RE: Driven: Porsche Cayenne Diesel

[juansolo]

adz13091982 said:

TBH honest I always though it was odd they didn't do a diesel. The question should really be should they do a SUV (no from me)?

Bearing in mind it's their best selling car and it keeps them making the 911/Boxter/Cayman, yes. I find it pretty abhorrent as a car, but I have no problem with them making it. I'd have no problem with the Panamera also had they not made it look like a long snail.

[syd666]

Great car. just collected mine last week and sort of makes u feel good about saving the world.

[Leicesterdave]

I don't see how 7.8 seconds to 60 is "leisurely"
Especially in a 2 ton SUV.

[taffyracer]

I liked it, I test drove one vs. an X5, X6 and a RRS back in July.....I plumped for the X6 purely due to the extra performance that was on offer, the handling was decent and comparable to the X6 and I think it was probably a nicer place to be, but mid 7's 0-60 is nothing special, 240bhp is not enough for a 2.2T car, it needs 300bhp+ IMO or the compromise is too great

Edited by taffyracer on Wednesday 29th December 10:18

[paddyhasneeds]

I've had one a couple of times when my car's been in at the OPC. They're great fun, however they are fking massive, as in seriously, just go take a walk around one at a dealers, they are impractically huge IMO.

[hornetrider]

What a strange, brief article.

[CraigVmax]

Redlake27 said:

The Cayenne was a car that in 2004 I reckoned was the most pointless, ugly, inefficient, overweight, tasteless thing ever. But have you seen how cheap they are secondhand?!! There are loads under £9,000. At that price, I might just forget my principles and values...

I recently got a 2003 Turbo, yes, its the first car that I never look at my reflection in shop windows but my god it's a good car otherwise.

[AM-BM]

Having driven the Cayenne Diesel I must say it is very impressive. Foget the Porsche / Diesel issue.
This car handles and drives like a sporty estate car. It's got oddles of torque and the steering is what you would expect in any porsche let alone a 4x4 SUV. Great handling, I was very surprised considering the weight.
I wasn't aware of the eight speed gearbox until I flicked through manually, it never seemed like it was constantly changing gear! I must say that I found it great fun and rewarding. Ok it doesn't have the noise of a Porsche but everything else is up there. Hat off!

[soad]

Nice motor, perhaps not to everyone's taste though.

Don't have an issue with the engine choice really either

[hotmelt]

Excellent big car with low consumption. I would buy it.

[pikey]

GeraldSmith said:

But for me it's not in the same league as a full fat range rover, particularly with the new 4.4 tdv8.

It's more comparable with the RR Sport rather than the Full Fat (size and price)

[Patrick Bateman]

Leicesterdave said:

I don't see how 7.8 seconds to 60 is "leisurely"
Especially in a 2 ton SUV.

It's not.

[hairyben]

Patrick Bateman said:

Leicesterdave said:

I don't see how 7.8 seconds to 60 is "leisurely"
Especially in a 2 ton SUV.

It's not.

it's not that it's a poor time for an SUV.

It's a poor time for a "porsche" SUV, particularly when all of the competician, and one or two a peg below, will sell you a quicker one.

[pikey]

The Crack Fox said:

What a vulgar vehicle ! I just don't 'get' these at all.

Probably because you're not their target customer. If you were in the market for a fast 4x4 with a budget of £60k you'd surely try all the offerings, which would include the Cayenne. Maybe then you would 'get' it and prefer it over the others... or maybe you wouldn't.

Mind you I guess all big, fast 4x4s are vulgar really. My neighbour has a Prius - it's certainly a lot less vulgar, but they're not for everyone either.

The Crack Fox said:

I see carpervert (johnny smith) is currently slating the same car on twitter.

Journalists' opinions are as valid anyone else's. I remember Clarkson slating a Cayman when they first came out but it didn't change my purchasing decision. 3 years later I still reckoned he was wrong.

[pikey]

paddyhasneeds said:

They're great fun, however they are fking massive, as in seriously, just go take a walk around one at a dealers, they are impractically huge IMO.

You get used to it. We've got quite a few width restrictions where we are and have no problem now we've had it for a while.

[Wills2]

hairyben said:

Patrick Bateman said:

Leicesterdave said:

I don't see how 7.8 seconds to 60 is "leisurely"
Especially in a 2 ton SUV.

It's not.

it's not that it's a poor time for an SUV.

It's a poor time for a "porsche" SUV, particularly when all of the competician, and one or two a peg below, will sell you a quicker one.

I thought the competition were all about the same? i.e Touareg/X5 3.0D with the XC90/Q7/RRS being alot slower.

[SR06]

pikey said:

dave_s13 said:

What's it do to the gallon?

I often get 700-ish to a tank. Lowest I've had is 520, highest 812.

But how big is your tank?

[pikey]

SR06 said:

pikey said:

dave_s13 said:

What's it do to the gallon?

I often get 700-ish to a tank. Lowest I've had is 520, highest 812.

But how big is your tank?

100 litres, as the post underneath that one said

[jake15919]

Time to stop being so precious, I think. No magic in the Porsche badge anymore.

Move on, Porsche have, why not join them?

[Bogracer]

It's a diesel Volkwagen Toureg!

Thankfully there are enough gullable and tastless people out there that buy these 'high profit' shared platform/brand cars allowing Porsche to invest properly in developing the excellent 997.

No doubt the ultimate chav status symbol.