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New Porsche Cayenne Facelift Spy Pics - - by Hans G. Lehmann - - Source:http://www.germancarfans.com/
Porsche’s first off road model Cayenne has been on the market since winter 2002 and is now about to undergo a first major restyling, scheduled for release in 2007. In addition, a Hybrid version is said to be in the pipeline, developed in co-operation with VW and Audi. This one, however, for launch earliest in 2008.
Prototypes of the facelifted Cayenne have been photographed meanwhile during road testing in various places of the world in cold and hot weather as well as in the vicinity of Porsche’s home base Weißach.
These photos are showing for the first time the complete new front end with new headlights reminiscent of Porsche’s 911 (996) model. The new front skirt has different air intakes and spotlights in the corner of the air intakes.
At the rear end the car will get also bigger taillights, a new spoiler and a new bumper. The 4.5 litre V8 engine in the flagship Turbo model is said to remain unchanged, however, the 3.2 litre V6 will get upgraded with the new narrow-angle 280hp 3.6L Passat VR6.
The photos are showing a front-side view on which the front end tape has been stripped off by computer. One shot of the dashboard. Two shots of the new rear end with some tape for disguise.
Prototypes of the facelifted Cayenne have been photographed meanwhile during road testing in various places of the world in cold and hot weather as well as in the vicinity of Porsche’s home base Weißach.
These photos are showing for the first time the complete new front end with new headlights reminiscent of Porsche’s 911 (996) model. The new front skirt has different air intakes and spotlights in the corner of the air intakes.
At the rear end the car will get also bigger taillights, a new spoiler and a new bumper. The 4.5 litre V8 engine in the flagship Turbo model is said to remain unchanged, however, the 3.2 litre V6 will get upgraded with the new narrow-angle 280hp 3.6L Passat VR6.
The photos are showing a front-side view on which the front end tape has been stripped off by computer. One shot of the dashboard. Two shots of the new rear end with some tape for disguise.
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Preview Review: Porsche Cayenne Turbo S - - BY AARON ROBINSON - - Source: caranddriver.com
Having consulted our Dubai guidebook and determined that it had no Arabic translation for “May we use your 10 camels to pull out our Porsche?” we started digging.
Perhaps the sight of two palefaced westerners scooping sand with their bare hands from under a new 520-hp Porsche Cayenne Turbo S near a busy freeway is a common one in Dubai, because nobody stopped to help. They probably figured the shurta, the police, who until then had been as ubiquitous as camel droppings in their green-and-white Chevy Luminas — actually, rebadged Aussie Holden Commodores — would arrive soon. They never did.
There’s a perverse pleasure in telling friends you’re headed to the Persian Gulf for work. To many Americans, any destination between Bucharest and Bangkok is certain to have bomb-toting fundamentalists on every street corner. Stuck for something sage to say, some tidbit of hard-learned wisdom from their own forays into Third World hot spots such as Cancún, most people just grab your shoulder and whisper, “For God’s sake, be careful!”
If they only knew. Visiting largely crime-free Dubai is less dangerous than visiting Dubuque, or even Miami Beach, a copy of which Dubai seems intent on making itself. Situated on the toe knuckles of the great mukluk boot that is the Arabian Peninsula, Dubai is the second largest and second richest of the seven semi-independent kingdoms that comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dubai wasn’t blessed with copious oil and gas deposits as was the wealthier and somewhat more conservative Abu Dhabi emirate to the southwest, so Dubai has to hustle for a buck.
Run by the Al Maktoum family since 1833 more or less as a privately held corporation (check out the clan’s Web site at www.sheikhmohammed.co.ae), Dubai lives mostly on trade and tourism. A forest of high-rise luxury hotels and condos are ascending along Dubai’s seashore where the two seasons are “hot” and “hotter.” The former has temperatures of 80 to 90 degrees, the latter 105 to 115 degrees with humidity reaching 95 percent. The most ethereal of these new landmarks is the 1050-foot-high Burj Al Arab hotel, completed in 1999, shaped like a translucent catamaran sail and gilded with real gold inside. The smallest one-bedroom suite, even in the broiling summer off-season, is $1160 per.
But the Burj Al Arab seems quaintly modest compared with Dubai’s latest fascination: artificial islands. Three date-palm-shaped islands — the biggest one is 8.7 miles long and 5.3 miles wide — are already being built from trucked-in rock and sand, and a $2 billion project called “The World” envisions an atoll of 250 to 300 “personal” islands that, from orbit, will look like a map of Planet Earth. Who will live in Dubai’s new air-conditioned fantasy of the future? Jaguar drivers, according to one developer whose signs all over town advertise a free Jag with every new-condo purchase.
If it were a free Cayenne Turbo S, we might be tempted. When it’s not hopelessly stuck in sand, the Turbo S is stupidly fast, with a belligerent roar from the twin-turbo 4.5-liter V-8. Larger intercoolers and new control software allow for boost turned up to 12.9 psi, or 4.3 psi higher than that of the base $91,015 Turbo. It’s basically the same hardware as is currently offered in the Turbo’s $19,900 engine-upgrade kit, but with 20 more horsepower, courtesy of the software. Torque is 530 pound-feet.
