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- First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne
- First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne
- First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne
- First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne
- First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne
- First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne
- First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne
- First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne
- First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne
First Drive: 2011 Porsche Cayenne Turbo sheds 4,177 Twinkies - and it shows
Imagine, for a moment, that the Porsche engineering team has dropped 4,177 individually wrapped Twinkies on the lab floor. The yellow cream-filled sponge cakes are scattered shin-deep across the smooth ceramic tiles and kicked into the corners by technicians wearing white lab coats as more hit the floor. Individually, the cakes aren't very heavy. However, add 4,177 of the treats together and they weigh nearly 400 pounds. Those thousands of Twinkies represent the average weight removed by Porsche on its all-new 2011 Cayenne. Thanks to a massive diet, the automaker's SUV emerges as a ... Read More
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0Official: Porsche celebrates building 100,000th second-generation Cayenne 1327328940
Say what you will about the Porsche Cayenne – whether you think it's the best-handling SUV on the market or a storied automaker turning its back on its heritage – you can't argue that it hasn't been a huge success for the German automaker. In fact, Porsche has produced 100,000 examples of the Cayenne – and that's only counting the ...
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Video: When your country floats on oil, your police drive only Porsches 1325343660
Qatar's police force has a sizable fleet of Porsche Panamera and Cayenne patrol vehicles at its disposal. How is this? Well, Qatar has lots of oil, for starters, so there's that income. The emirate also holds a 17 percent stake of preferential shares in the Volkswagen Group. So, it's not particularly hard to see how the stable of luxo-cop cars came to be. ...
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Report: Porsche increasing Cayenne production 1310594340
Porsche plans on doubling its sales totals to 200,000 units by 2018, and utility vehicles will be a big part of that volume push. In fact, the Cayenne is already the best-selling Porsche, and that likely won't change any time soon. Automotive News reports that Porsche plans to increase Cayenne production by 10 percent this year and 20 percent in 2012 ...
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Rumormill: Lamborghini to build SUV atop Porsche Cayenne platform? 1308142740
It's been a while since we last heard rumors of a Lamborghini LM002 revival, so we figured it was high time to dip our toe back into the Rambo Lambo waters. Auto Express is reporting that Lamborghini and Porsche, both under the control of the far-reaching Volkswagen Group, are considering a collaboration that would see a new Italian SUV be built atop the ...
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Lumma Design strikes again with Porsche Cayenne rebody 1308076200
Germany's Lumma Design has shown a knack for modifying and reskinning German performance sedans, but has this time turned its attention to the Porsche Cayenne with a custom body kit. Called the CLR 558 GT, the kit's questionable aesthetics pack a new front end with spoiler, bigger air intakes and integrated LED running lights, a rear diffuser, flared ...
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Report: Porsche denies KERS-equipped 911 reports 1306789140
Sources within Porsche told us that KERS would be available throughout the entire next-gen 911 range, but now, a Porsche executive calls it "nonsense." While the automaker is developing ways to make electric range extenders work in some Porsche models, a hybrid 911 reportedly isn't in the cards – for now. When and if there's a 911 hybrid, it will ...
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Vehicles take flight at the 'Ring's Flugplatz 1306349880
Many areas of Germany's demanding 13-mile Nürburgring race track have became notorious in their own right, and have nicknames that hint at the challenge they present. One such section is called Flugplatz, which means "airport," and the name certainly fits because this crest is enough to send some cars skyward. Our friendly spy photographers decided ...
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Gemballa shows Mistrale and Tornado at Top Marques Monaco 1302987660
Despite losing its founder under suspicious circumstances last year, German tuning house Gemballa is back with a vengeance at this year's Top Marques Monaco show. To help celebrate its 30th anniversary, the company is rolling out two new models: The Porsche Cayenne-based Tornado and the Porsche Panamera-based Mistrale. Both of Gemballa's new models ...
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Porsche sets the pace in ALMS with Panamera, Cayenne support vehicles 1301238180
At any of the myriad Le Mans series races around the world, you're guaranteed to see more than a proportional sampling of Porsches. Those are usually one manner of 911 GT3 or another; less so Panameras and Cayennes, but the latest additions to the American Le Mans Series paddock are exactly those. The Porsche Panamera Turbo has been selected as the ...
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Profit Proliferation: Porsche riding high on Cayenne, Panamera sales 1300398000
Porsche tripled its profits in 2010, thanks largely to profits from the Cayenne and Panamera. The Stuttgart-based automaker reported $960 million in profits before taxes and interest in 2010, up from $227 million the year before. More impressive is the fact that those numbers represent a shortened fiscal year in 2010, meaning these things are moving ...
