Seventeen-inch wheels and tires are standard on the base model, with 18-inch rims and rubber optional there and standard with AWD, where 19 inchers are alternately offered.

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The key is the five axes its base rotates on, allowing individual wheels to be lifted off the ground and moved in a walking style.

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For example: The new Cayman has a 2.4-inch longer wheelbase than before, shorter overhangs, larger wheels, a larger greenhouse (the base of the windshield has been pulled forward and the hatch-line lands farther back), and a higher equipment level, and yet this visually muscled-up Cayman still manages to be about 60 pounds lighter than the car it replaces, thanks to aluminum-intensive structures and assembly shared with the 911 Carrera.

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