Porsche says the Turbo S cleaves 0.4 second off the 0-to-60 of the pansy 450-hp Turbo, which has done the deed for us in five seconds flat. In the Turbo S, which weighs up to 5900 pounds with options, both sets of brake rotors grow more than an inch, the fronts measuring just shy of 15 inches across. Alas, the $112,415 Turbo S won’t save Dubai’s real-estate market, as just 1500 copies will be built each year.
Dubai is in a tough neighborhood with Iran and Iraq, but it couldn’t be further from them in terms of social harmony and apparent self-confidence about its destiny, even while embracing the western culture so repellent to the wider Muslim world. Maybe it’s because most of the folks you meet are from somewhere else.
Since forming its union in 1971, the UAE has developed one of the only open, safe, and stable economies in the region and has become a magnet for foreign investment and for immigrants from around the Middle East and south Asia. On our trip we encountered a Syrian who left home to avoid compulsory military service, an Iranian who fled stifling religious strictures, and an uncountable number of Indians who came for the relatively good wages. We did not meet one single native-born Emirati.
Just 20 percent of Dubai’s roughly 1.5 million residents are Emiratis, the cream that includes the ruling sheikhs and their retinues. You might just glimpse a family member, wearing the flawlessly white dishdasha gown favored by Emirati men — women wear a traditional black cloak called an abaya — blasting by in a Mercedes, probably headed for a helicopter waiting to whisk them to one of the sheikhs’ private islands. Dubai’s bottom social rung, which is much bigger and growing rapidly, involves new arrivals from south Asia. They hold most of the menial-wage jobs, especially in construction and service. Hence, a hotel in Dubai looks little different from a hotel in Mumbai, at least as far as the wait staff is concerned.
As a visitor sent to drive Dubai’s glass-smooth blacktops in a new Porsche Cayenne (and creep over its many speed bumps while dodging its phalanx of speed cameras), you’re more likely to meet the middle rung: western expatriots enjoying freedom from income taxes and more established Arab immigrants who own and manage many of the smaller businesses, guys like Mohammed Momani, one of our guides at the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, a fenced area of undeveloped dunes about an hour south of the city. It is said that the UAE has seven colors of sand — one for each emirate. We found at least two here, a red dusting of large, coarse grains over a bottomless sea of latte-colored powder into which a three-ton Cayenne will quickly sink to its rocker panels.
We had reached the reserve late after throwing down bits of concrete and our own floor mats to free the Cayenne earlier. Momani didn’t say much about himself as we sluiced sand in great tumbling sheets from the Cayenne’s now properly half-deflated tires. He reminded us of the sand-driving rules: Always keep moving, avoid using the brakes, don’t make tight turns, and only stop on the downhills.
Momani showed us how to wriggle out of a trap. Lock the diff in low, apply light throttle, and twist the steering wheel back and forth to build up sand under the tires. Slowly, magically, the Cayenne would move sideways out of its own hole and develop enough momentum to resume skiing the dunes. We were burning a lot of fuel as we slogged slowly through the sand, and the Cayenne’s water temp needle eased into the red.
“Don’t worry about that,” Momani commanded. I asked him if he were from Dubai.
“No, I’m from Jamaica, mon.” He said it as if the next words might be, “If I were from Dubai, I wouldn’t be sitting here with you.”
Wondering how the Cayenne rates with Dubai’s subculture of hard-core off-roaders, we met up with Emil Khneisser, a Lebanese who runs a popular 4x4 club rabid for Jeeps. Sipping Caffé Mochas in an Abu Dhabi Starbucks, I asked him if Porsche Cayennes turn up at the organized drives.
“People come from the city to show off. You will see these Porsches, Range Rovers, Hummers. They will go out and bash them. They don’t mind.”
The Cayenne Turbo S has all the off-road hardware of the other Cayenne models, including an adjustable suspension to lift the body on air springs, a lockable center differential on its permanent four-wheel drive, and a 2.7:1 low-range gear reduction.
But horsepower is what attracts its buyers, and that is usually their downfall, said Khneisser. “If you stay above 40 kph [25 mph], you can go anywhere,” he said, and you don’t need 520 horsepower for that. For Khneisser and his friends, a Jeep Wrangler is the only safe choice for escaping into the wilder part of the UAE called the Empty Quarter, there to camp, drink, and smoke from the water-filled shisha known as the “hubbly-bubbly.”
Shortly after admitting he wasn’t from Jamaica but elsewhere in the Middle East, Momani said, “Dubai is a fruit salad. You can tell where everyone comes from by the accent. But we never talk about religion or politics. The thing is respect.”
But Dubai is changing, said Momani, now on a roll. “Life in Dubai before was completely different. Today everybody is running after money — big houses, big cars. Nobody is looking out for the neighbor.”
