Entries Categorized as 'Cayenne'

Wanna Roll Like a Real Playboy?

Date February 9, 2008

One of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends, Holly Madison, has just put her custom Cayenne S up on ebay. If you’ve ever dreamed of visiting the famous Playboy mansion, then bid on this Cayenne. The winner gets to pick it up at Hef’s famous residence. Good luck! Click here to view the auction on ebay. [source: ebay]

Porsche Builds 200,000th Cayenne

Date February 3, 2008

A red Cayenne GTS was the 200,000th pepper to roll off the assembly line since launching in 2002. The Cayenne is Porsche’s best selling vehicle, and has helped them reign as the world’s most profitable auto maker. Not surprisingly, the U.S. is the Cayenne’s biggest market, accounting for 30% of all Cayenne sales. Congrats! [source: [...]

How Much Is That GTS in the Window?

Date January 30, 2008

Porsche has announced pricing and availability for the new Cayenne GTS. The new pepper will go on sale in February and is priced at $69,300. The GTS features a 405 hp 4.8 L V8, 21-inch wheels, standard air suspension with PASM, a lowered stance, exclusive interior features, and the availability of a 6-speed manual gearbox. [...]

Rinspeed “X-treme” Cayenne

Date January 11, 2008

Rinspeed is the latest tuner to launch a pumped-up Cayenne. Check out the Rinspeed “X-treme”. The X-treme features probably the most tasteful, yet still agressive, body kit I’ve seen on a tuner Cayenne. It features an aggressive front end, wheel flares and side skirts, huge 23 inch wheels, air outlets on the hood, and more. [...]

Video: New Cayenne GTS “Bloodlines” Commercial

Date January 9, 2008

Here is the first look at the new Cayenne GTS commercial that will air during the upcoming football playoffs. Titled “Bloodlines”, it features lots of ear pr0n for Porschephiles. Crank your speakers for this one. [source: The German Car Blog]

Winding Road Drives the Cayenne GTS

Date January 7, 2008

My favorite car magazine is at it again. This time, they give the Cayenne GTS a “quick drive.” They come away impressed, enjoying the 6-speed manual transmission and saying this is the “just-right” Cayenne in their eyes. They only wish we could opt for the steel-spring suspension here in the U.S., as in Europe. It [...]

Cayenne GTS Manual Gearbox MIA?

Date January 3, 2008

All you North American Pcar nuts: see that nice manual transmission lever in the picture above? That may be as close as you come to seeing it in a Cayenne. Dubspeed Driven is reporting that an acquaintance who recently ordered a 6-speed manual Cayenne GTS just received a call from his dealer, telling him the [...]

Porsche Delays Cayenne Hybrid

Date December 19, 2007

After showing the well-received Cayenne Hybrid at the LA Auto Show, and touting the performance and mileage figures of the prototype, Porsche is having second thoughts. They feel that the hybrid market share is not large enough for them to introduce the Cayenne Hybrid anytime soon, saying “(t)he most optimistic forecast still only calls for [...]

2010 Cayenne to be Smaller?

Date December 3, 2007

Motor Authority has a post speculating on the 2010 Cayenne, and they are saying that the next Cayenne will be based on Audi’s smaller Q5 architecture. They say the it will not only be noticeably smaller than the current Cayenne, but feature shorter overhangs and move away from any serious off-road character that the current [...]

Matte Black is the New… Black

Date December 3, 2007

People who pay attention to trends have noticed matte black paint schemes popping up all over. Several production cars, like the Dodge Charger R/T and even the Porsche Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1 sport matte black stripes, but Gemballa has fully embraced the color. At the recent Essen Motor Show, Gemballa showed off no [...]