Porsche Cayenne V6 – cheapest Porsche in Australia
March 28, 2007 by Alborz Fallah
The words Porsche and Cheap don’t usually mix that well. Admittedly you can buy an old Porsche for less than $10,000, however you will be up for repairs within a very short time. Nonetheless, you can now, legally, buy a brand new Porsche for less than $100,000.
Previously the Porsche Boxter was the cheapest Porsche in Australia, starting at $108,000. Times have changed, and the new Porsche Cayenne V6 is available from only $94,700. Porsche admits that this is the first Porsche under $100,000 for roughly 20 years.
The V6 Cayenne will accompany bigger brothers Cayenne S ($134,500) and the supercar-in-disguise, Cayenne Turbo ($215,200). The V6 Cayenne, is powered by a 213kW V8 and weighs 2160kg. To give you some perspective as to why the more expensive brothers demand more respect, the Cayenne S has 283kW of power and the Turbo has 368kW (and 700Nm of torque). 368kW of power will catapult a big 2 tonne SUV to 100km/h faster than the best on offer from HSV/FPV.
But just how fast is this new V6 powered Cayenne? Porsche, surprisingly, is willing to admit that the V6 Cayenne is slower than the standard VE Commodore with a 0-100 time of 8.5 seconds, the V6 Cayenne takes the cake as the slowest Porsche ever made. Holden fans can rejoice knowing that their Commodore can now officially beat a Cayenne of the lights.
There was a time when Porsche was not willing to put its name to anything which didn’t represent its sporty heritage, its undisputed relentlessness to pursue perfection and motoring excellence. Of course, that was prior to Porsche nearly going bankrupt. Purity is good, but the reality requires Porsche to sell cars to make money. Porsche have made this V6 Cayenne look almost identical to the Cayenne S. To help increase sales.
“We’re not interested in setting sales records. We want to remain an exclusive brand and maintain resale value which leads to buyers coming back.” Porsche press relations manager Paul Ellis
Obviously, Porsche are aware of the problem that a cheap and slow Porsche would create, so there is still some attempt at keeping the image as clean as possible, with supply of the V6 being artificially controlled to less than 30 per cent of all Cayenne sales, (which would make roughly 150 a year). Porsche expects the Cayenne S to sell about 50 per cent or 220 and Cayenne Turbo to sell 20 per cent or 90.
The V6 Porsche Cayenne is now available on sale from $94,700. Of course if the badge isn’t important, you can always opt out for essentially the same car, the Volkswagen Touareg V6 TDI for $20,000 less. At least that way, you won’t be the owner of the world’s slowest Porsche.
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Was waiting for this vehicle as was seriously thinking of it for wifey.But that was being a badge snob….
Its still way overpriced -v- cloned VW ToeRag, and bloody Subaru ugly to boot.
The STAR of the class and just fantastic ValueForMoney ratio, is the *real* Wheels COTY, Mazda CX7
$39,910 its a steal for what you get and will give the V6 Porker heartburn on the road or track…
O/A
I agree, if I was in the market for a car like this, it would either be the Cayenne S, (or the turbo if money permits) but if I was going to go after the V6 Cayenne, I would rather just go for the Volkswagen Touareg.
The CX-7 is one of the best cars on the market today, essentially an AWD Turbo SUV for the price of a WRX… very very well priced.
Yeah great another BIG toorak tractor thats what we need ? I bet this thing will never see a patch of mud in its life time….
God, more SUVs, exactly what we need
The new diesel Toureg is the way to go IMO. I’ve got nothing against SUV’s. If people want to buy a big car and can afford the petrol then thats cool.
They are nice to drive in that you have plenty of visibility, plenty of room and feel a little more secure even if you actually aren’t in some cases.
I agree,
the CX-7 is one of the best SUVs in the market, there is nothing else like it. Great looks, sharp pricing, sweet engine. It’s a shame the CX-9 doesn’t have the same engine.
Its not slower then a base VE… they do the 100 in 9.1seconds. Suprised by the power of the turboed version, I knew they had abit but 360kw and 700Nm!!
No Paul the VE Commodore is under 8 seconds to a 100..
Well Ive read it mate from multiple sources… I think you are confused with the SV6 which does it under 8, the base VE, the Omega, does it over 8, supposedly 9.1seconds.
Hmmm… I just checked the VE Omega, and what do you know its 9.1! I think I was thinking of the Current Ford Falcon which does it in 7.9 seconds.. god the Omega is slow! Will adjust accordingly.
thanks for pointing it out.
SV6 does it in 6.8 seconds per Motor magazine, so the Omega would be doing it under 8 seconds, there isn’t 2.3 seconds between them.
Hmm NRMA says its 9.1
Holden says its 8.5
I’ll just stick with the SV6 in the article :D
Or maybe there is…
Must be down to Holden gearing it for every last bit of fuel efficiency.
Alot of articles conflict, NRMA asy 9.1… webwombat says 7s…. Im guessing because they use the el-cheapo stopwatch method which isnt accurate. But from what Ive seen majority say high 8s to 9s which seems more plausible considering its power and weight etc.
“Hmm NRMA says its 9.1
Holden says its 8.5″
Don’t worry, i’m guessing the confusion is probably more a case of “who gives a sh*t, its an Omega”. I don’t think anyone buys its for its 0-100. I’m guessing most Omega owners don’t who even know what the figure is, but most SV6 owners would have tried it, timed it and tried to beat it :)
Spot on Lazybones.
Agreed. Most people whom buy the Omega’s are usually blokes whom have bought them for the other half and kids who think the world of Holden and have been encouraged by their other beer gutted mates. I like the mew SS commy but the base model in almost any range does not cut it.
Ummm the Aurion base model doesnt cut it? If your looking for a car to get from a to z… you get the same engine and trans across the range, the base model has loads of features for eg 6 airbags etc already so that isnt improved upon in the Sportivo etc. The Holden is the only major let down, very slow, 4 speed transmission, 4 airbags?, a/c wasnt std etc. Yet people and fleets still buy it!