Thanks for your input guys I’ve now had a test drive in a GT4, and here’s where I’m at.
The performance between the two is very close really close actually with the Evora producing more torque at lower revs with being forced induction but it’s not a night and day difference. For myself the noise of a car is very important and here it’s an easy win for the Evora which I was surprised at, the exhaust button makes a much bigger difference at low revs and even at high revs where I thought the GT4 would be the best by quite a margin it really wasn’t.
The steering was pretty good in the GT4 considering it’s EPAS was less busy overall, but didn’t talk to you like the Lotus so no surprise there then. Onto the gearbox yes the Cayman was better but not by as much as I was expecting.
Onto the handling the Cayman was very good for a track focused car not at all to hard on the road, it felt really planted and has a slightly stiffer set up than the Lotus which as we all know is magical.
Another win for the Cayman is the seating the car I drove had the optional 918 buckets and they are superb hold you in brilliantly and are super comfortable.
Build quality of the Cayman is better for sure and felt really solid, personally I find the Evora is pretty good in this respect but not brilliant I suppose in a car of this price when new, the Evora is fine in my opinion in this aspect but in an direct comparison could do a little better.
Onto the looks well I’m not going to be biased here but OMG there really is no contest here it’s got to be the Lotus easily and of course they are so much rarer.
As my car is my only one it’s a daily and you could daily the Cayman as well, however the front splitter on the Porsche is pretty low and caution would be the order of the day regarding this. The Porsche doesn’t have a reversing camera or sensors this would make parking a real pain in day to day use despite the large rear spoiler providing a reference point.
So overall as a road car the Evora for me is the better car, for track work then no doubt the GT4 would be a better choice. The GT4 would’ve had to have been a significantly better drive in order for me to swap, but in fact the Lotus is the better drive for myself, the Lotus 400 is a fair bit cheaper to buy and no doubt run.
So it’s an easy conclusion in my opinion the Lotus is the better car for UK roads, more fun, more noise, better value, better looks.
Overall I was pleasantly surprised at just how good the 400 is against such a highly regarded opponent.
Hope you all find my review usefull and count ourselves so fortunate that we are driving such a wonderfull British sports car.
Cheers,
Phill (delighted owner of an Evora 400)