Motor Authority got their hands on some spy shots of the interior of the upcoming 2011 Cayenne. It looks heavily influenced by the Panamera interior to me, with the center air vents moved to the sides of the center stack and a ton of buttons on the center console.
The 2011 Cayenne is reportedly going to [...]

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Porsche has officially announced the Cayenne Diesel.
The new model will use the Audi 3.0L V6 turbo diesel engine which produces 240 hp and come standard with the 6-speed Tiptronic-S transmission.
The Cayenne diesel will be available beginning in February 2009, but only in Europe initially. According to Porsche, “(p)reparations for market introduction in other countries are [...]

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Auto Express has published new spy photos of the next-gen Cayenne. And in one photo, you can see the new Cayenne next to a current Cayenne.
According to the article, the next-gen Cayenne will be smaller than the current version, and will get the next-gen SUV chassis before VW and Audi release their versions. Although, in [...]

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Man, it is getting hard to keep track of all the special edition Porsches coming out. Ahead of the Paris Auto Show, Porsche has announced the Cayenne S Transsyberia special edition.
This model is a nod to Porsche winning the Transsyberia Rally for the past few years with special factory-prepared Cayennes. The Cayenne S Transsyberia [...]

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Autobild reported that Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking confirmed that the Cayenne will receive a version of Volkswagen’s 3.0 liter V6 TDI engine in 2009. The diesel engine is rated at 240 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque in the VW, and is expected to be the same in the Cayenne. It also gets 24.5 mpg [...]

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We’ve got a few juicy Cayenne bits for you. First, The Truth About Cars has done a little speculating about what they’d like to see in the next gen Cayenne. The result is the render above. They would like to see a more muscular and elegant design, and suspect it will probably be downsized just [...]

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The rumors were true. After saying they had no diesels in the works, Porsche did a 180 and announced they will offer an oil-burning pepper in March 2009.
The diesel Cayenne will use the Audi TDI V6, which displaces 3.0 liters and is good for 240 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque.
Now, if they offer [...]

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Think that Cayenne is expensive here in the U.S.? That’s nothing compared to how much it would cost you in some European markets.
New CO2 emissions-based taxes and penalties are killing the SUV market in Europe. Consider some of these:
* In the Netherlands, Cayenne S buyers will have to pay a luxury tax of €38k ($59k)
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Porsche has denied that they are working on a smaller Cayenne (dubbed the “Roxster” by the press) even though spy shots recently surfaced of a smaller SUV testing on the ‘ring. (My guess is that the smaller SUV being tested is actually the next-generation Cayenne, since earlier rumors mentioned it would be smaller.)
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Rumors flew a few weeks ago that Porsche might start building Cayennes in VW’s upcoming U.S. factory. Porsche spokesman Albrecht Bamler said that there’s no need to produce the Cayenne in the U.S. because the parts suppliers are all in Europe, and Porsche has currency hedging in place until 2013 to offset the weak dollar.
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