Yes, it's been that long since the Cayenne came out
You have. The Porsche Cayenne recently celebrated its 20th birthday and a gathering at a trackday would have been plain silly, however much chassis technology has gathered under its bodywork in the passing years. A minor adventure through the County Durham countryside
See anything you like?
Since its introduction (seemingly half a lifetime ago, but who's counting), the XC90 vaulted to the top of the 'sensible family car' list. And that's in spite of the fact that it's an SUV.And that's all down
Provided you know what you're doing
The Porsche Cayenne is a vehicle that was built with versatility in mind. Now, does 'versatility' mean you can take your stock Cayenne to one of the most hardcore off-road settings in the US? Not necessarily-but the footage above is
A busy start to August
It makes its first public appearance after years inside the Porsche Museum
Deploying even a hazy understanding of human activity and its appetite for the strange, there's little doubt this very unusual motor car would have sold by the truckload. Welcome to the Porsche Cayenne convertible that never was.Well, it was, but
by Vijay Pattni
It might very well be
Porsche's days of offering purely low-slung sports cars came to an end when it introduced its first-ever SUV, the Cayenne, back in 2002. Now, 20 years on, the model has solidified itself as one of the brand's most
by Drei Laurel
It ushered in a new era for the brand
Go-anywhere performance cars are commonplace nowadays, yes. But there was a time when taking something like a Porsche off-road was entirely unheard of. This all changed 20 years ago, though, when the first Cayenne hit the market and helped pave
by Drei Laurel
What do you think?
A genial man in a Mercedes-branded shirt has just come to my house and collected a twin-turbo V8-powered Mercedes-AMG GLE63S.As it rumbled off my driveway, leaving a crater where its 2.1-ton girth had sat bearing
by Ollie Kew
Sit right down, pretenders
Oi, you. Yeah, you lot. Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Aston Martin. You there, with your 500-600hp super-SUVs. Porsche wants a word with you.It seems our pals in Stuttgart are a trifle upset that everyone's forgotten it was they-not
by Ollie Kew
It took less than two decades to achieve this production milestone
Almost 20 years since the Cayenne was released, Porsche has just built its one millionth unit of the SUV. Context? It took the company 54 years to build a million 911s.The Carmine Red GTS, which recently rolled off the production line
by Tom Harrison
Underneath it is a stock engine and drivetrain
Luxury SUVs aren't really vehicles their owners take off-road. More often than not, these are machines that stand out for the level of comfort they offer, not for their off-roading capabilities. That being said, it doesn't mean that
The V8 is back
Handling. Porsche will sell you a 'GTS' in loads of flavors: the Boxster and the Cayman, now with a proper engine again, the 911 of course, the Macan, and the Panamera. GTS variants are usually the Porsche engineering teams' baby. Not as
by Ollie Kew
Porsche engineers know their stuff
Yes, although unlike with the Porsche Taycan, this time there are actual turbos under the hood. A pair of them. And they're bolted to a 4.0-liter V8. That's the Turbo S side of this car's clunky name.
New cars, new teasers, and a bunch of aftermarket mods
They’re SUVs
If you're not a sad act like me who lives in the minutiae of press releases, you may not know that when you're going above 159kph in the new Porsche Cayenne Turbo, a little flap in the roof spoiler tilts
A twin-turbo V8, at that
This is the new Porsche Cayenne GTS, and it is a 2.2-ton middle finger to downsizing. Yes, folks-it's 2020, and the Goldilocks of Porsche's sports SUV range now returns with a big V8.Not as big a
by Vijay Pattni
It rarely makes a mistake
Porsche is quite an irritating company if: a) you write reviews of cars on the Internet; or, b) you comment on reviews of cars on the Internet. See, Porsche is a company that rarely makes a misstep. Its cars are consistently fantastic
It's sensational
A contradiction. It's the humblest Porsche Cayenne Coupe. Not the Cayenne S Coupe, nor the Cayenne Turbo S Coupe e-Hybrid Coupe S Turbo-ey-turbo S thingy.Just Cayenne Coupe. Sportiest Cayenne body style (20mm lower, 18mm wider at the
by Ollie Kew
There's always a new niche to be filled
Not quite. The pinnacle for absurdly potent SUVs remains the Jeep Trackhawk, at 707hp. But at 680hp this Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid Coupe comes as close as makes no difference.It's a plug-in hybrid. Which means a heavy
by Paul Horrell
It’s a ‘very complete machine’
This is the grandchild of the original Cayenne, which famously transformed Porsche's fortunes when it elbowed into showrooms in 2002.It's taken some people many of the years since to get used to the idea of a Porsche SUV, but
by TopGear.com
