Porsche revealed today the diesel version of the Cayenne luxury SUV. It will go on sale in February 2009 at a price of EUR 47,250 ($59,500 at the current exchange rates).
The Cayenne Diesel is powered by a three-liter V6 turbo diesel engine with 240 hp and a peak torque of 550 NM. It has a fuel consumption of 9.3 liters per 100 kilometers, with CO2 at 244 grams per kilometer.
The new Cayenne model will initially be offered in Europe, with other markets to come after.
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Lumma Design, the German tuner, will be showing off its revised Porsche Cayenne GTS at Germany’s Essen Motor Show at the end of the month. The Lumma Design CLR 550 R takes the hot Cayenne and drops in a supercharger to move it form 400 hp to 612 hp. The kit also includes the body modification such as a new wide open grille, side skirts, front and rear spoilers, vents on the hood, and a rear diffuser.
While this whole package is impressive, after seeing edo’s Cayenne GTS, is even more power really necessary? Once again, are there any average drivers out there who know how to keep control of a 5000 lb. truck that has more power than a Dodge Viper?
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Friday we saw the customization program for the Porsche Cayenne GTS designed by Edo Competition. Now JE Design id having its turn on the speedy tall wagon.
The new kit from the German tuner comes with a new front lip spoiler with integrated LED lights, new side sills, a rear skirt with integrated air diffuser, 22-inch 5-spoke wheels, and a suspension system that lowers the car with up to 35 mm.
Unlike the Edo car, JE Design doesn’t make performance parts, so there’s no extra power in this car. But just like the Edo car, with almost 5000 pounds of SUV on the move, there’s not much incentive to going fast.
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It looks like an SUV, but its got the engine of a sports car. It sits high but has car-like handling. It’s an off-roader, but it can got beyond 150 mph...The oxymoron that is the Porsche Cayenne GTS can go on for a while, but it seems edo Motorsport is trying to side more with the sports car in its latest package for the Porsche tall wagon.
It seems that edo is only trying to make a better GTS, because although a little computer tweaking and air flow management means the 4.8-liter V8 now makes 450 horsepower (45 more than the stock GTS), the performance doesn’t reflect this. The acceleration from 0 - 60 mph takes 6.4 seconds and the maximum speed is 168 mph. While that’s impressive, it’s not that much more than the stock car. But that’s not a bad thing. When you’re hauling around almost 5000 pounds of SUV, everyone else doesn’t mind you having a little more time to react.
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The Porsche’s Cayenne really seems to be the company’s way of mixing around its heritage. First it was the performance SUV, and now it wants to be the performance diesel. But don’t expect a diesel too soon, Porsche seems to want to spread around the its premieres. It was originally supposed to show the diesel version of the Cayenne SUV, but now it seems that since Los Angeles already has the refreshed Cayman to premiere, Porsche will hold off the oil-burning performance truck for the Geneva show in March.
It seems the front-runner will be a 3.0-liter diesel V6 borrowed from a close cousin, the Audi Q7. In the Audi, the engine is rated at 240 hp and a hefty 406 lb.-ft. of torque. So while the horses alone may not feel like much to pull the truck around, the torque should make it fell much more powerful.
After we saw the Nissan GT-RR and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, Toyo revealed another vehicle that will be presented at the SEMA Show: the Rinspeed Xtreme Porsche Cayenne. The new vehicle will be fitted with Toyo (of course) Proxes SR II tires and will feature a new suspension kit in order to improve the stability of the SUV.
It doesn’t seem that there are any engine modifications. It would make sense if it this Cayenne just came for the Toyo Tire guys, but because Rinspeed is attached too, we were hoping for a cool scuba mod or at least a few more horses.
Porsche announced today that the new, special model Cayenne S Transsyberia entering the market in early 2009. The Cayenne S Transsyberia for both road and off-road use will be unveiled at the Paris Auto Show.
Like the extra-robust rally model, the road-going version is also based on the Cayenne S with its 4.8-litre V8 naturally-aspirated power unit featuring highly economical and efficient Direct Fuel Injection. The big difference, however, is that the new Transsyberia comes with the high-performance power unit carried over from the Cayenne GTS, developing 405 bhp at 6,500 rpm and maximum torque of 369 lb-ft at 3,500 rpm.
With the six-speed manual gearbox featured as standard, acceleration to 100 km/h comes in just 6.1 seconds, another 0.5 seconds faster than the Cayenne S. It hits a top speed of 158 mph.
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As a premiere, JE Design, the famous tuning company specialized in tuning cars from the Vw Group added another brand to its wide collection of cars. The new brand is Porsche and in order to reveal its new customization programme the tuner considered that the
Porsche Cayenne is the right car for this. The new kit consists in a front end spoiler, new side sills conveying an impression of "more meat on the ribs", a new roof spoiler and rear bumper. Also 22 inch alloy wheels were adde equipped with 295/30 R22 XL tires.
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A clear overall result of the Transsyberia Rally shows that Porsche is the 2008 star of the race since it obtained the first six positions and nine vehicles of top ten were Porsche. Declared winners of the rally with two hours of advantage over the second place are Lavielle and Borsotto from Team France. “We are so happy to have won such an extremely tough rally. Right from the start the Transsyberia ran so well for us that we could ease back the pace over the last three days. I’m amazed what our Cayenne withstood over the last 7,000 kilometres” said Lavielle.
The massive battle was driven between Schwarz/Schulz couple and Soler/Peinado, both teams aiming for the second place. Pulling its best with the 385hp Cayenne Schwarz/Schulz team was still not enough to surpass the six minute advantage of the Spaniards. Soler/Peinado maintained their second position and the team of Germany 1 achieved the third place.
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It seems that the Transsyberia Rally 2008 is all about Porsche as it keeps winning leg after leg. The 13th one was finished in first place by the Spanish Team, Paul Soler and Laia Peinado. With their
Cayenne S they managed to leave behind their competitors, the Danner/Szekers Mercedes team and the overall leaders Lavielle/Borsotto of France. The French team only achieved the third place but they still hold a 2:18 h advantage over Soler/Peinado in the general classification.
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