Porsche 718 Cayman review - Reliability and Safety

Porsche has enjoyed deep praise from owners in several of our Driver Power owner satisfaction surveys. The current 718 Cayman and Boxster haven’t featured, but we expect reliability to be strong for these cars, although of course they are likely to go through consumables faster than the average car, especially if you use the car's performance on a regular basis.

As a manufacturer, Porsche tends to finish high in the rankings when we get enough owners for it to participate in our Driver Power polls. It usually finishes well ahead of BMW, Audi and Mercedes, while jostling with Jaguar in the placings. As you can imagine, owners pointed at high costs as an issue – although hopefully the more economical four-cylinder engine in the Cayman will go some way to remedy that.

Due to the niche nature of the 718 range, Euro NCAP won't conduct its independent crash tests on the coupe. It does come loaded with airbags and safety kit, but adaptive cruise control is a pricey £1,094 option.

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Warranty

Every Porsche comes with a three-year unlimited mileage warranty, which actually trumps sister-brand Audi’s three-year/60,000-mile guarantee. As with rivals, you can pay to extend your Cayman’s warranty with a variety of plans stretching long into the future. 

Servicing

Porsche tends to fare quite well for owner satisfaction, although two-year service intervals mean that hopefully you won't need to visit a Porsche centre that often. And with only a handful of Porsche Centres across the UK, that at least means you won't have to make the potentially long trip all that often.

When the time does come to look after your Cayman it won’t be cheap, though, as a minor service can cost around £500. A major service is even more of a sting, with prices of about £620. A simple brake fluid change will cost about £100.