Whoooopeeeee, the new Cayenne V6 is here !!!!

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But don't expect me to drag my butt off the couch even to crawl to the window to take a peek. How can anyone get excited about a 5200-pound V6 SUV ???? (From Porsche, of all people??)



Talk about B O R I N G

Talk about sad.



Is it time for a nap yet, let's talk about something interesting like Tiger Woods (not!) or a VW powered Porsche that weighs 5200 pounds with a transmission made in Japan. Ohhh yeah, don't forget to mention the small VW motor that has been "tweaked" by Porsche to make the lead sled a little less of a dog. Hey, what does "Cayenne" mean, anyway, is there some kind of a translation I'm missing here??? ha ha Perhaps they should name the V6 model "Canine".

The people on the board of directors might be smiling, but they're just a band of industrial prostitutes willing to badge engineer something for money. What ever happened to engineering EXCELLENCE ??

(Just slap a Lexus badge on the front and wake me up when it's over, the bad dream, okay?)

Talk about a devaluation of the marque, the destruction of Porsche from within, the total dillution of the brand, for what???? (Answer: greed)

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Dey make der cash, alright, but it go in de pockets of der stock-holders. Dis allow Porsche to slip into the quagmire of "badge engineering" and prostitute der name to new lows. How do you say, in dis country, "fugly".

Any theory that de Cayenne or Canine, however you call it, exists to make Porsche a company to better build sporting cars is foolish. The Cayenne exist to put smile on der German board member, now wearing Gucci loafers, and who seems to no longer care about the world-wide mystique of "German Engineering". Why do de do dis? De answer is simple, to put money in their pockets.

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elms said:

Ive just read the test in EVO and can't believe the performance figures. 0-60-9.7sec and 133mph flat out. Not bad for a off-roader but for something wearing a Stuttgart badge it's a joke! A bloody mid 1980s 924 or 944 could give it a run for it's money!

And you might add: "and drive circles around it"


The Cayenne weighs in somewhere around 2400 pounds more than my '84 n/a 944. No wonder they call em "Porkers", because a 5200 pound vehicle with a V6 is going to be a pig on the road by just about any standard. Who cares if it can accelerate, the scarey part is what happens once it is up to speed. That 5200 pounds is going to have a mind of it's own when it comes time to go around a corner, just ask Einstein, ha ha.

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