Nor, indeed, two westerners digging sand by the roadside.
PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO S
Vehicle type: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 5-door wagon
Base price: $112,415
Engine type: twin-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 275 cu in, 4510cc
Power (SAE net): 520 bhp @ 5500 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 530 lb-ft @ 2750 rpm
Transmission: 6-speed automatic with manumatic shifting
Wheelbase: 112.4 in
Length/width/height: 188.4/75.9/66.9 in
Curb weight: 5200–5900 lb
Performance ratings (mfr’s est):
Zero to 60 mph: 4.8 sec
Top speed (governor): 168 mph
Projected fuel economy (mfr’s est):
EPA city driving: 13 mpg
EPA highway driving: 18 mpg
Perhaps the sight of two palefaced westerners scooping sand with their bare hands from under a new 520-hp Porsche Cayenne Turbo S near a busy freeway is a common one in Dubai, because nobody stopped to help. They probably figured the shurta, the police, who until then had been as ubiquitous as camel droppings in their green-and-white Chevy Luminas — actually, rebadged Aussie Holden Commodores — would arrive soon. They never did.
There’s a perverse pleasure in telling friends you’re headed to the Persian Gulf for work. To many Americans, any destination between Bucharest and Bangkok is certain to have bomb-toting fundamentalists on every street corner. Stuck for something sage to say, some tidbit of hard-learned wisdom from their own forays into Third World hot spots such as Cancún, most people just grab your shoulder and whisper, “For God’s sake, be careful!”
If they only knew. Visiting largely crime-free Dubai is less dangerous than visiting Dubuque, or even Miami Beach, a copy of which Dubai seems intent on making itself. Situated on the toe knuckles of the great mukluk boot that is the Arabian Peninsula, Dubai is the second largest and second richest of the seven semi-independent kingdoms that comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dubai wasn’t blessed with copious oil and gas deposits as was the wealthier and somewhat more conservative Abu Dhabi emirate to the southwest, so Dubai has to hustle for a buck.
Run by the Al Maktoum family since 1833 more or less as a privately held corporation (check out the clan’s Web site at www.sheikhmohammed.co.ae), Dubai lives mostly on trade and tourism. A forest of high-rise luxury hotels and condos are ascending along Dubai’s seashore where the two seasons are “hot” and “hotter.” The former has temperatures of 80 to 90 degrees, the latter 105 to 115 degrees with humidity reaching 95 percent. The most ethereal of these new landmarks is the 1050-foot-high Burj Al Arab hotel, completed in 1999, shaped like a translucent catamaran sail and gilded with real gold inside. The smallest one-bedroom suite, even in the broiling summer off-season, is $1160 per.
But the Burj Al Arab seems quaintly modest compared with Dubai’s latest fascination: artificial islands. Three date-palm-shaped islands — the biggest one is 8.7 miles long and 5.3 miles wide — are already being built from trucked-in rock and sand, and a $2 billion project called “The World” envisions an atoll of 250 to 300 “personal” islands that, from orbit, will look like a map of Planet Earth. Who will live in Dubai’s new air-conditioned fantasy of the future? Jaguar drivers, according to one developer whose signs all over town advertise a free Jag with every new-condo purchase.
If it were a free Cayenne Turbo S, we might be tempted. When it’s not hopelessly stuck in sand, the Turbo S is stupidly fast, with a belligerent roar from the twin-turbo 4.5-liter V-8. Larger intercoolers and new control software allow for boost turned up to 12.9 psi, or 4.3 psi higher than that of the base $91,015 Turbo. It’s basically the same hardware as is currently offered in the Turbo’s $19,900 engine-upgrade kit, but with 20 more horsepower, courtesy of the software. Torque is 530 pound-feet.
Porsche says the Turbo S cleaves 0.4 second off the 0-to-60 of the pansy 450-hp Turbo, which has done the deed for us in five seconds flat. In the Turbo S, which weighs up to 5900 pounds with options, both sets of brake rotors grow more than an inch, the fronts measuring just shy of 15 inches across. Alas, the $112,415 Turbo S won’t save Dubai’s real-estate market, as just 1500 copies will be built each year.
Dubai is in a tough neighborhood with Iran and Iraq, but it couldn’t be further from them in terms of social harmony and apparent self-confidence about its destiny, even while embracing the western culture so repellent to the wider Muslim world. Maybe it’s because most of the folks you meet are from somewhere else.
Since forming its union in 1971, the UAE has developed one of the only open, safe, and stable economies in the region and has become a magnet for foreign investment and for immigrants from around the Middle East and south Asia. On our trip we encountered a Syrian who left home to avoid compulsory military service, an Iranian who fled stifling religious strictures, and an uncountable number of Indians who came for the relatively good wages. We did not meet one single native-born Emirati.
