And engagement is what the Cayman does best. On the right piece of road in dry conditions, this is a sports car that inspires confidence and immerses you in the action of driving. The mid-engine chassis is beautifully balanced. It doesn’t rotate on demand like a BMW M2 Competition, but it will still play the hooligan when you get the mass moving, and there’s reasonable margin for error should you let the rear run away with you. On a technical piece of road, the front end tucks in to corners, the rear follows faithfully, and you can feel the car pivot around you. There’s a little roll in the chassis which helpfully communicates how much of the tyre you’re leaning on, but you have to be taking real liberties before it starts understeering in to the nearest hedge. As standard, it comes with Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) which gives you adaptive dampers and lowers the ride height by 20mm, as well as the Sport Chrono Pack which allows you to cycle through normal, sport, sport +, and individual driving modes. Whichever mode you’re in, the GTS feels composed and sure-footed over a bumpy road, and even in it’s firmer setting the ride is never crashy. All of that composure is met with pinpoint-accurate steering and a brake pedal with plenty of feel. It ebbs and flows down a road, and there’s a real sense that it reacts with immediacy to your inputs. You can’t help but feel at one with it.

The cabin is also driver-centric. It’s not overloaded with fancy screens, buttons or technology. It’s simple and offers everything you need, not what it thinks you might want. The driving position is as perfect as any I’ve sat in with loads of adjustment and the ability to get low in with the centre of gravity, and the manual gearstick is always to hand. The infotainment screen measures a modest 7-inches and I’ll be honest, I didn’t spend much time exploring the system because I was too busy having fun. It’s there, it does the job, and I’m sure that’s how most GTS drivers will view it. One thing that can’t be overlooked though, is the fit and finish of the cabin. It may be simple, one would argue dated, but the quality of the materials and the precision with which it’s made is undeniable. The leather, Alcantara, and tight fit scream quality, and the Porsche pop-out cupholders continue to be a small but ingenious innovation that never fails to satisfy. Porsche have towed the line between giving you everything you need without distracting you from the business of driving, and they’ve done it well.