2009 Porsche Cayenne Diesel premiere
21 Nov, 2008
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Taking advantage of recent tax incentives for vehicles with diesel engines and its significant stake in Volkswagen Group, Porsche has introduced a new diesel model into the Cayenne range.
This new addition to the Cayenne range will be powered by a 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine borrowed from Audi, a subsidiary of the VW Group.
The new engine develops 176kW and a rather handy 550Nm while average fuel consumption drops to just 9.3 litres per 100km with emissions of 244g/km CO2.
Compression-ignition technology ensures spontaneous throttle response and combined with high torque characteristics delivers the required performance levels for an athletic all-terrain vehicle such as the Cayenne.
In line with customer demand, the Cayenne Diesel will be offered only in Europe, although preparation for market introduction in other countries is underway.
Porsche is also working on another Cayenne variant with hybrid drive that will exceed 7.6 litres per 100kms, and is planned to be launched onto the market at the end of the decade.
The new Cayenne Diesel will arrive in European showrooms from February 2009, equipped with the proven Tiptronic-S automatic gearbox as standard.
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November 21st, 2008 at 7:44 pm
It’s got more weird, why put exhaust pipe on bumper?
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November 21st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
This is the most uglyist car i have ever seen what a pig of a thing
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November 21st, 2008 at 8:35 pm
i distinctly remember porsche saying that they will not ever go down the diesel route but perhaps only hybrid… time to eat your words porsche???? hmmm…. never say never…
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November 21st, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Kind of defeats the purpose of buying a Porsche doesnt it… If your gonna get one of these you might as well go all out and get the twin turbo model - so fast!!!
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November 21st, 2008 at 9:58 pm
RIch Boy - Ground clearance old chum. Its an off roader.
I’m amazed theat they have only used the 3.0litre VW diesel. I presume the V12 from the Audi Q7 wouldn’t fit under the bonnet.
This is obviously is a way for Porsche their reduce their overall CO2 average uotputs to comply with the Eurocrats!!
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November 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 am
The Cayenne has always been a so-so looking vehicle and this diesel version is no exception!
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November 22nd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Porsche could have easily countered the “diesel isnt a performance engine/fuel” argument by modifying the 3.0L block from VAG’s stable by putting an extra turbo on it.
It’d be revvy(ish), it’d have a superior power and torque output; Porsche needn’t fit the much heavier 5.0L V10 or 6.0L V12 engines from the remainder of the VAG stable.
Or am I thinking too deep into what really is just a cash-generating machine for Porsche?
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November 22nd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
With the performance is gone, why would you buy this?
And what is going on with that rear, looks like Ssangyong snuck into their design department and changed a few things.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 1:32 am
Although not pretty, I can’t recall a Ssangyong that looked like this. The performance isn’t that bad (about 0-60 in 8 seconds) but I don’t know why they didn’t use the V10 diesel from the Touraeg. It would have fitted because they are basically the same car (they use the same door panels for god sakes!).
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November 23rd, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Looks like such a frog, why can’t Porsche make cars which look good.
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:59 am
‘Compression-ignition technology ensures spontaneous throttle response….’
As far as i am aware, all diesels are compression ignition. That’s what makes it a diesel. I think that marketing may need to take a back seat for a while there Porsche, as i don’t think this model or the inventive PR surrounding it is helping much.
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