Porsche's diesel Cayenne may come to U.S., hybrid coming in 2010

While we were bringing you live coverage of the 2008 LA Auto Show, Porsche decided to release the pictures and details of the 2010 Porsche Cayenne Diesel which will go on sale in Europe early next year with a price tag of 47,250 euros ($58,916 USD).

The Porsche Cayenne Diesel is powered by a 3.0L V6 turbo-diesel engine from Audi that produces 240-hp with a maximum torque of 406 lb-ft. Fuel-economy is estimated at...
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t_bone - 12/22/2008 11:05:09 AM

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Diesel Cayenne. Well at least one of these one of these words makes sense.

veyron1001 - 12/22/2008 11:15:37 AM

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Some one already posted this.

RaulT - 12/22/2008 2:25:17 PM

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hey I am a huge advocate for diesel cars but Porsche and diesel just don't seem to go together. How bout the V10 TDI engine? they don't put it in the Touareg anymore

Rupert - 12/22/2008 9:19:13 PM

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In Europe we still get the V10 TDI Touareg.

RaulT - 12/23/2008 12:08:57 PM

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you're right, I meant here in the states. sorry for the misunderstanding

DieselRules - 12/23/2008 2:32:43 AM

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They can't offer VW's V-10 TDI because it embarrasses the Porsche V8 in performance.
VW is not allowed to embarrass Porsche.

So the Touareg donates its V6 gas engine to Porsche first, and now its V6 diesel. Like that was a huge leap.

Which means the only Porsche components in a 6-cyl Cayenne are the seats ... and the Porsche badge. Given that the quality of the Touareg seats are pretty good, I guess that badge must be made of solid gold!

DieselRules - 12/23/2008 12:09:24 PM

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Chuck: and Nissan and Infiniti could put VW TDI engines in all their models, giving them better mileage and longer life than any engine they use now.
That's about as unrelated to the topic as your comment!

chewy - 12/23/2008 8:38:06 PM

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TDI are known as some of the best diesels around, but again a mute points as there are no Nissan/Infiniti diesels in the US.

The VW VR6 in the Cayenne is not a bad engine at all.