RE: Driven: Porsche Cayenne Turbo

[adycav]

You always get the'pointless' comments.

It's 'point' is to make money for Porsche you daft apeths!

Edited to add - happy 5000th post!

Edited by adycav on Thursday 10th June 13:45

[Beefmeister]

alanjpearson said:

All I can say is YEUCH!
It is still an overpriced ugly brute - just like the Range Rover.
Who wants to drive a bog-eyed bus-shaped truck? Not me.

I love my Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8.
It outperforms this thing in all areas and is about £30K cheaper.
Not only that but my LPG conversion means I get 34MPG equivalent and less than 5.0 seconds to 60MPH performance.
And it's a lot prettier to look at than the Cayenne - which isn't so spicy!

R
Alan

Oh do stop it you silly man.

[adycav]

Beefmeister said:

alanjpearson said:

All I can say is YEUCH!
It is still an overpriced ugly brute - just like the Range Rover.
Who wants to drive a bog-eyed bus-shaped truck? Not me.

I love my Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8.
It outperforms this thing in all areas and is about £30K cheaper.
Not only that but my LPG conversion means I get 34MPG equivalent and less than 5.0 seconds to 60MPH performance.
And it's a lot prettier to look at than the Cayenne - which isn't so spicy!

R
Alan

Oh do stop it you silly man.

[Escort Si-130]

Well done Porsche, thanks for replacing the FUGLY as hell mk1 Cayenne.This is a massive breath of fresh air, I now like the Cayenne, it was on my hate list before.

[300bhp/ton]

umm I have to say I rather like that!

[Nickellarse]

adycav said:

Beefmeister said:

alanjpearson said:

All I can say is YEUCH!
It is still an overpriced ugly brute - just like the Range Rover.
Who wants to drive a bog-eyed bus-shaped truck? Not me.

I love my Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8.
It outperforms this thing in all areas and is about £30K cheaper.
Not only that but my LPG conversion means I get 34MPG equivalent and less than 5.0 seconds to 60MPH performance.
And it's a lot prettier to look at than the Cayenne - which isn't so spicy!

R
Alan

Oh do stop it you silly man.

ROFL. Yep, the Jeep sure is one pretty motor!

[nadirv8]

Would be interesting to pitch the Hybrid vs the 'S around the TG track with the 's following, to see how real mpg compares. Gut feel says hybrid is the way forward but for some reason I really want it to fail.
As for looks, definately not my style... then again I do drive a Grand Scenic so perhaps I have no style.

[anonymous-user]

alexpa said:

Are we meant to believe it got all the way up that huge incline all by itself

[gnm321]

As my ex- wife stated you prefer your cars over me...I really cannot disappoint her so I think I will be picking up my very smiley son from my ex-wife's in this probably still with the price tag attached!
It's a stonker!!

[Chris_]

louiebaby said:

Garlick said:

Carl_Docklands said:

Thanks for the review, the drive on these new models has recieved mixed press reviews. Having sat in one of these I had the following comments:

1. The price fully specced for all Cayenne models is now beyond a joke, I don't know why PH bother to list the non-specced prices
2. In the flesh it is better looking than a Range Rover, dependent on colour. It makes the RR look like a giant carboard box. The dark purple is very nice.
3. The interior is now the best in the business
4. The expected depcreciation on a finance deal is slightly higher than last time
5. Unless i was truly loaded and had £120k to blow on a fully specced Cayenne Turbo then I would go for the new Toureg.

Lovely piece of kit but you'll be mugged by the options list more than on the Sports cars!

Good sensible post, interesting comment about the Touareg too.

I think it's been a few years since the Touareg has been available with the V10 TDi, (feel free to correct me.)

If Volkswagen do one with some kind of meaty diesel, it would be difficult to justify a Cayenne Turbo over the top of the Touareg.

Yep, Touareg V10 is still available and is sold in "R" spec as the R50

[henrycrun]

Do the seats fold down to make proper beds ?

[Webber3]

henrycrun said:

Do the seats fold down to make proper beds ?

You're thinking about selling your house to get one?

[supercampeao]

unfortunately, its rear looks like a quashquai or something korean/cheap/ugly...like the front and interior, hate the back and the lower height hybrid car/4x4 appearance it now has, and the fact it now no longer even has a low ratio gearbox on it which is a joke on a 4x4 if you actually need to use it off road...sad, but IMHO it is a disaster...goodbye then KN, i wont be buying another one and will prob get a range rover next time

Edited by supercampeao on Thursday 10th June 14:43

[supercampeao]

Escort Si-130 said:

Well done Porsche, thanks for replacing the FUGLY as hell mk1 Cayenne.This is a massive breath of fresh air, I now like the Cayenne, it was on my hate list before.

this replaces the Mk2 KN not Mk1

[Geneve]

supercampeao said:

this replaces the Mk2 KN not Mk1

This is an all new model, the previous version just had a mid-life 'facelift' (which didn't really work).

I hated the old one, but really like the new one.

The Cayenne is not an alternative to Porsche's real sports cars (911/Cayman/Boxster), but for someone who needs a comfortable, sporting, SUV that will carry the family in all conditions, then I'm sure it will have a lot of appeal.

The finance figures are probably based on the old model's track record. The new one should perform much better, especially in the first few years.

[MrTappets]

Well that looks much better. It seems odd but the rear somehow reminds of a bloated XKR. Think is must the tail lamps.

[Curry Burns]

Hmm this may replace the XFR as my 'fantasy' daily driver...

Good job Porsche

[Chris_w666]

I would love to be in some of the meetings planning these things, lets build a huge 4x4 off roader, lets make it as fast as our supercars, lets go to the pub and admire our work.

[soad]

I like these, esp. in the Turbo guise. Out of my price range right now. Even the used ones.

[alexpa]

adycav said:

You always get the'pointless' comments.

It's 'point' is to make money for Porsche you daft apeths!

Edited to add - happy 5000th post!

Edited by adycav on Thursday 10th June 13:45

Do they deal arms also? That makes money doesn't it? They tried the hedge fund bit, screwed the VW shorts, made a few bucks and oops, then got toasted and swallowed.

2 Tonne barges are popular, BMW shifting a million (eek!) X5’s proves that. In fact the X5’s early success was I’d imagine a very big reason for the Cayenne’s existence.

Still a barge, still annoying that they block the road view when you’re behind them, still crap.

If your going to get a 4x4, get a proper one, yeehaw!