Just 20 percent of Dubai’s roughly 1.5 million residents are Emiratis, the cream that includes the ruling sheikhs and their retinues. You might just glimpse a family member, wearing the flawlessly white dishdasha gown favored by Emirati men — women wear a traditional black cloak called an abaya — blasting by in a Mercedes, probably headed for a helicopter waiting to whisk them to one of the sheikhs’ private islands. Dubai’s bottom social rung, which is much bigger and growing rapidly, involves new arrivals from south Asia. They hold most of the menial-wage jobs, especially in construction and service. Hence, a hotel in Dubai looks little different from a hotel in Mumbai, at least as far as the wait staff is concerned.
As a visitor sent to drive Dubai’s glass-smooth blacktops in a new Porsche Cayenne (and creep over its many speed bumps while dodging its phalanx of speed cameras), you’re more likely to meet the middle rung: western expatriots enjoying freedom from income taxes and more established Arab immigrants who own and manage many of the smaller businesses, guys like Mohammed Momani, one of our guides at the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, a fenced area of undeveloped dunes about an hour south of the city. It is said that the UAE has seven colors of sand — one for each emirate. We found at least two here, a red dusting of large, coarse grains over a bottomless sea of latte-colored powder into which a three-ton Cayenne will quickly sink to its rocker panels.
We had reached the reserve late after throwing down bits of concrete and our own floor mats to free the Cayenne earlier. Momani didn’t say much about himself as we sluiced sand in great tumbling sheets from the Cayenne’s now properly half-deflated tires. He reminded us of the sand-driving rules: Always keep moving, avoid using the brakes, don’t make tight turns, and only stop on the downhills.
Momani showed us how to wriggle out of a trap. Lock the diff in low, apply light throttle, and twist the steering wheel back and forth to build up sand under the tires. Slowly, magically, the Cayenne would move sideways out of its own hole and develop enough momentum to resume skiing the dunes. We were burning a lot of fuel as we slogged slowly through the sand, and the Cayenne’s water temp needle eased into the red.
“Don’t worry about that,” Momani commanded. I asked him if he were from Dubai.
“No, I’m from Jamaica, mon.” He said it as if the next words might be, “If I were from Dubai, I wouldn’t be sitting here with you.”
Wondering how the Cayenne rates with Dubai’s subculture of hard-core off-roaders, we met up with Emil Khneisser, a Lebanese who runs a popular 4x4 club rabid for Jeeps. Sipping Caffé Mochas in an Abu Dhabi Starbucks, I asked him if Porsche Cayennes turn up at the organized drives.
“People come from the city to show off. You will see these Porsches, Range Rovers, Hummers. They will go out and bash them. They don’t mind.”
The Cayenne Turbo S has all the off-road hardware of the other Cayenne models, including an adjustable suspension to lift the body on air springs, a lockable center differential on its permanent four-wheel drive, and a 2.7:1 low-range gear reduction.
But horsepower is what attracts its buyers, and that is usually their downfall, said Khneisser. “If you stay above 40 kph [25 mph], you can go anywhere,” he said, and you don’t need 520 horsepower for that. For Khneisser and his friends, a Jeep Wrangler is the only safe choice for escaping into the wilder part of the UAE called the Empty Quarter, there to camp, drink, and smoke from the water-filled shisha known as the “hubbly-bubbly.”
Shortly after admitting he wasn’t from Jamaica but elsewhere in the Middle East, Momani said, “Dubai is a fruit salad. You can tell where everyone comes from by the accent. But we never talk about religion or politics. The thing is respect.”
But Dubai is changing, said Momani, now on a roll. “Life in Dubai before was completely different. Today everybody is running after money — big houses, big cars. Nobody is looking out for the neighbor.”
Nor, indeed, two westerners digging sand by the roadside.
PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO S
Vehicle type: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 5-door wagon
Base price: $112,415
Engine type: twin-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 275 cu in, 4510cc
Power (SAE net): 520 bhp @ 5500 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 530 lb-ft @ 2750 rpm
Transmission: 6-speed automatic with manumatic shifting
Wheelbase: 112.4 in
Length/width/height: 188.4/75.9/66.9 in
Curb weight: 5200–5900 lb
Performance ratings (mfr’s est):
Zero to 60 mph: 4.8 sec
Top speed (governor): 168 mph
Projected fuel economy (mfr’s est):
EPA city driving: 13 mpg
EPA highway driving: 18 mpg
04-25-2006, 01:06 PM
#205
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Originally Posted by BstonBruin
I love the car...I just think that there's too much writing across the back Cayenne Turbo S
Why not just Turbo S, nobody is gonna mistake it with a Carrera.
Why not just Turbo S, nobody is gonna mistake it with a Carrera.
I know that there is a bit that Porsche wants involving product awareness. They want people to not only know the Porsche badge, but also the Cayenne name.
04-25-2006, 02:28 PM
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always loved the Porsche Turbo "S" models. 
06-14-2006, 11:17 AM
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2007 Porsche Cayenne S Titanium Edition unveiled
Never was a fan of this car from Porsche...oh wells...News is news...
