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Kevin Hepworth

Contributing Journalist

4 min read

Traditionally a car company will build a hard top sports car and then leverage that by knocking off the top and charging a lump extra for the privilege of having the convertible version of whatever that car may be.

Porsche — as is their wont — did it differently. Not only did they build the soft-top version first but when they stuck the roof on they charged a lump extra for that. Also, true to form, Porsche did a damn fine job of building that hard-top car.

Starting with the Boxster's sweet chassis and mid-engine layout Porsche's stylists went to work to produce a car that was different enough to look at that some casual observers still believe it to be a model in its own right, and took it to the market as the Cayman.

Read the full Porsche Cayman S 2009 review.