| Porsche is such an amazing company that | | | | |
| manages to earn great profit out from their | | | | Facts on the Porsche Cayenne The Porsche |
| small line of expensive cars and aside from | | | | Cayenne is a mid-size luxury SUV manufactured |
| the fact that their sports cars continue to | | | | by the German automaker Porsche since 2002. |
| be among the top selling models in the | | | | It is also the first V8-engined vehicle |
| market. Porsche's first-generation Cayenne | | | | produced by Porsche since 1995-- the same |
| has been one the company's successful models | | | | year when Porsche 928 was discontinued. The |
| and that is even before the debut of the 2008 | | | | sales of the Cayenne as of June 2005 has |
| Cayenne at the Detroit Auto Show. | | | | reached 100,000 - considered to be the one of |
| | | | Porsche's best selling vehicle in the North |
| The 2008 Cayenne range contains little | | | | America and covered 40% of Cayenne's total |
| changes but is equipped with top-of-the-line | | | | North American sales. However by 2006 the |
| Porsche parts which simply show that | | | | sales of Cayenne declined. |
| Stuttgart's designers are more concerned with | | | | |
| quality and not so much into dramatic | | | | The design of the Cayenne was developed in |
| restyling. The 2008 Cayenne has an overall | | | | partnership with Volkswagen which at the time |
| shape that is aggressive and slightly | | | | was looking for a sports utility vehicle to |
| refreshed but can be instantly recognized as | | | | add to their lineup. Volkswagen has shared |
| a Porsche Cayenne. The visible changes are | | | | its E chassis to boost their Touareg sports |
| seen up front, where the headlights are given | | | | utility vehicle. The Cayenne shares only its |
| a sharper design while the air intakes are | | | | base engine with the Touareg while Porsche's |
| enlarged. | | | | version is substantially modified. At present |
| | | | there are four engines available in the |
| The $94k Cayenne Turbo model which is a | | | | Cayenne and these are as follows: • 3.2 |
| top-of-the-line model gets the LED light | | | | L 240 PS (237 hp/177 kW) VR6 from Volkswagen |
| cluster-bars from the 911 Turbo which | | | | (Based on the unit offered in the VW but with |
| according to Porsche will remain a | | | | modifications made to the intake, exhaust, |
| distinctive design feature that will | | | | timing systems and head) • 4.5 L 340 PS |
| differentiate turbo models across the range. | | | | (335 hp/250 kW) V8 (S) • 4.5 L 450 hp |
| The said features are said to be much better, | | | | (340 kW) 460 ft•lbf (624 N•m) |
| design-wise than the huge ducts and vents on | | | | twin-turbocharged V8 (Turbo) • 4.5 L |
| the ongoing Cayenne Turbo which | | | | 500 hp (370 kW) 515 ft•lbf (698 |
| differentiates it from the base Cayenne and | | | | N•m) T equipment twin-turbocharged V8 |
| Cayenne S. | | | | • 4. |