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Porsche today announced a new model for the Cayenne lineup designed specifically for the U.S. and Canadian markets. The V-8 powered Cayenne S Titanium Edition will be available beginning in mid-July. The car features titanium-colored trim, exclusive exterior and interior finishes, and the Cayenne’s most popular options as standard equipment. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition will provide this additional content at a price point approximately 10 percent lower than a comparably equipped Cayenne S.
The Cayenne S Titanium Edition is available in four distinct exterior colors, including two which are exclusive to the new model: “Pure Red” is a vibrant and overtly sporting shade, and “Iceland Silver Metallic” is a classic light silver tinged with cool blue. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition will also be available in “Black” and “Marine Blue Metallic.” Along with the door handle inlays, each Cayenne S Titanium Edition features body-colored rocker-panel extensions, helping frame the standard 19-inch wheels coated in a Titanium Metallic finish. Also standard are four-pipe-look chrome exhaust tips, and 20-inch SportTechno wheels with a titanium-color finish are optional.
The interior receives equal attention, as the cabin of each Cayenne S Titanium Edition features an exclusive two-tone design. The two color combinations are “Black/Sand Beige” and “Black/Steel Grey,” with the dark finish covering the center sections of the seats and headrests, the floormats, the upper dashboard and door trim panels, the steering wheel rim and steering column, the front of the center console and the luggage compartment cover. In keeping with the model’s metallic theme, the instrument cluster dials have a metal-look finish, and the stainless-steel door-entry guards are embossed with the “Cayenne S titanium” logo.
Standard equipment includes Bi-Xenon headlights with dynamically controlled cornering lights, Porsche Communication Management (PCM) with DVD/GPS based navigation, and an electric tilting/sliding glass moonroof.
Like the Cayenne S, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition is propelled by a 340-horsepower, 4.5-liter V-8. Mated to the standard six-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition can sprint from a standstill to 60 mph (96 km/h) in only 6.8 seconds. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition can reach 99 mph (160 km/h) in just 16.8 seconds, and has a top track speed of 150 mph (242 km/h).
The Porsche Cayenne Titanium Edition goes on sale in the U.S. and Canada in mid-July. Pricing for the new model in the U.S. is $64,900 (USD) and $89,800 (CAD) in Canada.
The Cayenne S Titanium Edition is available in four distinct exterior colors, including two which are exclusive to the new model: “Pure Red” is a vibrant and overtly sporting shade, and “Iceland Silver Metallic” is a classic light silver tinged with cool blue. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition will also be available in “Black” and “Marine Blue Metallic.” Along with the door handle inlays, each Cayenne S Titanium Edition features body-colored rocker-panel extensions, helping frame the standard 19-inch wheels coated in a Titanium Metallic finish. Also standard are four-pipe-look chrome exhaust tips, and 20-inch SportTechno wheels with a titanium-color finish are optional.
The interior receives equal attention, as the cabin of each Cayenne S Titanium Edition features an exclusive two-tone design. The two color combinations are “Black/Sand Beige” and “Black/Steel Grey,” with the dark finish covering the center sections of the seats and headrests, the floormats, the upper dashboard and door trim panels, the steering wheel rim and steering column, the front of the center console and the luggage compartment cover. In keeping with the model’s metallic theme, the instrument cluster dials have a metal-look finish, and the stainless-steel door-entry guards are embossed with the “Cayenne S titanium” logo.
Standard equipment includes Bi-Xenon headlights with dynamically controlled cornering lights, Porsche Communication Management (PCM) with DVD/GPS based navigation, and an electric tilting/sliding glass moonroof.
Like the Cayenne S, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition is propelled by a 340-horsepower, 4.5-liter V-8. Mated to the standard six-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition can sprint from a standstill to 60 mph (96 km/h) in only 6.8 seconds. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition can reach 99 mph (160 km/h) in just 16.8 seconds, and has a top track speed of 150 mph (242 km/h).
The Porsche Cayenne Titanium Edition goes on sale in the U.S. and Canada in mid-July. Pricing for the new model in the U.S. is $64,900 (USD) and $89,800 (CAD) in Canada.
06-15-2006, 01:32 PM
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The Value Porsche: New "Titanium"-Edition Cayenne Coming in July
ATLANTA — Porsche will introduce the Cayenne S Titanium edition in mid-July, a "value" priced model that is designed to come in about 10 percent cheaper than a comparably equipped Cayenne S.
The Titanium edition will include as standard, bi-xenon headlights with cornering lights, a DVD/GPS navigation system and a power moonroof. Also standard are four-pipe-look chrome exhaust tips.
The model is largely an appearance package that includes exterior trim pieces finished in a metallic hue. The Titanium edition is available in four colors, including two exclusive ones: "pure red" and "Iceland silver metallic." It will also be available in black and "marine blue metallic." Titanium-colored 20-inch SportTechno wheels are optional.
The Cayenne S Titanium Edition is outfitted with a 340-hp 4.5-liter V8 with a top track speed of 150 mph. It is mated to a standard six-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission.
