Is The Porsche Cayenne Turbo The 911 Of SUVs?

Having stunned sports car purists when it was introduced in 2002, the first-generation model racked up more than 270,000 sales in six years – setting Porsche on a path to record profitability, all-time sales highs and long-term financial security.

Then that as eclipsed by the second-generation Cayenne, which has just ceased production. Launched in 2008, more than 500,000 were sold globally, making it the most successful Porsche model yet and firmly establishing Porsche in key markets such as China.

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mre30 - 9/21/2017 6:48:57 PM

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Nah - its just another SUV.

They are all SUV's - Levante, Bentayga, Cayenne, GLS63. That's it.

They will all depreciate like rocks thrown in a lake like all other SUV's. They are not handsome but they are all, curiously, suburban fashion statements.

Nothing more, nothing less. If you want one, lease it; they are disposable.

MDarringer - 9/21/2017 7:00:13 PM

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Agree. Amen.

deaHelkcunK - 9/22/2017 5:02:59 PM

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Some of us have traffic to contend with in our world. I'll be driving my X5M to work 10x more frequently than I do my 911. Reason being, I can see so much further ahead and adjust my course much more efficiently without driving like a complete jackass (and it's less taxing for my 52 year old rear end to get in and out of) As far as a fashion statement goes, I think you're making one even when you're intentionally trying not to. It's a matter of taste. There's an ass for every seat.

deaHelkcunK - 9/22/2017 5:03:28 PM

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CANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/22/2017 5:59:07 PM

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Refreshing to see a posting that recognizes that traffic exists...!

mre30 - 9/23/2017 12:06:44 PM

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You use your $100,000 high performance, luxury SUV as your everyday vehicle; nothing wrong with that.

You probably leased it and you will hand back the keys 27 months from now when the lease it up and get something else, with minimal emotion. Your kids spilled soda in the back, there is probably dog hair and mud in it, your spouse may have borrowed it and drove it off a curb, scraping the rims! There is Starbucks spilled on the cup-holders.

Your X5M is driven like the commodity vehicle it is. It is no 911.

You have $100,000 commodity transport - an Accord or Camry for richer people. You have confirmed my observation; thanks.

HenryN - 9/23/2017 9:00:41 PM

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I have a daughter who had serious GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux) problem until she turned 7. During a span of 6 years, I went through 2 sedans, 2 sports cars, 2 SUVs and a minivan (some were gone, some remain till today).

Among them was a late model Gen1 Cayenne Turbo. Of all these cars, only the Cayenne was spared of her gastric spills. I credit this fact to the stability of the Cayenne (with nearly 3 tons of it). Having a 911 Turbo S in later years, I can ascertain that the Cayenne Turbo (not the vanilla V6, S or hybrid - at least a GTS) IS the 911 of SUVs. The X5M and ML63 were no match for it.

The players may have been improved over the years, but I doubt the gap has been filled among these uber-SUVs. It is still accurate to call the Cayenne Turbo the 911 of SUVs.

MDarringer - 9/23/2017 9:55:01 PM

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I’m sorry (genuinely) to hear about your daughter. Thankfully, my boys have no health issues but the combination of twins/single/twins is quick succession means that I am dealing with an Escalade full of territorial pissing. My wife calls them the princes of the Escalade. I think they are the pricks in the Escalade. I’m thinking of using duct tape. They are generally well-behaved, but when they get after it, hell hath no fury like 5 Darringers scorned. LOL