Instead, it appears Porsche’s next-generation Cayenne will be that ‘smaller’ SUV. Due to arrive in late 2009, the new Cayenne is tipped to be based on Audi’s upcoming Q5 architecture – relegating it to the midsize SUV segment. These latest renderings give us an early look at the new SUV, revealing it will be markedly smaller than the current model. It will feature shorter overhangs and will lose any pretensions of being a genuine off-road vehicle.
The 2010 Cayenne will be a hard-edged performance vehicle with superior handling and dynamics to the current car. Despite being smaller, most of the powertrains will carry over either unchanged or with a slight bump in power, once again including both V6 and V8 models: naturally aspirated and turbocharged.
There will also be a hybrid variant, which according to Porsche’s director of hybrid development Michael Leiters, will return a fuel economy figure 26.8mpg (8.9L/100km). This same hybrid architecture will also be available in the Panamera and includes electric-powered steering, air conditioning and vacuum pumps for the brakes to further save fuel.
Reader Comments
Wed Jan 16 2008 1:31 PM
benz says
I loved all Cayennes. But its look me a bit ugly
Mon Sep 15 2008 2:04 PM
Ray says
The car looks ugly in the picture but wait till you see it on the road after its been released. I thought that the facelifted one was ugly in the picture but i saw one on the road and it looked awesome"
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