Monday 16th April 2007

Porsche get serious about the school run

Works Cayenne for the Transsyberia rally

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A cool Cayenne...

Porsche has created a special Cayenne with which it hopes to win the Transsyberia off-road rally for the second year in succession. Last year two privately entered Cayennes finished first and second in the gruelling 3,850 mile event.

The rally runs from 2 to 17 of August starting in Moscow and finishing in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, crossing the Gobi Desert in between.

The special Cayennes have a package of upgrades, although the driveline remains unchanged apart from a sports exhaust and a shorter final drive ratio. The transverse diff lock from the offroad technology pack is fitted as standard, and there’s a special offroad mode to the air suspension plus reinforced track control arms.

...or a RS Porsche fan's worst nightmare?

The underbody of the Cayenne has been further protected with additional panelling, as has the exhaust, and a snorkel protects the engine when crossing rivers. Naturally, the high performance road tyres have been shunned for a set of dedicated offroad rubber.

Inside there’s a roll cage, no rear seats and most of the interior trim has been gutted. A standard handbrake replaces the foot-operated example of the production car; there’s a dedicated nav unit and trip computer, and a host of useful extras:  two 20 litre reserve cans, a hydraulic jack, two fire extinguishers, two sand boards, two full sized spare wheels and two boxes of tools.

Interior kitted out for rally use

Just 26 Cayenne S Transsyberia 2007 models will be made, available in either metallic black or silver with orange coloured wheels and side script in the style of the GT3 RS.

[runnersp]

To deck it out in those colours IMHO is nothing short of sacriligious!

[2something]

Oh dear, oh dear, EasyPorsche has landed ...

edited to change Jet to Porsche

Edited by 2something on Monday 16th April 11:16

[DBSnappa]

Bleeeuuuurrggghhh!

Why oh why use that colour scheme? Apart from it's conenctions with the RS brand, it just looks fugly...

[GravelBen]

runnersp said:

To deck it out in those colours IMHO is nothing short of sacriligious!

Perhaps. IMO this scheme would be more in keeping with tradition:

[e39m52003]

It's like putting a halloween mask on Margaret Beckett!!!

In fact, Margaret Beckett does actually look like a Cayenne in front profile.....

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-image

Edited by e39m52003 on Monday 16th April 11:27

[loach]

That looks so ridiculous that I like it.

[Fidgits]

loach said:

That looks so ridiculous that I like it.

thats no suprise though.

[runnersp]

GravelBen said:

runnersp said:

To deck it out in those colours IMHO is nothing short of sacriligious!

Perhaps. IMO this scheme would be more in keeping with tradition:

That too IMHO would be sacrilege!

[sprinter885]

e39m52003 said:

It's like putting a halloween mask on Margaret Beckett!!!

In fact, Margaret Beckett does actually look like a Cayenne in front profile.....

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-image

Edited by e39m52003 on Monday 16th April 11:27

It's the deep chin spoiler that does it---hers not Cayennes !!

[ScottL]

I like it - kinda cool.

What is it up against in the race then?

[Scoot100]

First Cayenne I like.

4 x 4 are for off roading, not school running imho.

[scoobiewrx]

And....it'll suck fuel and use up the 40Lt reserve before it gets anywhere near the first checkpoint. They're not exactly economical in standard trim are they and with all that extra weight and shorter final drive i can see them being stranded in the middle of nowhere!!

All that said i bet it's a hoot to drive and i hear they are not bad off roaders either.
Good luck to them

[abarthchris]

scoobiewrx said:

And....it'll suck fuel and use up the 40Lt reserve before it gets anywhere near the first checkpoint. They're not exactly economical in standard trim are they and with all that extra weight and shorter final drive i can see them being stranded in the middle of nowhere!!

All that said i bet it's a hoot to drive and i hear they are not bad off roaders either.
Good luck to them

They won the race last year??!

so i guess they will make the 1st checkpoint...

[loach]

Fidgits said:

loach said:

That looks so ridiculous that I like it.

thats no suprise though.

Well....I don't like writing cheques my body can't cash.

[edb49]

I don't want one myself, but it did bring a smile to my face. First time that's happened for an SUV!

[scoobiewrx]

abarthchris said:

scoobiewrx said:

And....it'll suck fuel and use up the 40Lt reserve before it gets anywhere near the first checkpoint. They're not exactly economical in standard trim are they and with all that extra weight and shorter final drive i can see them being stranded in the middle of nowhere!!

All that said i bet it's a hoot to drive and i hear they are not bad off roaders either.
Good luck to them

They won the race last year??!

so i guess they will make the 1st checkpoint...

Yep....and there's always a first time ( original comments were light hearted )....but for ordinary buyers i still think it might be a bit thirsty and with fuel fast approaching £1.00 a Litre again i think you'll have to be "uber rich" to run one of these long term. No good then for mere paupers like myself, but i would still like a drive. Mind you seeing this a Bowler Wildcat comes to mind

[Fidgits]

loach said:

Fidgits said:

loach said:

That looks so ridiculous that I like it.

thats no suprise though.

Well....I don't like writing cheques my body can't cash.

in that case. step away from the oak framed car.

[ec523]

Oh myyy godddd!!!

What is it with the germans and dutch colouring???
First the audi r8 now this...
It is taking euronisim to a new level...

Imagine all those rich kids on the school run, traumatised for life???
ummm, then again might not be such a bad thing cause when they become ministers and chancellors they will remember the rat runn in a fun mobile, and they shall pass policy on funess...

Lurvleyyy...

But chance would be a fine thing!!

[magic torch]

photo said:

Tiptronic

loach said:

I like it.

[abarthchris]

scoobiewrx said:

abarthchris said:

scoobiewrx said:

And....it'll suck fuel and use up the 40Lt reserve before it gets anywhere near the first checkpoint. They're not exactly economical in standard trim are they and with all that extra weight and shorter final drive i can see them being stranded in the middle of nowhere!!

All that said i bet it's a hoot to drive and i hear they are not bad off roaders either.
Good luck to them

They won the race last year??!

so i guess they will make the 1st checkpoint...

Yep....and there's always a first time ( original comments were light hearted )....but for ordinary buyers i still think it might be a bit thirsty and with fuel fast approaching £1.00 a Litre again i think you'll have to be "uber rich" to run one of these long term. No good then for mere paupers like myself, but i would still like a drive. Mind you seeing this a Bowler Wildcat comes to mind

aaah , get what you mean it would make speeds bumps more tolerable on the way to britney's dance class