Have you ever wondered how Mark Webber, who is now a Porsche works driver, gets his energy boosts throughout the day? There might be a clue to that in Porsche’s latest video, which is, of course, focused on the 2015 Cayenne facelift.
Pay attention to the clip and you’ll notice the Australian enjoys having milk, but there’s no coffee in sight. Well, we can only assume Webber replaced that with a drive in the 2015 Cayenne S-E Hybrid, which follows his kitchen scene in the video.
Switching to the more serious stuff, while we’ve already shown you the 2015 Cayenne, Porsche has still left some questions unanswered. We’ll start at the base of the range, where the Cayenne, which was powered by a VW-sourced naturally-aspirated 3.6-liter V6 petrol unit, is missing for now - it’s worth noting that the NA 3.6-liter V6 on the base Panamera is Porsche’s own engine.
The Cayenne GTS is also on this list. Then again, it’s only normal, since the pre-revamp model we reviewed was motivated by a 420 hp naturally-aspirated 4.8-liter V8 - this is the exact hp figure the 2015 Cayenne S offers, so we’re expecting the Cayenne GTS to borrow the Panamera GTS’s incarnation of the same engine, which offers 440 horses.
It’s worth noting that while the facelifted 2014 Panamera S and 4S have lost their naturally-aspirated V8 in favor of a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 offering 420 hp (Macan S engine, 440 hp), the 2015 Cayenne S offers the same 420 hp, but from the 3.6-liter twin-turbo V6 of the Macan Turbo (400 hp). Perhaps the upcoming Macan GTS will offer the same output.
The range-topping Cayenne Turbo S completes the list of 2015 models that are not out yet. In 2014 guise, the Cayenne Turbo offered 500 hp, with the Turbo S adding 50 horses to that. Now that the Turbo delivers 520 hp, the Turbo S will probably follow the revamped Panamera Turbo S down the 570 hp route. And this is how Porsche quietly moves its four-door models straight into 600 hp, supercar territory. Waiting for those rumored 700 hp 2017 hybrids then...
Switching to the more serious stuff, while we’ve already shown you the 2015 Cayenne, Porsche has still left some questions unanswered. We’ll start at the base of the range, where the Cayenne, which was powered by a VW-sourced naturally-aspirated 3.6-liter V6 petrol unit, is missing for now - it’s worth noting that the NA 3.6-liter V6 on the base Panamera is Porsche’s own engine.
The Cayenne GTS is also on this list. Then again, it’s only normal, since the pre-revamp model we reviewed was motivated by a 420 hp naturally-aspirated 4.8-liter V8 - this is the exact hp figure the 2015 Cayenne S offers, so we’re expecting the Cayenne GTS to borrow the Panamera GTS’s incarnation of the same engine, which offers 440 horses.
It’s worth noting that while the facelifted 2014 Panamera S and 4S have lost their naturally-aspirated V8 in favor of a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 offering 420 hp (Macan S engine, 440 hp), the 2015 Cayenne S offers the same 420 hp, but from the 3.6-liter twin-turbo V6 of the Macan Turbo (400 hp). Perhaps the upcoming Macan GTS will offer the same output.
The range-topping Cayenne Turbo S completes the list of 2015 models that are not out yet. In 2014 guise, the Cayenne Turbo offered 500 hp, with the Turbo S adding 50 horses to that. Now that the Turbo delivers 520 hp, the Turbo S will probably follow the revamped Panamera Turbo S down the 570 hp route. And this is how Porsche quietly moves its four-door models straight into 600 hp, supercar territory. Waiting for those rumored 700 hp 2017 hybrids then...