Cayenne D vs Hybrid

[jakesmith]

Looking at a 2nd hand Cayenne as the FFRR looks a bit unreliable for my liking

Is there any point to a hybrid 2nd hand? MPG seems a bit worse that diesel, tax about the same, it's not a company car so no benefit there, much more complex & potentially troublesome powertrain compared to the diesel which I believe is closely related to the tried & tested VAG 3.0 TDi that they make 10'000's of a year? Also would need a circuit put in at home for charging right?

[jakesmith]

Pope said:

There are two Hybrid versions available:

1st version: Cayenne S Hybrid - 288v NiMH battery
2nd version: Cayenne SE Hybrid - 400v Li-ion battery

Both have the VAG sourced 3.0V6 supercharged engine delivering a combined 300+bhp

S had an electric range of 1-2 miles and its not plug-in.

SE has a real world range of around 20 miles, plug-in and universal charger.

I like the Hybrid versions for what they are; something different and well excuted. The standard Cayenne interior is shared across the range so from inside apart from some detail changes (power meter and charge display) and the extra few k on the Rev counter they are much of a muchness.

The Hybrids are gentler on consumables - brakes especially; as the majority of minor retardation is done by the e-machine via recuperation (though most models now have micro-Hybrid recuperation through Alternator load control anyway).

Great knowledge! I like the fact that the engine is almost the S4 3.0 V6 Supercharged & can have a jazzy exhaust added
Think I'll swerve it and go for the TDi though due to marginal benefits
But thanks

[jakesmith]

That's great insight, our budget is 35k though so we cd only consider a 2012 v6 diesel or hybrid which are different ownership propositions really