It wasn't on my schedule, but when Porsche invites you to drive their car, you sign up.
Just picked up and drove home yesterday pm, still figuring out things. It's the basic e-Hybrid with the std body style, but loaded with $30k+ of options. $158k+sales tx. It wasn't on a full charge when I picked it up, yet it almost made it home on e-juice alone (PM peak traffic, no point in hitting Sport mode...yet).
Even with the chassis set to "normal", it rides pretty stiff on broken pavement. This unit has the optional air suspension with a manual selection of five levels - including one labelled "Off-Road II".
It took in 24kWh last night from empty.
One of my bosses just got one of these last month. I guess the bonuses were good this year... I had a ride in it a few weeks ago and it's solid. Definitely feels a step or two above the X5/Q7/XC90/GLE group and I'm sure its driving dynamics are way more sporty. It replaced his two-year-old Model Y which is now a hand-me-down to his wife... apparently the Tesla feels like a toy car compared to this.
I'd love to experience one of these. My lottery win daily driver is either this or a Macan.
Quote from: Blizzard on May 26, 2026, 01:20 PMOne of my bosses just got one of these last month. I guess the bonuses were good this year... I had a ride in it a few weeks ago and it's solid. Definitely feels a step or two above the X5/Q7/XC90/GLE group and I'm sure its driving dynamics are way more sporty. It replaced his two-year-old Model Y which is now a hand-me-down to his wife... apparently the Tesla feels like a toy car compared to this.
I'd love to experience one of these. My lottery win daily driver is either this or a Macan.
It's going to be this if you want a gas Macan - it just went out of production (or is about to).
In related news, as always when I have an exceptional vehicle in the driveway, I have 6 hours of Teams meetings spread out all over the workday... Did not even have the time to take pics of this one yet :P
Quicky phone pic at work
I've always liked the Cayenne, looks great, V8s sounds awesome, drives great.
Quote from: Fobroader on May 27, 2026, 01:12 PMI've always liked the Cayenne, looks great, V8s sounds awesome, drives great.
I thought there were no more V8s in Cayennes aside from the Turbo, because I remember them switching out the V8 for a twin-turbo V6 in the S model maybe 7-8 years ago, but did a bit of research and sure enough, they brought back the V8 for the S model in 2024. Pretty unusual these days.
That being said I find ALL Porsches regardless of engine sound awesome. Even the base V6 model sounds miles better than any of the competition.
Quote from: Fobroader on May 27, 2026, 01:12 PMI've always liked the Cayenne, looks great, V8s sounds awesome, drives great.
This is the V6 PHEV. Full overnight charge promises 68 km of range.
Finished the week at 0.9 l/100 km. My MIL passing away the day before picking up the Cayenne means it wasn't driven as much (and as "well") as I wanted / expected to.
Quote from: Blueprint on Jun 02, 2026, 09:45 AMFinished the week at 0.9 l/100 km. My MIL passing away the day before picking up the Cayenne means it wasn't driven as much (and as "well") as I wanted / expected to.
Sorry for your families loss. That some excellent fuel economy.
Quote from: Johnnymac on Jun 02, 2026, 05:06 PMQuote from: Blueprint on Jun 02, 2026, 09:45 AMFinished the week at 0.9 l/100 km. My MIL passing away the day before picking up the Cayenne means it wasn't driven as much (and as "well") as I wanted / expected to.
Sorry for your families loss. That some excellent fuel economy.
It's not frugal at 41 kWh/100 km as indicated, but the battery size gave a reliable 70 km and once it shows "--" range left, it'll still go 3-5 km extra before turning on the ICE.
Oh, and I did manage to squeak out a brief "prova" run, expecting some rattle and pops like the gas Macan while in Sport mode ... but it sounded like an Atlas. At regular speeds, you don't even hear the engine. The scifi sound in EV mode is MUCH louder than the gas engine.
Quote from: Fobroader on May 27, 2026, 01:12 PMI've always liked the Cayenne, looks great, V8s sounds awesome, drives great.
When we had ours my wife would occasionally stomp on the gas pedal when leaving the driveway, if she knew I could hear it. Sounded great...
Quote from: blur911 on Aug 21, 2026, 07:03 AMQuote from: Fobroader on May 27, 2026, 01:12 PMI've always liked the Cayenne, looks great, V8s sounds awesome, drives great.
When we had ours my wife would occasionally stomp on the gas pedal when leaving the driveway, if she knew I could hear it. Sounded great...
She's a keeper for sure, lol.
Quote from: blur911 on Aug 21, 2026, 07:03 AMQuote from: Fobroader on May 27, 2026, 01:12 PMI've always liked the Cayenne, looks great, V8s sounds awesome, drives great.
When we had ours my wife would occasionally stomp on the gas pedal when leaving the driveway, if she knew I could hear it. Sounded great...
Theres a guy I see on the way to work every now and again and hes got a Turbo "coupe" one. He drives like a teenager and hammers it off every stoplight and I am here for it as it sounds fan-freaking-tastic!!!