Porsche are planning a 4-cylinder turbo boxer engine for the Cayman and Boxster with up to 395bhp confirms Porsche’s Matthias Mueller.
The next Porsche Cayman (new Cayman GTS pictured) will get a 4-Cylinder turbo
We already know that the new Porsche Macan will be getting 4-Cylinder VW engines later this year as Porsche looks for a lower entry-level point for the Macan, but it’s not just the Macan going the 4-Cylinder route.
Instead, Porsche will be lopping two cylinders off the Boxer engine to create a new 4-Cylinder Boxer engine with power outputs up to 395bhp.
That’s a chunk more than the output of the current six-cylinder 3.4 litre in the Boxster and Cayman so it will offer not only lower CO2 emissions and better economy, but improved performance too.
The new 4-Cylinder Boxer engine isn’t scheduled to arrive until the next generation Cayman and Boxster, but if Porsche are preparing to offer up to 395bhp in the next generation of their ‘lesser’ models, the next generation 911 must be likely to get a big hike in power or its lesser siblings will be wiping the floor with it.
No doubt all will be revealed in time.
John Watkins says
The EU have forced Porsche to ruin their 911 & 981 (Boxster & Cayman) sports cars by making them chase ever increasing unrealistic fuel consumption & emmisions targets. After owning 11 Porsche’s, I will now be deserting the brand; the engine changes will ruin the sports cars. I believe the motoring industry needs to push back against the faceless kill-joy beaurocrats; low fuel costs plus increasing challenges to the fervent religion of Global Warming give them the opportunity of crying foul!