Porsche: Cayenne power on demand 🎥

The Cayenne Coupé's rear-axle steering ensures agile handling on winding roads.

After the entry-level model with 340 hp, the heart of the Cayenne S Coupé is the 2.9-liter V6 engine with biturbo charging and 440 hp. With the turbo, 4.0 liters of displacement and 550 hp provide tremendous thrust. In each case, the power is transmitted very cultivated via an 8-speed Tiptronis S to the wide slippers.

Lower roofline and wide track
Compared with the original Cayenne, the Coupé is slightly longer, comes with a lower roofline and wider track. And the license plate has been moved from the tailgate to the lower bumper.

The low rear roofline is compensated for by lower rear seats. This means that you can also sit comfortably in the rear. However, the trunk is 145 liters smaller.

The rear spoiler is elegantly concealed at the bottom of the rear window. It folds out when more downforce is required.

Rear axle steering shows effect
The developers have managed to make such a ponderous and heavy car look agile and light-footed on paper - as long as you stay within the limits of physics, of course.
The rear-axle steering in particular ensures agile handling on winding roads and in the city. This gives you the feeling of being in a much more compact and sporty car.

Spurts like a sports car
The S Coupé accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 5.0 seconds. With the three optional lightweight sports packages, the figure is reduced to 4.9 seconds. The top speed is 263 km/h.

The turbo's four-liter V8 should easily sprint from 0 to 100 in 3.9 seconds. The factory specifies a top speed of 286 km/h. So much for the statistics for fans of technology and speed.

Driving fun of a special kind
Striking values that we did not even begin to exhaust on our trips to St. Moritz and back. So what is the point of the concentrated technology on narrow roads and highways with a speed limit of 120 km/h?

At first glance, the Cayenne as it stands conveys a sense of security. And once you've taken your seat, you get the feeling that you're going on a first-class journey.

Both models were equipped with pretty much everything Porsche has to offer. For the time being, you only have to steer them yourself. Of course, this is also reflected in the final price. It's a few thousand francs more.

The 440 or 550 hp do their work almost silently-and, if you want, with the typical Porsche sound. When the Tiptronic shifts through the eight gears, you can hear a spring drop.

The aforementioned driving values are very noticeable when accelerating on the narrow, buckled roads toward the top of the pass. The Cayenne runs like on rails, hangs on the throttle well in every situation.

Even on icy passages, the weighty vehicle doesn't let itself get out of control. At the finish line, you hardly notice that you've covered a few miles. At Porsche, the capital P stands for perfect.

The Cayenne S Coupé is available from 130,700 francs. For the Turbo Coupé variant, 193,300 francs are then already due for the basic version.

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