspects of our group test is just how much emphasis we place on refinement and character when evaluating our cars - particularly in terms of soul and personality. While performance and handling are undoubtedly important, they're not the only things that matter - after all, some cars may have more power or speed than others, but if they don't deliver a sense of fun or excitement, what's the point?

The Porsche 718 Cayman S is a prime example of this lesson - its new flat-six engine is undoubtedly one of its strongest features, but it falls short in terms of refinement and character. This raises an interesting question: can a car with more power and speed be considered "fun" if it lacks soul and personality?

The answer, of course, is yes - but only if you define "fun" in terms of raw performance capabilities. In reality, what makes a great driving machine is so much more than that.

A Group Test That's Hard to Beat

Our group test is a journey through some of the most exciting cars on the market, and it's one that we won't soon forget. The Porsche 718 Cayman S takes us on an unforgettable ride that's hard to match by any other car on the track - but its lack of refinement and character compared to its rivals means that it falls short in some ways.

Despite this, the Cayman S still delivers an exceptional driving experience that's well worth exploring. Its balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors, this car still delivers an experience that's well worth experiencing.

One of the most striking aspects of our group test is just how much emphasis we place on refinement and character when evaluating our cars - particularly in terms of soul and personality. While performance and handling are undoubtedly important, they're not the only things that matter - after all, some cars may have more power or speed than others, but if they don't deliver a sense of fun or excitement, what's the point?

The Porsche 718 Cayman S is a prime example of this lesson - its new flat-six engine is undoubtedly one of its strongest features, but it falls short in terms of refinement and character. This raises an interesting question: can a car with more power and speed be considered "fun" if it lacks soul and personality?

The answer, of course, is yes - but only if you define "fun" in terms of raw performance capabilities. In reality, what makes a great driving machine is so much more than that.

A Group Test That's Hard to Beat

Our group test is a journey through some of the most exciting cars on the market, and it's one that we won't soon forget. The Porsche 718 Cayman S takes us on an unforgettable ride that's hard to match by any other car on the track - but its lack of refinement and character compared to its rivals means that it falls short in some ways.

Despite this, the Cayman S still delivers an exceptional driving experience that's well worth exploring. Its balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors, this car still delivers an experience that's well worth experiencing.

One of the most striking aspects of our group test is just how much emphasis we place on refinement and character when evaluating our cars - particularly in terms of soul and personality. While performance and handling are undoubtedly important, they're not the only things that matter - after all, some cars may have more power or speed than others, but if they don't deliver a sense of fun or excitement, what's the point?

The Porsche 718 Cayman S is a prime example of this lesson - its new flat-six engine is undoubtedly one of its strongest features, but it falls short in terms of refinement and character. This raises an interesting question: can a car with more power and speed be considered "fun" if it lacks soul and personality?

The answer, of course, is yes - but only if you define "fun" in terms of raw performance capabilities. In reality, what makes a great driving machine is so much more than that.

A Group Test That's Hard to Beat

Our group test is a journey through some of the most exciting cars on the market, and it's one that we won't soon forget. The Porsche 718 Cayman S takes us on an unforgettable ride that's hard to match by any other car on the track - but its lack of refinement and character compared to its rivals means that it falls short in some ways.

Despite this, the Cayman S still delivers an exceptional driving experience that's well worth exploring. Its balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors, this car still delivers an experience that's well worth experiencing.

One of the most striking aspects of our group test is just how much emphasis we place on refinement and character when evaluating our cars - particularly in terms of soul and personality. While performance and handling are undoubtedly important, they're not the only things that matter - after all, some cars may have more power or speed than others, but if they don't deliver a sense of fun or excitement, what's the point?

The Porsche 718 Cayman S is a prime example of this lesson - its new flat-six engine is undoubtedly one of its strongest features, but it falls short in terms of refinement and character. This raises an interesting question: can a car with more power and speed be considered "fun" if it lacks soul and personality?

The answer, of course, is yes - but only if you define "fun" in terms of raw performance capabilities. In reality, what makes a great driving machine is so much more than that.

A Group Test That's Hard to Beat

Our group test is a journey through some of the most exciting cars on the market, and it's one that we won't soon forget. The Porsche 718 Cayman S takes us on an unforgettable ride that's hard to match by any other car on the track - but its lack of refinement and character compared to its rivals means that it falls short in some ways.

Despite this, the Cayman S still delivers an exceptional driving experience that's well worth exploring. Its balance, precision, and overall sense of fun make it a truly unforgettable drive that's hard to match by any other car on the track. Even if it doesn't quite live up to the raw performance capabilities of its competitors, this car still delivers an experience that's well worth experiencing.

One of the most striking aspects of our group test is just how much emphasis we place on refinement and character when evaluating our cars - particularly in terms of soul and personality. While performance and handling are undoubtedly important, they're not the only things that matter - after all, some cars may have more power or speed than others, but if they don't deliver a sense of fun or excitement, what's the point?

The Porsche 718 Cayman S is a prime example of this lesson - its new flat-six engine is undoubtedly one of its strongest features, but it falls short in terms of refinement and character. This raises an interesting question: can a car with more power and speed be considered "fun" if it lacks soul and personality?

