Porsche has canned its proposed Q5-based Roxster 4x4, and is instead p
ushing ahead with its second-generation Cayenne SUV, CAR can disclose. The new model will feature much of the Panamera limo's technology, including a stop/start system – and there will also be a hybrid model running a supercharged V6.
I didn't even like the first Porsche Cayenne! Now you're telling me there's a new one?
We are, but when the Cayenne was launched in 2003 no one could have predicted that, come 2009, we'd see a second-gen car testing after the first one went on to make up around half of Porsche's annual production. But on
the eve of the launch of the Porsche Panamera super-saloon, Porsche's line-up is in a very different place to where it was a decade ago.
The current Cayenne is based on the VW Touareg, Porsche having completed the development work for VW and then piggybacked the platform. We've already snapped the new Touareg out testing and it'll again share its underpinning with the next Cayenne.
What's new on the next Porsche Cayenne?
The architecture will be revised as the VW Group partners are sendin
g their 4x4s on a crash diet. VW, Porsche and Audi with its Q7 replacement want to cleave 200kg from the kerbweight; congratulations are in order.
Extensive use of aluminium for the doors, boot and bonnet are on the cards, while on-road models will lose much of the unnecessary green-laning kit. A full aluminium body was originally considered, but dismissed on cost grounds.
Our sources have suggested that the Cayenne's wheelbase and overall length will be stretched by around 50mm, and Porsche will make tweaks to the seats and fuel tank to squeeze out those extra millimetres of cabin space.
ushing ahead with its second-generation Cayenne SUV, CAR can disclose. The new model will feature much of the Panamera limo's technology, including a stop/start system – and there will also be a hybrid model running a supercharged V6.I didn't even like the first Porsche Cayenne! Now you're telling me there's a new one?
We are, but when the Cayenne was launched in 2003 no one could have predicted that, come 2009, we'd see a second-gen car testing after the first one went on to make up around half of Porsche's annual production. But on
the eve of the launch of the Porsche Panamera super-saloon, Porsche's line-up is in a very different place to where it was a decade ago.The current Cayenne is based on the VW Touareg, Porsche having completed the development work for VW and then piggybacked the platform. We've already snapped the new Touareg out testing and it'll again share its underpinning with the next Cayenne.
What's new on the next Porsche Cayenne?
The architecture will be revised as the VW Group partners are sendin
g their 4x4s on a crash diet. VW, Porsche and Audi with its Q7 replacement want to cleave 200kg from the kerbweight; congratulations are in order.Extensive use of aluminium for the doors, boot and bonnet are on the cards, while on-road models will lose much of the unnecessary green-laning kit. A full aluminium body was originally considered, but dismissed on cost grounds.
Our sources have suggested that the Cayenne's wheelbase and overall length will be stretched by around 50mm, and Porsche will make tweaks to the seats and fuel tank to squeeze out those extra millimetres of cabin space.
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