The fun bit comes in the form of a 2.0-litre engine producing at least 220PS, mated to a chassis that's taught yet compliant. Cabin quality is also slightly better and you get exactly the same amount of space, so room for four and a boot that's so well designed, da Vinci could have done it. For a kick off, the old car's infotainment won't have you nutting the windscreen in frustration, like the glitchy new model's and you also get, praise be – a proper volume knob. Okay, so in the spirit of this list of cars that are fast and cheap, we have gone for the older model, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Congrats, you've imagined the human equivalent of the Volkswagen Golf GTI.
Imagine a partner that looks great, has amazing chat, dresses well, is intelligent, but cooks, cleans and is also riotously good fun at the weekend. Maintenance is expensive, but a talented Porsche this cheap will be almost immune to depreciation. Okay, so it only has two seats, but it also has a boot at either end (that mid-engine layout paying dividends agains) and you get a surprising amount of interior storage. Even the basic 245PS 2.7-litre flat-six sounds epic, is good for 160mph and 0-62mph in six seconds, and it's more reliable than the fragile pre-2010 3.4-litre fitted to the Cayman S. Its steering is sublime, its brakes are bursting with power and it's mid-engine layout means you can choose between understeer and oversteer on a whim. Legend has it that the Cayman handled so well, Porsche had to artificially restrain it to stop it showing up the larger and more expensive Porsche 911 on track. And this is no dud Porsche, actually – it's one of the best. You would think that, but you'd be incorrect because early examples of the Porsche Cayman (the 987 for all you chassis sleuths) is yours for less than £10,000. A Porsche? On a list of the best cars that are cheap? Something must be wrong.
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