What this means to you: Porsche is on an affordability kick, which should please Cayenne lovers this summer.
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The Titanium edition will include as standard, bi-xenon headlights with cornering lights, a DVD/GPS navigation system and a power moonroof. Also standard are four-pipe-look chrome exhaust tips.
The model is largely an appearance package that includes exterior trim pieces finished in a metallic hue. The Titanium edition is available in four colors, including two exclusive ones: "pure red" and "Iceland silver metallic." It will also be available in black and "marine blue metallic." Titanium-colored 20-inch SportTechno wheels are optional.
The Cayenne S Titanium Edition is outfitted with a 340-hp 4.5-liter V8 with a top track speed of 150 mph. It is mated to a standard six-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission.
What this means to you: Porsche is on an affordability kick, which should please Cayenne lovers this summer.
LINK
06-15-2006, 01:37 PM
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....wonder if Nissan will file a lawsuit against Porsche for their use of the term 'Titanium Edition'. 
06-15-2006, 02:51 PM
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But how does supplying it with a titanium hue make it a more affordable Cayenne? If anything, I would expect an appearance package like that to be optional and more costly.
06-15-2006, 04:05 PM
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^ The Cayenne S starts at 57.2K and look at the list of options here:
http://www.edmunds.com/new/2006/pors...ion=1&x=37&y=7
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http://www.edmunds.com/new/2006/pors...ion=1&x=37&y=7
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Porsche Cayenne S Titanium Edition Announced (US & CA) - - Text & Photos courtesy Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG - - SourcE: http://www.worldcarfans.com
Porsche today announced a new model for the Cayenne lineup designed specifically for the U.S. and Canadian markets. The V-8 powered Cayenne S Titanium Edition will be available beginning in mid-July. This sharp new addition to the Porsche Cayenne lineup of sporting SUVs features titanium-colored trim, exclusive exterior and interior finishes, and the Cayenne’s most popular options as standard equipment. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition will provide this additional content at a price point approximately 10 percent lower than a comparably equipped Cayenne S.
The newest Porsche SUV draws it moniker from the “Titanium Metallic” trim which is exclusive to the model. The exterior trim pieces which receive a finish in this subtle metallic hue include the roof spoiler, the frame and lower portion of the side mirrors, the front air inlets, window frames including the B- and C-pillars, door handles (with a body-color inlay), door-sill trim and the Cayenne S logo.
The Cayenne S Titanium Edition is available in four distinct exterior colors, including two which are exclusive to the new model: “Pure Red” is a vibrant and overtly sporting shade, and “Iceland Silver Metallic” is a classic light silver tinged with cool blue. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition will also be available in “Black” and “Marine Blue Metallic.” Along with the door handle inlays, each Cayenne S Titanium Edition features body-colored rocker-panel extensions, helping frame the standard 19-inch wheels coated in a Titanium Metallic finish. Also standard are four-pipe-look chrome exhaust tips, and 20-inch SportTechno wheels with a titanium-color finish are optional.
The interior receives equal attention, as the cabin of each Cayenne S Titanium Edition features an exclusive two-tone design. The two color combinations are “Black/Sand Beige” and “Black/Steel Grey,” with the dark finish covering the center sections of the seats and headrests, the floormats, the upper dashboard and door trim panels, the steering wheel rim and steering column, the front of the center console and the luggage compartment cover. In keeping with the model’s metallic theme, the instrument cluster dials have a metal-look finish, and the stainless-steel door-entry guards are embossed with the “Cayenne S titanium” logo.
Contributing to its stylish-value theme, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition provides as standard equipment the most popular options fitted to vehicles in the North American market. These include Bi-Xenon headlights with dynamically controlled cornering lights, Porsche Communication Management (PCM) with DVD/GPS based navigation, and an electric tilting/sliding glass moonroof.
Like the Cayenne S, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition is propelled by a 340-horsepower, 4.5-liter V-8. Mated to the standard six-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition can sprint from a standstill to 60 mph (96 km/h) in only 6.8 seconds. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition can reach 99 mph (160 km/h) in just 16.8 seconds, and has a top track speed of 150 mph (242 km/h).
Like all of Porsche’s vehicles, the Cayenne possesses amazingly athletic capabilities, and thanks to the standard all-wheel-drive and Porsche Traction Management, these capabilities are not limited to paved roads. While many SUVs have an inherent tendency towards nose-heavy handling characteristics, Porsche engineers direct the majority of the V-8 engine’s torque (62 percent) to the rear wheels. This provides all Cayenne models with handling dynamics more in line with Porsche’s rear-drive sports cars, setting it apart in the SUV marketplace. These traits are so sought after by enthusiast drivers that the Cayenne has become the best selling of all Porsche models.
The Porsche Cayenne Titanium Edition goes on sale in the U.S. and Canada in mid-July. Pricing for the new model in the U.S. and Canada is $64,900 (USD) and $89,800 (CAD) respectively.
