Porsche Cayenne S - Wow!
12 June 2005, 10:26 PM
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Porsche Cayenne S - Wow!
Has a quick tussle with one earlier today - absoutely amazing both in acceleration and handling for something so large.
It was cornering looking like it was going 30mph (we were, er, slightly faster), and although I was keeping up (standard 05 WRX) it was a very close thing.
They must be a blast to drive!
It was cornering looking like it was going 30mph (we were, er, slightly faster), and although I was keeping up (standard 05 WRX) it was a very close thing.
They must be a blast to drive!
12 June 2005, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ru'
They must be a blast to drive!
And the Turbo version is even better than the S.
The air suspension and 6 speed tiptronic auto are absolutely amazing, both on-road and off.
13 June 2005, 09:27 AM
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A few weeks back I was on my way home with a trailer on the back of the car but still doing 50-60mph.
My mirrors had been full of a VW Touarag for a few corners, first straight we got to he pulled out to overtake.
I thought "What an idiot" as the straight wasn't that long, but it was me who was wrong, the thing came by me like a rocket. I've never seen anything so big accelerate so quickly.
Badge on the back said V10 TDi so would have been the 5.0 litre Deisel.
Had a flick round the net about them afterwards and remaps can give 400bhp and 750lbft.
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My mirrors had been full of a VW Touarag for a few corners, first straight we got to he pulled out to overtake.
I thought "What an idiot" as the straight wasn't that long, but it was me who was wrong, the thing came by me like a rocket. I've never seen anything so big accelerate so quickly.
Badge on the back said V10 TDi so would have been the 5.0 litre Deisel.
Had a flick round the net about them afterwards and remaps can give 400bhp and 750lbft.
Cheers
Lee
13 June 2005, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Harry_Boy
They are...
And the Turbo version is even better than the S.
The air suspension and 6 speed tiptronic auto are absolutely amazing, both on-road and off.
And the Turbo version is even better than the S.
The air suspension and 6 speed tiptronic auto are absolutely amazing, both on-road and off.
13 June 2005, 11:44 AM
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IIRC Porsche have recently introduced a 'remap' for the Turbo, up to 500bhp. Apparently, there were complaints that the standard model wasn't quite potent enough.... 
Wasn't it Evo mag that took the Cayenne Turbo around their Bedford Autodrome test route, and its time matched an M3.....
Wasn't it Evo mag that took the Cayenne Turbo around their Bedford Autodrome test route, and its time matched an M3.....
13 June 2005, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Mad Gypsy
When I had my STi Type R, a Cayene Turbo gave me a very good run for my money! There was very little in it.
And there he is, in the lap of leather-lined luxury. Auto box, zoned climate, loads of space, all the toys, and an engine note to die for.
The Cayenne is one of the most amazing vehicles I've ever driven. Just completely incongruous - an off roader that performs like a... Well, like a proper Porsche....
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13 June 2005, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Harry_Boy
Crazy ain't it...
And there he is, in the lap of leather-lined luxury. Auto box, zoned climate, loads of space, all the toys, and an engine note to die for.
The Cayenne is one of the most amazing vehicles I've ever driven. Just completely incongruous - an off roader that performs like a... Well, like a proper Porsche....
And there he is, in the lap of leather-lined luxury. Auto box, zoned climate, loads of space, all the toys, and an engine note to die for.
The Cayenne is one of the most amazing vehicles I've ever driven. Just completely incongruous - an off roader that performs like a... Well, like a proper Porsche....
Go drive a 996tt or GT3, it'll blow you away!
13 June 2005, 02:26 PM
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I have raced both - the first was an S in my E30 M3 - and going up hill ragging the **** off my M3 i crept past the guy - i was truly gob smacked........
I was then unlucky enough to come across a real foot baller type in sports wear in his 20's driving a turbo - but i was in my T5 - so i let the guy past [with a roar] and i pulled out behind him.
I managed to match his performance midrange to quite a high top end - there was an exchange of nods and thumbs and we went in seperate directions.
Once again - gob smacked.........
If you are too fat to own a 911 it really is a nice alternative
I was then unlucky enough to come across a real foot baller type in sports wear in his 20's driving a turbo - but i was in my T5 - so i let the guy past [with a roar] and i pulled out behind him.
I managed to match his performance midrange to quite a high top end - there was an exchange of nods and thumbs and we went in seperate directions.
Once again - gob smacked.........
If you are too fat to own a 911 it really is a nice alternative
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I have driven the new 911 twin turbo around Millbrook test track and all I can say is bloody amazing car, the accleration was unbelivable and the stopping power Wow, what a superb motor car, 190 mph around the high speed bowl
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13 June 2005, 07:25 PM
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Then you need to try my personal favourite (and current weapon of choice after all those other boring performance cars in my past - Scoobies, M3s, M5s, 911s), a BMW X5 4.8is - whips the Cayenne S's *** (see Tiff Needell on Fifth Gear). 360bhp V8...........feel the noise...........and suck up those exhausts.
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