Photo: Stefan Baldauf/SB-Medien
Porsche will launch a new generation of the Cayenne in late 2017, and engineers are testing prototypes of the SUV.
Our friends at SB-Medien spotted a 2018 Porsche Cayenne while driving on a mountain road, and the car still had some camouflage on its body. The tail lights were mock-up units that were only present to comply with legal norms, while the headlights were mildly covered in black camo.
Also camouflaged is the front grille, which seems to have been strangely extended to the place where the fog lights would normally be fitted. The production model will probably have them present in the side vents of the front bumper, just like with most cars.
If we look at the silhouette of the Cayenne, not much has changed, because the model in the images is a mule. This means that the vehicle is still in early stages of prototype testing, but Porsche will move on to the production body of the next Cayenne soon. Until then, engineers will keep using the ongoing model’s body with a few sensors taped on it to provide them with accurate measurements in real time.
The new Porsche Cayenne will receive the MLB Evo platform of the Volkswagen Group, first launched on the second-generation Audi Q7. The Bentley Bentayga also has the said platform, and it will probably come to the next Volkswagen Touareg. Until then, we know that the Cayenne will lose weight thanks to the new platform, and that it will gain agility from this 220-lb (100 kilograms) drop.
We expect the interior of the new Cayenne to look like the one found in the new Panamera, with a mix of analog and digital elements, but composed mostly of digital controls. The main difference was already spotted on previous Cayenne prototypes, which featured an analog tachometer in the middle of a digital gauge cluster. This element is expected to stick to the production model.
Also camouflaged is the front grille, which seems to have been strangely extended to the place where the fog lights would normally be fitted. The production model will probably have them present in the side vents of the front bumper, just like with most cars.
If we look at the silhouette of the Cayenne, not much has changed, because the model in the images is a mule. This means that the vehicle is still in early stages of prototype testing, but Porsche will move on to the production body of the next Cayenne soon. Until then, engineers will keep using the ongoing model’s body with a few sensors taped on it to provide them with accurate measurements in real time.
The new Porsche Cayenne will receive the MLB Evo platform of the Volkswagen Group, first launched on the second-generation Audi Q7. The Bentley Bentayga also has the said platform, and it will probably come to the next Volkswagen Touareg. Until then, we know that the Cayenne will lose weight thanks to the new platform, and that it will gain agility from this 220-lb (100 kilograms) drop.
We expect the interior of the new Cayenne to look like the one found in the new Panamera, with a mix of analog and digital elements, but composed mostly of digital controls. The main difference was already spotted on previous Cayenne prototypes, which featured an analog tachometer in the middle of a digital gauge cluster. This element is expected to stick to the production model.
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