For those who don’t know, the Transsyberia Rally is the toughest marathon rally for near-standard offroad vehicles taking place from the Red Square in Moscow, Russia to the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. The 7,000 km of the rally take the participants through the subartic forests, up to the Altai Mountains and the Gobi Desert.
Today at 11.20 hours the first vehicles left the Red Square in Moscow in order to compete in the 7,000 km journey to Mongolia. The Porsche Cayenne Transsyberia with starting number 1 belongs to Ryan Millen and his co-driver Colin Godby from the Team Porsche Cars North America. Millen, got the first number due to the fact that his father Rod secured overall victory last year.
Millen’s race will definitely not going to be an easy one because the other drivers from Porsche camp will include the ex-European champion Armin Schwarz and his co-driver Andi Schulz from Team Germany, but also Lars Kern and his co-driver Daniel van Kan. Stay tuned, more news about the Transsyberian Rally are set to come!
Press release after the jump!
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For all the Porsche Cayenne fans, we presents you the Gemballa GT 550 Aero 3 package. Featuring a 550 hp engine, the SUV sprints from 0-100 km/h in less than 5 seconds and has a top speed of 250+ km/h.
Based on the Porsche Cayenne Turbo, the body kit of the car consists in a front skirt, a GT Evo front bonnet, fender extensions, side skirts and a rear skirt. Unfortunately these are the only informations available by now! More to be revealed after the official unveiling of the vehicle!
Few days ago we reported that Porsche will unveil a diesel version of its luxury Cayenne SUV in March 2009. Today we can confirm that under the hood of the future Cayenne there will be a 3.0 liter V6 diesel engine that will deliver 240 hp.
The engine will be powered from Volkswagen group subsidiary Audi. Porsche had intended to unveil the diesel Cayenne and an updated version of the Boxster roadster in January 2009.
But the automaker pushed back the Cayenne presentation to March to give the entry-level Porsche, which has had slow sales, an exclusive debut at the start of the year.
Porsche is pricing the 2009 line of Cayenne SUVs with increases between 2.3 and 4.3 percent above the 2008 models. The base 2009 Cayenne is priced at $45,495, the Cayenne S at $59,400, the Cayenne GTS at $70,900, the Cayenne Turbo at $97,700 and the Cayenne Turbo S at $123,600. On-sale date of the Turbo S is August 8. The increased prices are cause by the weak dollar.
The new Porsche Communication System PCM 3.0, currently introduced in the new-generation 911 sports cars, will also be available in all 2009 Cayenne models. PCM 3.0 features a touchscreen and provides expanded capacities, ease of operation and the latest in-car technologies such as a iPod® port, hard disk drive navigation, the addition of XM NavTraffic to XM radio, Bluetooth® connectivity, USB port and auxiliary jack. PCM 3.0 is standard on the Cayenne Turbo and Turbo S.
As a result of larger disc brakes the MY09 Cayenne Turbo will have standard 19“ Cayenne Design wheels. As a first in the SUV segment, all V8 powered Cayennes will be available with Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes, PCCB, for maximum deceleration and excellent fading resistance.
Regardless of their individual model, Cayenne customers will have even greater choices to personalize their car. The sport seats in Alcantara and the padded steering wheel of the Cayenne GTS are now available for all models as are exterior colors GTS Red, Nordic Gold and a new Macadamia Metallic.
Porsche will launch next year in March (probably at the Geneva Motor Show), the Diesel version of the Cayenne luxury SUV. The company expects to sell around 15.000 units a year.
Under the hood Porsche will place a diesel engine borrowed from Audi with an output of 240 HP. Price will be around 55.000 euro.
Initially Porsche intended to launch the Diesel Cayenne in January 2009, in the same time with the facelift Boxster, but they decided to delay it so the debut of the new Boxster not to be underestimated.
The decision of building a diesel version of the luxury Cayenne came as a result of the big fuel consumption and the CO2 emission of the gas version.
Cayenne is the biggest competitor of the Audi Q7 SUV.
Maybe not all of you folks know about the Saxon tuning company Enco Exclusive, but the vehicle you will see will definitely remain in your mind. Based on the Porsche Cayenne Turbo the vehicle feature a special wide-body kit consisting in a re-designed front spoiler and hood, new side skirts, rear roof spoiler and a re-designed rear spoiler with integrated rear diffuser.
Faturing new Enco components like sport baffle, sport catalysts and high performance manifold, the engine develops 550 hp at 6100 rpm. With these new components the car sprints from 0-100 km/h in just 4.9 seconds while the top speed is limited to 282 km/h.
At the interior, the 170,000 euros the vehicle features only high quality materials and the latest multimedia components such as a DVD player and DVB-T tuner.
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Most of you know the
Porsche Cayenne, the well-known SUV from the German manufacturer and maybe most of you like it as it is. Hofele, a French tuning company had something else to say and unveiled the GT500 tuning kit for the Cayenne. The kit contains 4 additional lights, 2 fog lights and 2 LED day driving lights, a completely re-designed front spoiler, new side skirts, a rear roof spoiler and new rear apron with a removable diffusor. No words about the price yet!
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Two days ago we were saying that Volkswagen could build Porsche’s Cayenne SUV at its new U.S. plant that will be opened in 2010. But today Porsche denied those rumors and said it does not need to build its Cayenne SUV in North America and has no plans to do so.
Porsche spokesman Albrecht Bamler said it would not make sense to build the Cayenne in the U.S. because suppliers that provide components for the SUV are in Europe.
Bamler said Porsche is protected against the financial effects of the weak dollar through currency hedging until 2013.
Volkswagen builds Cayenne bodies in its Bratislava, Slovakia, plant alongside the Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7. Cayenne bodies are shipped to Porsche’s Leipzig, Germany, plant for final assembly.
Handelsblatt said the next-generation Cayenne could be built in Volkswagen ’s new U.S. plant after 2015.
Volkswagen announced that the company could build Porsche’s Cayenne SUV at its new U.S. plant that will be opened in 2010. VW spokesman Andreas Meurer said: "When we discuss whether to build the [VW] Touareg and [Audi] Q7 in the USA, we also talk about the Cayenne."
The Touareg, Q7 and Cayenne share the same platform and are built in VW’s factory in Bratislava, Slovakia. Meurer confirmed that the 150,000-unit U.S. plant will initially build the VW Jetta sedan and an all-new sedan that will be about the same size as the VW Passat.
He also confirmed that three U.S. states – Alabama, Tennessee and Michigan - are under consideration for the plant. VW will decide on the location in mid July.
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn told Handelsblatt that models for VW’s premium brand Audi could be built alongside VW models in the new plant. Porsche owns 31 percent of VW and plans to increase its stake to more than 50 percent in the next six months.
Hofele unveiled the Ceyster GT600 tuning kit for the
Porsche Cayenne. The new body kit features a completely re-designed front bumper including including mesh inserts, 4 additional lights(2 fog lights and 2 LED daytime running lights), stylish side skirts, front fenders with air intake, wheel arch extensions, rear apron with removable diffusor and double tailpipes. More photos if you click on the picture gallery link below!
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