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), based in Atlanta, GA, and its subsidiary, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd., are the exclusive importers of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne sport utility vehicles for the United States and Canada. A wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, PCNA employs approximately 300 people who provide Porsche vehicles, parts, service, marketing and training for its 213 U.S. and Canadian dealers. They, in turn, provide Porsche owners with best-in-class service.
The newest Porsche SUV draws it moniker from the “Titanium Metallic” trim which is exclusive to the model. The exterior trim pieces which receive a finish in this subtle metallic hue include the roof spoiler, the frame and lower portion of the side mirrors, the front air inlets, window frames including the B- and C-pillars, door handles (with a body-color inlay), door-sill trim and the Cayenne S logo.
The Cayenne S Titanium Edition is available in four distinct exterior colors, including two which are exclusive to the new model: “Pure Red” is a vibrant and overtly sporting shade, and “Iceland Silver Metallic” is a classic light silver tinged with cool blue. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition will also be available in “Black” and “Marine Blue Metallic.” Along with the door handle inlays, each Cayenne S Titanium Edition features body-colored rocker-panel extensions, helping frame the standard 19-inch wheels coated in a Titanium Metallic finish. Also standard are four-pipe-look chrome exhaust tips, and 20-inch SportTechno wheels with a titanium-color finish are optional.
The interior receives equal attention, as the cabin of each Cayenne S Titanium Edition features an exclusive two-tone design. The two color combinations are “Black/Sand Beige” and “Black/Steel Grey,” with the dark finish covering the center sections of the seats and headrests, the floormats, the upper dashboard and door trim panels, the steering wheel rim and steering column, the front of the center console and the luggage compartment cover. In keeping with the model’s metallic theme, the instrument cluster dials have a metal-look finish, and the stainless-steel door-entry guards are embossed with the “Cayenne S titanium” logo.
Contributing to its stylish-value theme, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition provides as standard equipment the most popular options fitted to vehicles in the North American market. These include Bi-Xenon headlights with dynamically controlled cornering lights, Porsche Communication Management (PCM) with DVD/GPS based navigation, and an electric tilting/sliding glass moonroof.
Like the Cayenne S, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition is propelled by a 340-horsepower, 4.5-liter V-8. Mated to the standard six-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission, the Cayenne S Titanium Edition can sprint from a standstill to 60 mph (96 km/h) in only 6.8 seconds. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition can reach 99 mph (160 km/h) in just 16.8 seconds, and has a top track speed of 150 mph (242 km/h).
Like all of Porsche’s vehicles, the Cayenne possesses amazingly athletic capabilities, and thanks to the standard all-wheel-drive and Porsche Traction Management, these capabilities are not limited to paved roads. While many SUVs have an inherent tendency towards nose-heavy handling characteristics, Porsche engineers direct the majority of the V-8 engine’s torque (62 percent) to the rear wheels. This provides all Cayenne models with handling dynamics more in line with Porsche’s rear-drive sports cars, setting it apart in the SUV marketplace. These traits are so sought after by enthusiast drivers that the Cayenne has become the best selling of all Porsche models.
The Porsche Cayenne Titanium Edition goes on sale in the U.S. and Canada in mid-July. Pricing for the new model in the U.S. and Canada is $64,900 (USD) and $89,800 (CAD) respectively.
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), based in Atlanta, GA, and its subsidiary, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd., are the exclusive importers of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne sport utility vehicles for the United States and Canada. A wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, PCNA employs approximately 300 people who provide Porsche vehicles, parts, service, marketing and training for its 213 U.S. and Canadian dealers. They, in turn, provide Porsche owners with best-in-class service.
06-15-2006, 07:10 PM
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Just a last minute edition until the 08 facelift.
Trick to the Cayenne S is the lease deals, Porsche usually has an aggressive lease rate/residual to help move them.
It's one of those "hey its not my favorite SUV, but if I can get a great deal on one what the hell."
Still not a bad rig to drive around in.
Trick to the Cayenne S is the lease deals, Porsche usually has an aggressive lease rate/residual to help move them.
It's one of those "hey its not my favorite SUV, but if I can get a great deal on one what the hell."
Still not a bad rig to drive around in.
08-21-2006, 10:29 AM
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No Cayenne for 2007 Model Year - - By DIANA T. KURYLKO | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS - - SOurce: Autoweek
With sales of its Cayenne SUV slowing and a restyled model on the way, Porsche has decided to skip the 2007 model year rather than offer run-out specials.
Dealers must sell 2006 models of the Cayenne until the 2008 model debuts in early 2007 after a midcycle update.
A spokesman for Porsche Cars North America Inc. says dealers have adequate stock, including a special high-trim model that went on sale in July. It's called the Cayenne S Titanium edition because of the special exterior paint finish. Prices start at $65,715, including shipping.
"We have produced so many Cayennes that this will tide them over," says Porsche spokesman Bernd Harling. "We'll keep producing the 2006 until the end of the year."
