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Cayenne Roadtest


crayzayjay
11-15-2002, 02:20 PM
The Cayenne Turbo has been acclaimed as a great car - i mean, SUV to drive by all roadtests ive seen on it. The Turbo hits 60 in 5.6 and tops out at 165 mph, which is awesome for a 2350kg (5000lbs!) car and its pretty good off-road too! Porsche has really achieved something superb with this car, dammit i mean SUV, but it still doesnt rank as a Porsche for me. I dont care if it has 450bhp, it just doesnt look right... too "thin" at the front.... and why are those front iair ntakes so damn huge? Couldnt the top centre intake be taken out entirely? It would make the car look so much better! Maybe someone handy with Photoshop could show us what that would look like?
http://www.porschecenter.com/cayenne/images/cayenne_turbo/cay_tur1.jpg

cheers,
Jay

FREED0MFiST
11-15-2002, 02:27 PM
yeah i hate suvs, i would seriously love this car if it was a wagon though lol... it doesnt look like its very tall.. how big is it, comparable to what other suvs?

crayzayjay
11-16-2002, 10:32 AM
Oh it's tall alright, i dont have the exact dimensions but its pretty damn big, should be the same size as its Range Rover and BMW competitors. It weights 2.3 tonnes and can tow a further 3.5 tonnes!

crayzayjay
11-16-2002, 10:35 AM
Maximum ground clearance is 10.75 inches, which gives you an idea about how high it sits.

FREED0MFiST
11-16-2002, 10:40 AM
damn! thats huge. amazing its that quick

crayzayjay
11-16-2002, 10:46 AM
Yeah it is. Im looking at a picture in a magazine where the Cayenne is pictured next to a 911. The 911's roofline is approximately level with the bottom of the Cayenne's side windows. It completely dwarfs it. :)

Genesis2
11-22-2002, 10:19 PM
but why the hell would they put a V8 on a porsche SUV:confused:

Genesis2
11-22-2002, 10:21 PM
If I were to drive it, I would drive it, but buy it, no way:finger4:

crayzayjay
11-23-2002, 08:32 AM
Originally posted by Genesis2
but why the hell would they put a V8 on a porsche SUV:confused:
so that it could, you know, go fast

... and it does :D

Jimster
12-11-2002, 03:46 AM
Cayenne= everything an SUV should be- although I am not a fan of the front end styling (Althought that may grow on me) It has THE greatest off-raod ability out of ANY SUV (aside from the Hummer H1- that doesn't REALLY count as an SUV) it kicks the X5's but ON the road and is a legend in the performance stakes- especially considering its size- It is claimed that the Turbo is capable of 0-100 kph in UNDER 5 seconds that is fucking legendary. I would like to see that claim backed up though.


Also there is the unchallenged reliability record of Porsche and the utmost Luxury :D :D

crayzayjay
12-11-2002, 01:38 PM
It's incredible indeed. You have the 0-100kph time wrong though. No one said it was under 5 secs, or if someone did they were talking crap, it does 0-60mph / 0-100kph in 5.6s... pretty f*cking quick nonetheless!

crayzayjay
12-11-2002, 01:41 PM
btw, it sold out for the year already. The year's production of 25,000 units has been met with 25,000 orders... looks like some people cant resist the idea of a Porsche off-roader... it's almost beginning to grow on me... almost :)

Deakins
12-11-2002, 03:43 PM
Poor man's Touareg :D

Jimster
12-18-2002, 10:55 PM
Originally posted by Deakins
Poor man's Touareg :D

lol......You're starting to sound like Moss :finger:

Jimster
12-18-2002, 10:58 PM
Originally posted by Deakins
Poor man's Touareg :D

lol......You're starting to sound like Moss :finger:



I am so sorry I didn't mean that oh please forgive me PLLEEEEEEEAAAAASSEEEEE!!!!!!!! :D

Jimster
12-18-2002, 10:58 PM
Originally posted by Deakins
Poor man's Touareg :D

lol......You're starting to sound like Moss :finger:



I am so sorry I didn't mean that oh please forgive me PLLEEEEEEEAAAAASSEEEEE!!!!!!!! :D

Deakins
12-19-2002, 09:33 AM
I'm not like Moss, I drive a Corrado :D

btw. nice subtile way to up your postcount, blame the server.

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