The new Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder have just been announced, and Porsche talk has taken over the Twitter scene since yesterday. But the configurator was already live overseas, so my husband gave it a go. He approached it from the perspective of “what I’d choose if I were buying one,” and here’s the spec he came up with.

New 718 Cayman GT4

Exterior

First up, the color: Miami Blue. Racing Yellow was tempting, but Miami Blue looks fantastic in person, and I’ve been hoping to own a Porsche in this shade someday. Besides, a vivid color really suits a sports car like the GT4, which comes close to a race car in character.

There’s only one wheel design, but you can choose from several finishes. Silver looks great, too, but since this spec has standard brakes rather than PCCB, he went with Satin Platinum, which is less likely to show brake dust. (Black could work, too.)

For the lights, he chose black HID headlights with PDLS rather than LEDs, giving the front end a more purposeful look. He also opted to have the door handles finished in the increasingly popular high-gloss black. They add a nice accent when viewed from the side—a detail he wishes he’d chosen for his GT3 Touring.

At the rear, he chose a high-gloss finish for the GT4 badge to match the door handles.

Chassis and Interior

The Cayman GT4 is available only with a six-speed manual transmission, so that comes standard.
For the brakes, he chose the standard setup instead of PCCB, keeping track-day running costs in mind.

For the interior, he went with leather and red stitching. The red stitching ties in with the exterior’s red brake calipers for a cohesive look. He also chose a red center mark on the steering wheel and the Carbon interior package, adding carbon-fiber trim to bring out the car’s sporty character. The seat belts are Miami Blue to match the exterior.

For the seats, he selected the lightweight carbon-fiber full bucket seats, an option reserved for special GT models and other high-performance variants. They’re a must-have if you plan to take the car on track. He also chose the Chrono package, which adds an analog stopwatch to the dashboard and performance displays—including torque and power—in PCM.

And since he’d want to take a GT4 to the track regularly, he went for the Club Sport package, with a roll cage and six-point harnesses.

Other Options and Comfort Features

• Automatically dimming mirrors
  • He chose this option because it also includes rain-sensing automatic wipers.
• Power-folding exterior mirrors
  • Essential if you’re planning to park in a mechanical parking garage in Japan.
• ParkAssist and reversing camera
  • Rear visibility is limited, so this is a useful option to have.
• Smoking package
  • He doesn’t smoke, but it adds another 12-volt outlet, which is handy for charging electronic devices.

That’s the spec he came up with, imagining what he’d choose if he were buying a Porsche GT4.
You can view his configurator build at the link below.

(This is a configurator for a generic European specification, not the Japanese-market version. Please keep that in mind. As of June 19, 2019, at 2 p.m., the server sometimes appears to return an error. If that happens, wait a while and try again.)

New 718 Cayman GT4 Configurator

He also plans to configure the new 718 Spyder. Stay tuned for a follow-up article.