Petersen Automotive Museum Conducts Its First-Ever Virtual Porsche Concours With 100 Privately Owned Porsches
With everyone still at home during the pandemic, the Petersen wanted enthusiasts to be able to share their greatest passion with the world. We ve chosen our favorites.
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In times such as these where we are all quarantining, ordering too much takeout food, and watching an ungodly amount of Netflix, it’s hard to do all the little things in life that fulfill our interests. For you, those who are reading this, you probably missed out on countless car meets, auto shows, and cars and coffees throughout this universally terrible year, but among all the unfortunate events that have defined this year, people all over the world have found ways to connect. The Petersen Automotive Museum has seconded that idea. For the first time in its history, the museum did a virtual Porsche Concours, allowing 100 people, from all over, to display their own pride and joy.
2020 Porsche 718 Cayman T: Pros And Cons ++ The driver’s four-cylinder Cayman.
As a general rule, if Porsche offers a model with the “T” designation, it s the one you should get. Blending the base variant’s powertrain with performance goodies from higher up the food chain, a T model makes a strong value play that s unusual from a brand like Porsche. The 2020 718 Cayman T is a textbook example of the approach.
Slotting in between the standard Cayman and the Cayman S, the T is a driver s car first, with brilliant reflexes, limitless feedback, and uncommonly approachable dynamics for a mid-engine product. But recognizing those qualities is key to ignoring some of the Cayman T s drawbacks, which include an un-Porsche-like exhaust note and a sprint to 60 that qualifies as “relaxed.”