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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / M440I vs 718 Cayman

BMW M440I vs Porsche 718 Cayman

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 1 like-for-like measure: the BMW M440I leads on 1, the Porsche 718 Cayman on 0.

Where each one leads

BMW M440I

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 BMW M440I uses 8.1 l/100 km, the 2025 Porsche 718 Cayman 10.0.

Porsche 718 Cayman

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

BMW M440IPorsche 718 Cayman
Model years in the US safety record2021–20252016–2025
New cars registered in Europe—6,177 (2016–2022)
On the road in the Netherlands—381

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

BMW M440IPorsche 718 Cayman
New York safety inspections failed—0.2%
… against cars of the same year—−84%
Illogical odometer records (NL)—2.3%
US owner complaints1119
Most complaints aboutUnknown or otherEngine
Model year with most complaints2021 (6)2016 (7)
US recall campaigns77
Manufacturer service bulletins1981,792
NHTSA defect investigations23

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

BMW M440IPorsche 718 Cayman
Official combined fuel use, Canada8.1 l/100 km (2026)10.0 l/100 km (2025)
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—10.5 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe—204 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe—220 kW (296 hp)
Average mass in running order—1,441 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)—€140,653

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).