Porsche had 1,900 Cayennes in inventory as of Aug. 1. That's a 51-day supply.
Harling says Porsche will skip the 2007 model year because it doesn't want "to confuse our customers with a short-lived or abbreviated model year."
Porsche plans to show the 2008 Cayenne at the Detroit auto show in January. Harling would not give an on-sale date for the updated model.
Sales of the Cayenne have been falling dramatically.
Last year U.S. sales fell 24.9 percent, to 13,607 units. In the first seven months of 2006, Porsche sold 6,629 Cayennes, down 14.3 percent from 7,735 a year earlier. The Cayenne went on sale in the United States in early 2003.
Dealers must sell 2006 models of the Cayenne until the 2008 model debuts in early 2007 after a midcycle update.
A spokesman for Porsche Cars North America Inc. says dealers have adequate stock, including a special high-trim model that went on sale in July. It's called the Cayenne S Titanium edition because of the special exterior paint finish. Prices start at $65,715, including shipping.
"We have produced so many Cayennes that this will tide them over," says Porsche spokesman Bernd Harling. "We'll keep producing the 2006 until the end of the year."
Porsche had 1,900 Cayennes in inventory as of Aug. 1. That's a 51-day supply.
Harling says Porsche will skip the 2007 model year because it doesn't want "to confuse our customers with a short-lived or abbreviated model year."
Porsche plans to show the 2008 Cayenne at the Detroit auto show in January. Harling would not give an on-sale date for the updated model.
Sales of the Cayenne have been falling dramatically.
Last year U.S. sales fell 24.9 percent, to 13,607 units. In the first seven months of 2006, Porsche sold 6,629 Cayennes, down 14.3 percent from 7,735 a year earlier. The Cayenne went on sale in the United States in early 2003.
08-21-2006, 11:17 AM
#221
The sizzle in the Steak
I got excited...I thought Porsche was dropping the Cayenne for good.
08-21-2006, 12:54 PM
#222
Burning Brakes
Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
I got excited...I thought Porsche was dropping the Cayenne for good.
08-31-2006, 08:53 AM
#223
Pro
I'm glad it's coming back. Not because I like the car. Actually, I think its a pretty stupid choice, since the VW touareg is pretty much the same thing. I just think its superfun to burn someone in a Cayenne S and go home saying I smoked this porsche, it was great.
08-31-2006, 11:56 AM
#224
Race Director
This MY business that exists in the US makes for some weird model intros. Outside the US, makers intro new styles and drivetrains whenever and don't have to worry about MY issues.
11-20-2006, 08:17 PM
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2008 teaser images from Porsche...
12-04-2006, 12:48 PM
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Revealed...
From Leftlanenews...
Porsche has unveiled its facelifted 2008 Cayenne SUV ahead of its official launch at the Detroit auto show in January. The new Cayenne will be in Porsche showrooms from February 24, 2007.
The basic version of the SUV has a 40 hp power boost and is now driven by a 290 hp six-cylinder engine, with displacement increased from 3.2 to 3.6 liters. The torque of the Cayenne has climbed from 310 to 385 Nm. Thanks to new direct gasoline injection and the introduction of VarioCam Plus valve control, the Cayenne S, now with an even bigger 4.8-liter, naturally aspirated V8 engine, produces a torque of 500 Nm (previously 420 Nm) and an output of 385 bhp, an increase of 45 bhp. The Cayenne Turbo gains 50 horsepower, now producing 500 horsepower and 700 Nm of torque. The Turbo can race from 0-62 mph in 5.1 seconds.
The Cayenne Turbo is fitted with Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) with air suspension as standard. This variant can now be augmented with the new Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC) roll stabilizer system. Porsche Stability Management (PSM), with its brake assist function, advanced trailer stabilization system and off-road ABS, comes as standard on all Cayenne models.
The basic version of the SUV has a 40 hp power boost and is now driven by a 290 hp six-cylinder engine, with displacement increased from 3.2 to 3.6 liters. The torque of the Cayenne has climbed from 310 to 385 Nm. Thanks to new direct gasoline injection and the introduction of VarioCam Plus valve control, the Cayenne S, now with an even bigger 4.8-liter, naturally aspirated V8 engine, produces a torque of 500 Nm (previously 420 Nm) and an output of 385 bhp, an increase of 45 bhp. The Cayenne Turbo gains 50 horsepower, now producing 500 horsepower and 700 Nm of torque. The Turbo can race from 0-62 mph in 5.1 seconds.
The Cayenne Turbo is fitted with Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) with air suspension as standard. This variant can now be augmented with the new Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC) roll stabilizer system. Porsche Stability Management (PSM), with its brake assist function, advanced trailer stabilization system and off-road ABS, comes as standard on all Cayenne models.
12-04-2006, 12:49 PM
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12-04-2006, 03:11 PM
#233
Midnight Marauder
For the power increase. It looks better, but the Range Rover Sport looks way better to me.
