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The Toyota puts plenty of tread on the road, then, and, as with the Porsche, you have to work pretty hard to get the tail to kick out. Tyre widths are unchanged вЂ“ a generous 255 up front and 285 at the rear вЂ“ with the side profile increased from 35 to 40. The 3-litre sits on 19-inch wheels but the 2-litre is on 18s. Things have headed in the opposite direction for the Supra. The tyre widths remain 235 front and 265 rear, only the aspect ratio changes, dropping from 45 to 35. This Cayman is fitted with many options, including upsized wheels, the standard (and suspiciously unattractive) 18-inch alloys replaced here by вЂCarrera SвЂ™ 20s.

And while the Supra might need the help of a slippy diff to get its torque to the road, the Cayman can manage without, thanks to the mass of its engine sitting just ahead of its rear wheels. You canвЂ™t deny itвЂ™s potent for a 2-litre, though, developing a rude 296bhp and 280lb ft at just over 2000rpm. WeвЂ™ve not been fans of the soundtrack of the 718вЂ™s turbocharged flat-four since it was introduced in 2016 (we remember the flat-six so fondly).

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> Porsche 911 Sport Classic debuts вЂ“ Turbo-based special comes with rear-wheel drive and a manual вЂbox Sounds like a recipe for exciting on- and over-the-limit adventures. This is fed to a pair of fat 285/40 ZR18 Michelin Pilot Super Sports via an electrically controlled, adaptive limited-slip diff.

These may be the least potent versions of their ranges but the SupraвЂ™s BMW-sourced, turbocharged 2-litre in-line four still pumps out a useful 254bhp and, just as pertinently, an impressive 295lb ft from just 1550rpm. ItвЂ™s cold and a bit damp but thatвЂ™s just fine. Obviously, itвЂ™s no happy coincidence that their loans coincide with a booking at the Bedford Autodrome. Then you have the Cayman, also four-cylinder, representing the mid-engined layout and its low polar moment of inertia.

In the Toyota you have the classic front-engine/rear-drive coupe, represented here by the Supra in its four-cylinder form, less powerful than the straight-six but lighter and better-balanced, boasting that holy grail 50:50 weight distribution. On one level, this is a battle of philosophies.

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