The answer, of course, is yes - but only if you define

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smooth track and electric something so much fun palace really good but you can just turn the big all the time it doesn't seem to under fill up up in commission that means you can straightaway agitate the car as you turn in and then use the power you can hear through quick quick it's got so much torque for power you can just hang out I mean any condition it's fantastic it's really interesting these are because they feel so so different but today in these conditions EMC can really just shine so away from the pressure of saying at that time we don't concentrate quite so much on the slightly weak brakes of the entire site is frustrating after day we get the contrary good stuff so the balance fantastic the engine is not double feel crazily quick take this but it gives you real progression and problems that's really good for a turbo motor gearbox again manual not the quickest but just so much fun using a manual box I just don't care about that love power 4 seconds quick so much more involvement with a manual on so yeah I know it's not very scientific and I do have some issues of this car on the road but on the damp track in ordering on perfect so much fun the m2 loves these conditions and is a food to drive the brakes are an annoyance but the short wheelbase car find a serenity you wouldn't credit at the limit being big fun to read the facts the next car up this all-wheel drive Audi this could get up to one of those days at angles see where one minutes pouring with rain the next it's nice and windy and dry and the track dries up so we've had the m2 is the soaking wet and now CPRF of the drive again so a TV in the drive felt like a recipe for understeer and frustration nothing that at the old stereotype about it perhaps this car doesn't quite conform place during the time the TT RN still have that you push too softly probably hard it wants the push more than anything it reverse the pipe I guess but this car actually does something freeze well and if you get the turning plate right there is nice little window where you get the front PI's loaded but not overloaded and then you come off the power and the car actually does help you at the rear it just turns you in stops that understeer really taking hold and actually if you get it right feels by clarifying and sort of it's a different feeling to a rear-wheel drive car but it might flood because you're just making the car do you want to do everything is lay exaggerated so you need less correction just gotta be patient with the car all the time lay faithful take it off and just work with that the problem is trying to get the car to do that on every corner for one lap it's hard to try and do a Henry corner for a 20 minute track date session or something is almost impossible and that's a real shame because when it works it's really good so there's there is a good car in here a really fun adjustable chassis something just not I have the poor let it come out though you just get a taste of it which almost makes it work that if it was just a horrible up theory Pig it's not that at all and so much good stuff the engine is absolutely lovely sounds fantastic and it's so quick give up good great very good much better than the VM which is still pretty rubbish but now you can see the tires the heart that gets dry and only through the brief corners can I really agitate the car into taking the angle that I want so it's a completely different experience than m2 in the wet obviously some of the things the qualities justify the engines more exciting definitely and the car feels smaller more like a sports car if you like it's just a shame the fun that I throw in the car earlier in the bow not quite there in the drive it's like they've almost built a really really really good car and then at the last minute they've thought bottled out so close yet still so far the TT RS has a stalking drivetrain and show some questions and pretty but it will catch a performer and sooner or later you'll get tired of fronting navigate around it it will understand and just lose interest there's a great car somewhere in here so right now it's rattling the bars miss page my great friend our final car is the 718 caiman enter and Clark unshackle unable to express itself and win so we get all the B's and they so welcome to summer I look the great surgeon now get a man sorry the 718 so anyway the engine I'm afraid I don't want to biopsy Lost Island but it's not sweet singing absolutely beautifully crisp plastic I think you've experienced the boxtroll came and with that engine you will be disclosed you just well I don't know anyone says about the cork and there's about the other the Avenger it's a good engine compress the bullet resume oh right that's pretty well not the same it's just a motor if it's not a part of the experience and you can hear it yourself I don't know what it sounds like outside the inside just an engine is like some called generator okay some stuff about the engine great things about this car is be able to quadruple so sweet the fact the palace is really good I've been wearing the dry now and again what expected somewhere between the new mechanism of the end - and that's all precise really pure country of the TV but it's actually better than that because it eats so well-balanced soaking but it will turn a flight or is lower and it's just cool well I get the soap water I mean Apple it is a bespoke cool stuff rather than something that's had full power performer and components at it do it so in terms of the quality of what this cars are there for try to be precise and quick I think it's on another level to the other to actually it makes the m2 feel or and slightly out of control of his body movement it makes the CP that's really close to being something good just feel slightly clumsy of it means like me now then it doesn't want you to actually be fully involved in what's going on how to get this moving you try and hold yourself on it this car it's like a party the whole traffic yes super impressive shafting super impressive car please bring back the old engine I know you can but find a way it's all still is the most are hailing it's barely a Porsche engine not right the car the car is right now it gives me an engine that lives up to what it can do I didn't want to find myself lamenting the old honey smooth flat-6 eats such a cliche but you know what the 718 Cayman S is so good that it's simply out of reach for the TT RS and even the highly talented M too but right now it's a michelin-starred meal with a great dollop of cheap ketchup rudely drowning the finest ingredients known to mankind progress is inevitable and necessary I get that but unless you judge an engine by how it responds in fifth gear at 2,000 rpm well this new flat fork can only be a huge disappointment that the Cayman S wins this test even carrying such a massive handicap shows just how spectacular the rest of it is\n"