2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Hot Lap! - 2020 Best Driver's Car Contender - video Dailymotion

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Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for MotorTrend's 2020 Best Driver's Car presented by Tire Rack.

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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 This is the 2020 Motor Trend Best Driver's Car

00:16 right here on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

00:20 These are the Best Driver's Car Hot Labs

00:22 brought to you by Tire Rack.

00:23 Let's go.

00:29 The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 is the rawest car

00:34 at this year's Best Driver's Car competition.

00:36 It's also the only competitor available

00:39 with a manual transmission.

00:41 Like its predecessor, the new GT4 sports

00:44 a naturally aspirated flat six,

00:47 essentially borrowed from a 911.

00:49 In this case, it's the 992's motor

00:51 with both turbochargers removed

00:53 and the front suspension from a GT3.

00:56 The Cayman is both the lightest car here,

00:58 a good thing, as well as the least powerful.

01:01 Not so good when it comes to laps.

01:04 With 385 horsepower, the previous generation GT4

01:08 lapped WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

01:11 in one minute, 37.43 seconds.

01:15 Let's see what Randy can do

01:17 with the new 414 horsepower version.

01:20 (car engine revving)

01:25 I don't know how fast I'm going, but I'm loving it.

01:29 Race car.

01:30 Little entry oversteer.

01:33 I like that first apex tight.

01:41 (car engine revving)

01:44 Little push in the middle.

02:03 Little turn in oversteer.

02:05 (car engine revving)

02:08 Fun car.

02:17 (car engine revving)

02:22 (car engine revving)

02:25 A little earlier turn in at nine.

02:42 Think that's quicker.

02:45 10.

02:47 Into the bowl.

02:49 (car engine revving)

02:52 Woo, drifty.

02:58 (laughing)

03:01 Woo.

03:08 Very racy feel.

03:13 The shifter's so light and quick.

03:17 Woo, that was so much fun.

03:19 - Well, sir?

03:25 - Race car.

03:28 - Bit of a real car, isn't it?

03:29 - Race car.

03:30 It loves being on the track.

03:32 - If there's anything to complain about with the GT4,

03:34 is it stiff on the road, right?

03:36 It's like, "Ugh, it's a really stiff car," but here?

03:38 - Well, Laguna Seca is smooth,

03:41 and I just feel like I'm in one of those IMSA races.

03:45 It has a shifter of all things.

03:46 - I know, it's weird, right?

03:47 - Yeah, it feels weird, but it's a delight.

03:50 It's very quick and light.

03:52 Just as quick as you can move the lever,

03:53 you can get a gear.

03:55 And the engine goes all the way to 8,000 RPM.

03:58 Gearing's tall.

03:59 You're in second gear forever,

04:01 so I use second gear in every slow corner.

04:04 My only complaint is a little teeny bit of entry oversteer,

04:07 and a little teeny bit of mid-corner understeer.

04:10 - Oh, really?

04:11 Remember we had that problem with understeer

04:13 on the last GT4?

04:14 - Huge.

04:15 - So, the last GT4,

04:17 which was also a naturally aspirated six-cylinder,

04:20 did like a 137-something lap time.

04:24 Do you think you went faster?

04:26 - This car feels so well-balanced.

04:27 It had to be quicker, Johnny.

04:29 - Yeah, it was.

04:30 It did a 136.14.

04:34 Yeah, so, in today's world,

04:37 somehow that's not quick.

04:38 10 years ago, it would've been the quickest car here,

04:41 by about six hundredths of a second.

04:42 Remember, it's only got 414 horsepower.

04:45 - It loves the racetrack.

04:46 What a pleasure.

04:47 - Well, there you have it, folks.

04:49 That is the hot lap for the Porsche Cayman 718 GT4.

04:54 Thanks for watching.

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