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The Cayman S, ... is still significantly faster than Lotus' current performance claims on the Evora.

Porsche Website: Cayman S (Manual)

0-60mph 4.9 seconds
0-100mph 11.4 seconds

Lotus Press Material: Evora

0-60mph 4.9 seconds
0-100mph 11.5 seconds

"Significantly" ?????

While it's true that you can make just about any Porsche amazingly expensive with stuff like PCCB and PDK, none of those things are in any way comparable to the Evora.

Nope. I priced up a Cayman with options the average person might select and those which bring it closer to the spec I'd choose for an Evora.
Natural Leather Interior; Sports Bucket Seats; Sports Steering Wheel; Sports Shifter; 19" Wheels; Climate Control; Bose Stereo & CD Stacker; Bi-Xenon Lights.
$73,420

As I understand it, the US pricing for the Evora has yet to be released, but here in Australia a comparably equipped Evora would end up slightly less than an equivalent Cayman S. Perhaps when pricing is finalised for the US market, it will be similar?

The "those who prefer corners to straights" implication is just about as brand-bigoted as you accused me of being towards Porsche.

Perhaps my statement was ambiguous. I wasn't implying anything about Porsche. I love my Carrera and while it's not as inherently well-balanced as the Cayman (or my Elise), when (on the right day) you turn off the electronic nannies, it's actually more rewarding to drive simply because of its idiosyncracies.

My remark actually concerned the driving priorities of prospective purchasers, not the inherent qualities of either marque.

I'm left looking at dumping another 10-15k and a lot of time and effort into the car to get it where I want it to be...

Unless you're also dissatisfied with the performance of your Cayman, - then why? If you choose to go with after-market enhancements, I think $10k would get you a TVS quite comfortably. (The TVS supercharger is already on a production (TRD) 2GR-FE engine here in Oz and components are available as spare parts.)

A supercharged Evora would be a very quick machine. Wouldn't you need a similar investment in the Cayman to provide the same performance?

At the end of the day, none of us has driven the Evora and therefore none of us is qualified to pass judgement. No one I know has yet seen the full (US) Evora pricing or the US-specific equipment list either.

Despite this, there still seems to be a lot of very firmly held opinions and definitive comparisons based on nothing more than supposition and conjecture...