New 2021 Porsche cayenne e hybrid picked up

[svracers]

Jh i agree the v8 diesel was great. Alot of torque for the cayenne. I like the 3.0v6 in my s5 and im seriously considering getting it chipped. It would take it from 360hp to 470hp which would be epic

[aeropilot]

jh001 said:

I’ve driven to the S of F in ours a couple of times, economy is shocking, around 23 - 24 mpg! Driving a long way lugging a flat battery is never going to be good. Used to get 37 mpg from a previous 3.0d Cayenne on the same run.

Porsche should never have dropped the diesel.....at least a diesel hybrid would have been more logical.

[troc]

Just drove back from val thorens to the Netherlands in our cayenne e-hybrid and averaged 31mpg for the trip with an average speed of 100kph.

Would have been better if we’d not been stuck behind a load of slowpokes with chains and crap tyres doing 15kph down the bloody mountain - nor fast enough to regenerate decent battery and we started home without much as the teslas had hogged the charger in the hotel garage.

Awesome long-distance cruise machine. I’ve also done a Porsche experience 1/2 day with a police pursuit driving trainer where we went driving in the dunes and a lake as well as high speed on-road driving so I can attest to it being a rather superb all-rounder.

[DeejRC]

The trouble with 31mpg is that the V8 gave 40mpg over a long run at 70mph!

[jh001]

I'm just in the process of chopping in our e-hybrid coupe for a Turbo GT, I have a funny feeling that on a decent run the GT will return better economy than the e-hybrid! The e-hybrid is great for regular short runs especially if you have solar panels on your house that charge the car.

[troc]

DeejRC said:

The trouble with 31mpg is that the V8 gave 40mpg over a long run at 70mph!

But it’s better than my Audi S4 was whilst also being fasted, quieter, more comfortable and significantly larger

Oh and on the short trips we regularly do, it’s 100% electric.

[David W.]

I had an E-hybrid for a day to try, it did 23-24 running about locally after the battery had drained and I think that’s what I would have got as an average day in, day out. I tow too. I liked it and I think it made me drive more sedately. With better longer range battery tech it would be good I think but I bought a late low miles diesel V8 instead which is mega. It does 26 on local short runs and 36+ on a trip. I have bulk tank fuel storage too so fuel storages were as stress free as they were for EV drivers. Shame dieselgate happened or we would still be able to get them.

[jh001]

Interesting exercise today, returned my e-hybrid to the dealer, exactly the same trip home in the new car. On a longer run the GT mpg would have improved quite a bit I’m sure.[url]

[jh001]

[svracers]

Im surprised that the turbo gt is over 20mpg. Interesting comparison. I checked our e hybrids average mpg since we picked it up. Currently at 38.2mpg which im pretty happy with. Alot of the journeys are short though. As other people have said it will be interesting to see what it can do over hundreds of miles!

[jh001]

Here’s the total for my ownership. Great for local trips <25 miles but poor for most trips > 150 miles

[braddo]

svracers said:

Im surprised that the turbo gt is over 20mpg. Interesting comparison. I checked our e hybrids average mpg since we picked it up. Currently at 38.2mpg which im pretty happy with. Alot of the journeys are short though. As other people have said it will be interesting to see what it can do over hundreds of miles!

It's the short trips where the hybrids are such a benefit. The old fashioned way in a 2008 petrol V8 for short town journeys gave 10-13mpg.

[svracers]

Yeah hopefully it will be used for mainly shorter journeys. On a separate subject, Im considering selling my motorbikes and buying a maserati granturismo 4.7 auto with 26000 miles... obv running an s5 sportback on its own isnt ruining me enough financially! Must resist!

[The Wookie]

jh001 said:

I’ve driven to the S of F in ours a couple of times, economy is shocking, around 23 - 24 mpg! Driving a long way lugging a flat battery is never going to be good. Used to get 37 mpg from a previous 3.0d Cayenne on the same run.

Edited by jh001 on Sunday 9th January 09:58

That is poor, I get 22-23mpg in my V8 Turbo S Hybrid with the battery flat on a longer run and I'm heavy footed. If I sit at 70 in it I'll get 30mpg

Not sure how DeejRC managed to get 40mpg out of his V8d though, mine would do 24-25mpg heavy footed, maybe high 20's sat at 70, and the wife somehow used to squeeze a bit more out of it with the best being about 32mpg absolutely babying it.