Porsche Cayenne GTS and TURBO S Review

From the very beginning when Porsche launched the almighty Cayenne back in 2002, there was no shortage of naysayers. From the critic who decided that the design is too coarse and ends with the boy scouts who were so annoyed that Porsche is breaking the chain in producing only sports cars.

But let's go back in the real world. The real buyers loved it! The beast from Porsche is around 12 years on the market and so far there are more than 600 000 cars sold on the market.

The second generation of the Cayenne has been launched back in 2010 and will stay until probably the end of 2017 at that point the third generation of the beast will be released.

The competitors from Porsche that we are about to mention will be the GTS and the range-topping Turbo S.

The revisions have brought to us some minor updates to the Cayenne’s design, with new front-wheel arches and bonnet, new headlights — bi-Xenon on the GTS and LEDs on the Turbo — and edgy-looking lines in the nose that guide air to the inter-coolers. The GTS also comes with the Sport Design package, which includes hardened thresholds and a lot more black elements. The Turbo, meanwhile, is riding on 21" wheels as standard, plus larger air intakes at the front. The look of the car is slightly touched but different variations are enough for the fans to notice them.

The GTS is the pointed to be the sportiest variant in the range. The result is coming from the 3.6-litre V6 that produces the impressive 435bhp  which  shots the car from 0-60mph for 5.2 seconds. An official fuel consumption figure of 34.0mpg on the combined cycle is not bad for a 2.1-tonne SUV powered by a thirsty V6.

The big GTS feels powerful enough to conquer the world, until you put your feet on the gas pedal of the range-topping Turbo S. The engine is 4.8-litre V8 that pumps out a colossal 563bhp. The beast is shot out from 0-60mph for less than 4.1 seconds. As you may wonder the official fuel consumption is 24.6mpg but of course in the real world it will be around 20.0mpg after all we are driving V8 with the epic 563bhp. 

Now the naysayers can be mentioned again, the Cayenne may not look like a sport car  but when you get inside and put your foot on the gas pedal the outward is forgotten. 

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