What is it?
2003 Porsche Cayenne
What's special about it?
Though it didn't physically appear at the 2002 Geneva Salon International de l'auto, the Porsche Cayenne was finally confirmed as a 2003 model set to arrive this coming fall in S and Turbo guise. A press conference was called, a few details were given and some photos were handed out. The Cayenne itself, in the flesh, was MIA.
Here's what we know. An all-new, normally aspirated 340-horsepower 4.5-liter V8 will power all four permanently driven wheels in the S model, accelerating the truck from rest to 60 mph in little more than 7 seconds. The turbocharged version makes 450 horsepower and will rocket this SUV to 60 in about 5.5 seconds. Standard on the Turbo model is a six-speed Tiptronic S automanual transmission.
Both Cayennes come standard with Porsche Stability Management, which has been further developed to meet the special needs of an off-road vehicle, as well as an inter-axle differential lock and low-range gearing. Yet, this vehicle is designed to be a "true Porsche," able to provide the kind of performance that no other vehicle in the segment can match, and is thus intended to be used primarily on the pavement, shuttling up to five occupants simultaneously.
To distinguish itself from the S, the Turbo gets visual cues like front air inlets, a power dome hood and quad exhaust outlets.
Why should you care?
Officially, this is not a joke. Porsche has decided to build a sport-utility vehicle. And yet, pigs are not flying, hell has not frozen over and nobody has had to step over a dead Porsche executive's body. Look at it this way: The Cayenne is proof that anything is possible. — Christian J. Wardlaw
2003 Porsche Cayenne
What's special about it?
Though it didn't physically appear at the 2002 Geneva Salon International de l'auto, the Porsche Cayenne was finally confirmed as a 2003 model set to arrive this coming fall in S and Turbo guise. A press conference was called, a few details were given and some photos were handed out. The Cayenne itself, in the flesh, was MIA.
Here's what we know. An all-new, normally aspirated 340-horsepower 4.5-liter V8 will power all four permanently driven wheels in the S model, accelerating the truck from rest to 60 mph in little more than 7 seconds. The turbocharged version makes 450 horsepower and will rocket this SUV to 60 in about 5.5 seconds. Standard on the Turbo model is a six-speed Tiptronic S automanual transmission.
Both Cayennes come standard with Porsche Stability Management, which has been further developed to meet the special needs of an off-road vehicle, as well as an inter-axle differential lock and low-range gearing. Yet, this vehicle is designed to be a "true Porsche," able to provide the kind of performance that no other vehicle in the segment can match, and is thus intended to be used primarily on the pavement, shuttling up to five occupants simultaneously.
To distinguish itself from the S, the Turbo gets visual cues like front air inlets, a power dome hood and quad exhaust outlets.
Why should you care?
Officially, this is not a joke. Porsche has decided to build a sport-utility vehicle. And yet, pigs are not flying, hell has not frozen over and nobody has had to step over a dead Porsche executive's body. Look at it this way: The Cayenne is proof that anything is possible. — Christian J. Wardlaw
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