Reading between the lines, the inference is that Porsche will shift to a mid engine model for performance orientated customers and that other models will be for luxury-sport customers.

I think that the Cayman is a bridge product to a new model range and is their proof of concept for that. It foreshadows a completely new mid engine sub 100K sports car from them in a few years.

It maybe a tacit admission that the few flat 8 914s (918's) they built should have become regular production cars

There were 2 factory 914-8s made, one silver, and one red. Ferdinand Piech received the red one, and the silver one went to the company. Ferdinand's red one was sent to the museum after 10,000kms.

They both used a de-tuned version of the 908 race car's engine. The silver one was carburated and produced around 260hp. Dr.Piech's red one was fuel injected and it made around 300hp.