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Porsche Cayenne Diesel on show at MIMS

February 5, 2009 by Matt Brogan  




Porsche Australia will display its new Cayenne Diesel at this year’s Melbourne Motor Show, but only for the first three days.

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The Cayenne Diesel has been introduced in response to strong local inquiry, and will share the Porsche stand with the second generation Cayman and Boxster.

Cayenne Diesel features a 3.0-litre V6 turbo diesel engine producing 176 kW of power and 550 Nm of torque as well as an average fuel consumption rate of just 9.3 litres per 100 km.

The new Cayenne Diesel will go on sale in Australia in April 2009, priced from $101,990 with Tiptronic transmission as standard.

Also be making their Australian debut are the second generation Cayman and Boxster, offering an impressive combination of more power for less fuel, with all-new engines, more power, improved fuel efficiency and the introduction of Porsche’s acclaimed double-clutch gearbox.

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Now displacing 2.9-litres, the newly developed flat six-cylinder engine develops 188 kW in the entry level Boxster and 195 kW in the entry level Cayman, an increase of 8 kW and 15 kW respectively over the preceding 2.7-litre engine models.

New Cayman and Boxster models are due to go on sale in March this year.

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Comments

8 Responses to “Porsche Cayenne Diesel on show at MIMS”
  1. topdog says:

    This car is so ugly i cant belive that porsche would let something like that out of the factory.Look how good the vw version is and go figer how thay come up with this mess

  2. Fasthonda says:

    A SsangYong trained designer must have infiltrated the Porsche design team?
    Bloody awful!

  3. Captain Mainwaring says:

    If the Cayenne really had to have a diesel the minimum should have been the 4.2 V8, which at least has Porsche-style grunt in something of this weight. What the Hell are they playing at?
    Looking forward to the 2.0 Boxster diesel, but they might have to buy the engines from Subaru.

  4. phillip says:

    The Cayenne is poorly built, tastelessly designed and quite simply incapable next to it’s competition. But people buy it because it’s a Porsche. They buy it because they desperately hope that the neighbours and the other mums at school will think they are richer than they really are.

    This is Porsche’s whore model. They offer the Cayenne because it makes them a lot of money, while the true Porsche enthusiasts shudder in embarrasment.

    What’s next Porsche? A people mover? A city car?

  5. Cupid Stunt says:

    Wooo hooo I’ve been harping on about the first ever Porsche diesel foe weeks, now the pennies dropped.
    Come on Captain its a first essential step for Porsche in reducing their average emmissions levels as required by the Euro Nazis. I’m sure the Audi 4.2 litre engine will follow when they have sorted the suspension set-up out the accomodatethe extra weight.
    Yes it’s ugly but I kinda like it, but the Q7 is the choice for me.

  6. zahmad says:

    When you think about it, what would you have?…Cayenne, Toureg or Q7….Q7 just for the interior quality alone!

  7. SamR says:

    Ugly Ugly Ugly.

    There are more ugly BMW models though but both still sell.

  8. Myke says:

    ^^The Q7 is also available with 7-seats, I think an important thing when buying a luxury SUV/4WD.
    Yeah that white Cayenne in the pic looks ghastly.

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