2008 Porsche Cayenne
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
When the Cayenne spy shots made their way around the internet, many people speculated that the bigger air intakes carved out of the facelifted bumper implied more power. What do you know, those people were right. The official word out of Stuttgart is that, along with a facelift, the Porsche people hauler will be the recipient of mild gene therapy in the form of a new line of direct-injection gasoline engines, a first for Porsche vehicles.
All three engines, a base V-6 and naturally-aspirated and twin-turbo V-8s, grow slightly as well. The V-6 is upped to 3.6 liters and now puts out 290 horsepower and 283 lb-ft of torque. The V-8s grow to 4.8 liters, with the naturally aspirated version in the Cayenne S good for 385 hp and 368 lb-ft, while the pressurized motor will embarrass the pony car in the next lane with a solid 500 hp and 516 lb-ft, only 20 hp and 14 lb-ft shy of the current Turbo S, a model Stuttgart isn’t talking about for 2008.
The new family of engines slot beneath front sheetmetal shrink-wrapped a little more tightly than the globular, bulging fenders of the original design. The sharper fenders follow more angular headlights than the 996 911-style ovoids of the outgoing face as well, with vertical LED turn-signal fangs set in the outer edges of the gaping air intakes.
Out back, things remain largely the same, with a slight tweak to the taillights the most noticeable change. We’ll get our first official look at the new Cayenne family at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this January, with the trucks expected in showrooms in March of 2007 as 2008 models. Pricing for the V-6 will start at $43,400, with the S and Turbo going for $57,900 and $93,700, respectively.
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